Doug Davis - Thryoid Cancer

by simbaa on Mar 28, 2008 6:01 PM CDT Comment 16 comments

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3318132

Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Doug Davis has been diagnosed with thyroid cancer, team president Derrick Hall confirmed to The Arizona Republic on Friday.

Davis

According to Hall, Davis is planning on making his scheduled start Friday against the Colorado Rockies and will address the media at some point on Friday, too. Davis will make his next few starts before undergoing surgery sometime in the next three weeks.

"We're not sure about the timetable after that," Hall told the newspaper. "We're deeply saddened and concerned for Doug but we're still in the process of collecting facts and applying that to timing."

Davis was 13-12 in 33 starts with a 4.25 ERA as Arizona won the National League West and advanced to the NL Championship Series before losing to the Rockies in four games.

According to the webmd.com Web site, there are 18,000 annual cases of thyroid cancer in the U.S. Most patients are cured or live many years with the disease.

Wish him the best. Sounds like they caught it early. The reason I say this is I was watching espn and it stated that he planned to be back playing in one month.

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Best of luck, Doug

Baseball Time in Arlington

by jamcadbury on Mar 28, 2008 6:18 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs

+1

A Lonestar in California

by lonestarJon on Mar 28, 2008 6:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well

Of course you would be thrilled if he was an Angel. What a hypocrite on this topic, you are.

by atlantaranger on Mar 28, 2008 7:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Please

Why can't you seem to understand: it wasn't about Escobar, it was about the team he played for. I have plenty of sympathy for players, just not certain teams that lose them.

Besides, I thought you where the one who said that issue was a dead horse - so why are you bringing it up again? That's a little hypocritical in itself.

A Lonestar in California

by lonestarJon on Mar 28, 2008 7:29 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yep

I so badly wanted to let it go. I just couldn't. I will try again.

by atlantaranger on Mar 28, 2008 7:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

There's a difference

between being happy a guy on a rival team has an injury that effects his ability to play, and being happy a guy on a rival team a guy has cancer. The former means you're perhaps a tad overzealous, while the latter means you're perhaps Satan incarnate.

Jon saw the difference.

Can you?

"Sabean did a good job on selling high on Liriano." Excel Hearts Choi

by thedirkatron on Mar 28, 2008 10:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yes

Dirk, I think both situations are sad. I don't vary my feelings due to the name across the uniform in this situation. And I don't wish more injury on a person, any person, because of their uniform. Like LSJ though, I hope the Angles suck (which I think is really what he means), but just not as a result of a bunch of career ending injuries.

And Dirk, due to your recent injury, I am sure you can relate. I don't like the Mavs but I am not happy the Mavs season is being negatively affected because of your injury troubles. Please accept my well wishes though I don't know you from Adam.

by atlantaranger on Mar 29, 2008 8:28 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don't agree with LSJ alot

but I find it pretty ridiculous that you're all over him for the Escobar diary. Unless you know any of the Angels personally, the only connection we have with them is as players and fans. They play for a team that I root against. If they're injured, that team does worse. Why on earth should I feel bad when it raises my team's chance to win?

by FirebatM3 on Mar 28, 2008 7:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

+1

Next track for OC, et al:

Del tha Funkee Homosapien - Catch A Bad One

by Chase Irwin on Mar 29, 2008 10:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Surgery

At least it's operable. I wonder how that procedure works... I assume they'll cut open his neck. Ouch.

by chief on Mar 28, 2008 6:33 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Yeah...

The big danger is impinging upon or cutting the recurrent laryngeal nerve which can cause temporary/permanent hoarseness of the voice. Sometimes the patients can't talk for years after the surgery, or not at all without the assistance.

by GhettoBear04 on Mar 29, 2008 10:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hope for a good prognosis

and that he recovers well, and it's not career ending. Seems surgery + treatment is usually successful.

http://www.thyroid.org/patients/brochures/ThyroidCancerFAQ.pdf

'At Georgia Southern, we don't cheat. That costs money and we don't have any.' Erk Russell / Georgia Southern

by Ed Coffin on Mar 28, 2008 7:09 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

is it papillary thyroid cancer?

Haven't heard about the type of thyroid cancer he's got, but the most common is papillary thyroid cancer and it is most certainly curable with surgical excision. Rare cases of other types of thyroid cancers can be more aggressive. Hope he gets treated ASAP and recovers well ---

by sanger on Mar 28, 2008 9:56 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs