Back in February I wrote this: If It Were Your Life, What Would You Do?
It was about one of us, a guy in the biz as a producer/director who at 44 years old found out he had colon cancer and it had advanced to the point that his only hope was to get an experimental treatment called viral therapy, where a genetically engineered virus give you the measles or chicken pox or whatever and you suffer through a very tough illness made tougher by the cancer, but the results can be that you are cancer free if you survive the illness.
He didn’t want me to name him but it was pretty easy to find out who he was from his go fund me campaign. his main goal was to see his daughter graduate. he did live to see that happen but sometime in the last few months he passed away peacefully with his daughter and other loved ones at his bedside. The timing wasn’t good for his virus therapy and I am told it never happened.
From the communication we had I believe Roman was a good guy, always straight with me and looking to do the right thing. We fell out of touch a bit after my motorcycle accident he said I had more important things to worry about than him and I should focus on getting well.
Rest In Peace Brother
Mike South
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A Sad Follow Up https://t.co/gfStnLlEcK
RIP Roman.
Cancer is nothing anyone wishes to go through whether it kills you or not but when it takes a life (usually painfully) it is always tragic. I sincerely hope that a cure is found soon.