{"id":484,"date":"2007-02-22T18:46:18","date_gmt":"2007-02-22T23:46:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/02\/22\/victory\/"},"modified":"2007-12-13T09:21:14","modified_gmt":"2007-12-13T09:21:14","slug":"victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/02\/22\/victory\/","title":{"rendered":"Victory!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\">\n.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }\n.flickr-yourcomment { }\n.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }\n.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }\n<\/style>\n<div class=\"flickr-frame\">\n\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/nicmcphee\/276227701\/\" title=\"photo sharing\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/85\/276227701_fab9b7d6e9.jpg?w=840\" class=\"flickr-photo\" alt=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>\n\t<span class=\"flickr-caption\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/nicmcphee\/276227701\/\">Victory!!!<\/a>, originally uploaded by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/people\/nicmcphee\/\">Unhindered by Talent<\/a>.<\/em><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"flickr-yourcomment\">\n\tOr at least <em>damn<\/em> good news!<\/p>\n<p>My dad IM&#8217;ed me in the office this morning to say that he&#8217;d just gotten back from his first major doctor&#8217;s visit since <a href=\"http:\/\/unhinderedbytalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2006\/10\/31\/my-father-has-become-a-foot-soldier-in-the-war-on-cancer\/\">radiation treatment<\/a> ended last month, and he got a clean bill of health.  They didn&#8217;t see any signs of the cancer in his throat, so now it&#8217;s all about regaining his strength after <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/nicmcphee\/302768546\/in\/set-72157594387389045\/\">the nasty rigors of the treatment<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>They say that <em>if<\/em> this type of cancer is going to come back, it will almost certainly do so within two years.  So now we wait.  Today&#8217;s report, though, means that however it turns out, going through all that bought him something significant, and that really helps.<\/p>\n<p>Whew&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\t<div class=\"st-post-tags \">\n\tTags: <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/cancer\/\" title=\"cancer\">cancer<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/family\/\" title=\"Family\">Family<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/health\/\" title=\"health\">health<\/a><br \/><\/div>\n\n\n\t<h4>Related posts<\/h4>\n\t<ul class=\"st-related-posts\">\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2006\/11\/24\/the-pictures-im-not-taking\/\" title=\"The pictures I&#8217;m not taking (24 Nov 06)\">The pictures I&#8217;m not taking<\/a> (0)<\/li>\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2006\/10\/31\/my-father-has-become-a-foot-soldier-in-the-war-on-cancer\/\" title=\"My father has become a foot soldier in the war on cancer (31 Oct 06)\">My father has become a foot soldier in the war on cancer<\/a> (4)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Victory!!!, originally uploaded by Unhindered by Talent. Or at least damn good news! My dad IM&#8217;ed me in the office this morning to say that he&#8217;d just gotten back from his first major doctor&#8217;s visit since radiation treatment ended last month, and he got a clean bill of health. They didn&#8217;t see any signs of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/02\/22\/victory\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Victory!!!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0},"categories":[11,25],"tags":[162,873,163],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s90sy-victory","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":404,"url":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2006\/11\/28\/umm-students-bringing-in-the-big-bucks\/","url_meta":{"origin":484,"position":0},"title":"UMM students bringing in the big bucks!","author":"Nic McPhee","date":"28 Nov 06","format":false,"excerpt":"Presenting trophy and check, originally uploaded by Nic's events. 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