Lottery Winner Succumbs to Cancer

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LckyLary — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 01:10:41 GMT

The way to stop smoking is to never start. Maybe he went into that particular store at that time directly or indirectly because of his smoking habit. I don't know how people start, it must take a great effort to suck IN clouds of smoke when normally the urge is to fan them away. I went through this with family members and have gotten my gf to quit. It's a shame that no one could offer to buy his annuity, that is give him a lump sum (present value minus a commission) in exchange for the payments.... [ More ]

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justxploring — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 00:32:26 GMT

True. The very tragic stories about the students at VT this week reminds us of how fragile life can be. So many candles burning bright snuffed out within seconds by a senseless act.

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relicco — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 11:46:22 GMT

No one knows how much time they have left

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tg636 — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 01:40:40 GMT

If you are in good health, enjoy every day. If you win and are in good health, the days should be even better. No one knows how much time they have left, I've found out painfully several times over the past 6 years.

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HiYoSilver — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 09:19:25 GMT

This really shows how addictive tobacco is. Even after being given a death sentence the person cannot give up the thing that is killing him.

March 9th I quit smoking after 41 years. I think I know how he feels. Why give them up now? It's too late to make a difference and he doesn't want to take on the added stress of quitting.

Deep down all smokers want to quit. They just haven't found the reason to. You can yell, cajole, argue, warn, threaten and plead but your just waisting y... [ More ]

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justxploring — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 05:43:55 GMT

I have a neighbor like DoubleDown's who never stops smoking. 3 years ago a small spot was found on his lungs during a routine exam. He began chemotherapy and radiation. Then he'd arrive home and light up. He just finished another round of chemo and I just can't figure it out. I know I sound selfish, but the government is picking up the tab and I don't understand why they keep treating him.

One day he's going to blow himself up because he smokes so much and uses oxygen.

Now he has... [ More ]

Comment #3

DoubleDown — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 13:03:42 GMT

I have a neighbor that smokes 4 packs a day.

He literally lights a new one from the old one. He is 55 and I'm pretty confident he will never see 60.

Hell, I might not see 60, but I'm not trying to hurry it up

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OldSchoolPa — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 12:10:24 GMT

My sympathy goes out to his family and friends. But the lesson to be learned here doesn't have anything to do with the lottery in general or the NY lottery in particular...rather the lesson to be learned here is... JUST SAY NO TO SMOKING!!! Sure we all are going to die one day, but what sense does it make to do something that is obviously going to LIMIT and REDUCE the amount of time you will live? There have been medical studies that flip flopped on the risks/benefits of certain foods, but a... [ More ]

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s5thomps — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 07:12:11 GMT

Wow, he only made it to 51, My father passed away from cancer after working for 43 years and less than 1 year after he retired. I guess no one ever really knows when your time is up. At least he could afford the best treatment available.

Lottery Winner Succumbs to Cancer

Lottery Post — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 06:53:53 GMT

A man who won $1 million in the lottery shortly after finding out he had terminal cancer has died.

Wayne Schenk died Monday at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Syracuse, according to the Baird-Moore Funeral Home. He was 51.

He is in a better place now. He was starting to suffer, and we didn't want that, friend Nick Pascazi told The Daily Messenger of Canandaigua.

On Jan. 12, Schenk won $1 million playing a $5 scratch-off ticket in the New York State Lottery's High Stakes Blackj... [ More ]