This morning I was shocked out of my mind at around 6:05 AM. It was revealed live on the air that veteran 98 Rock newsman, Bob Lopez has lung cancer and has a 40% chance of survival. He is already in the early days of stage four cancer. The fourth stage is when the cancer begins to spread to other organs.

He first went into the hospital about a week ago because his leg was swollen due to blood clots. Since Lopez is a big guy his doctor originally thought that this was due to his heart. After further testing it was discovered that the clots were due to cancer, not just any cancer but lung cancer. As you can imagine this was surprising to him, because he quit smoking well over 25 years ago.

I can not imagine what it would be like to suddenly discover you have cancer through what was at first a very innocuous and treatable ailment. My thoughts and prayers go out to the Lopez family. I hope that he will be on the radio for many years to come fighting the good fight for the liberal cause.