I don't usually blog about personal stuff. However I write with profound sadness that my step father and great mate lost his battle with cancer last night.


Baz, was diagnosed with cancer around C2S 2006 at age 60 after finding a lump on his bicep. It turned out that the lump was a secondary tumor with the prime being on his lung and adrenal gland.


He was a fighter and showed the small world around him how the power of positive thoughts can assist in the fight. He was only given a few months to live back then yet fought a great bout to stick it out for this long.


The last month or so was very hard for him. It broke my heart to see him lose the ability to walk more than a few feet and live with the chronic pain. Even the round the clock doses of morphine could not take the edge off his pain as it had recently spread into his bones and liver.


In a show of true guts and determination he made the short trip with Mum from their house in Double Bay to see the kids and the rest of his extended family on Xmas Day. It may have only been for 20 mins or so but I could see that it meant everything to him - and everything to us.


I was with him and Mum when he died at 4.00am. I am glad that he went quietly at home and that the pain is now stopped.


He was a great man and taught me about hard work, love and single minded determination. His never give up attitude will stay with me forever.


We will sure miss him.

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