Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine declares he’s 100-percent cancer-free...

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https://consequenceofsound.net/2020/02/megadeth-dave-mustaine-100-percent-cancer-free/?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark

During Megadeth’s show at the SSE Arena in London on Friday night, frontman Dave Mustaine declared that he was 100-percent cancer free. The revelation came roughly seven months after he initially revealed he was battling throat cancer.

In October, Megadeth bassist David Ellefson announced that Mustaine had completed his cancer treatments. And in November, Mustaine shared his progress in an interview with Rolling Stone, but didn’t say at the time whether he was completely free of cancer.

At the London concert, Mustaine addressed the crowd from the stage, offering a more definitive update on his condition:

“About a year ago, we were working on our new album back in Franklin, Tennessee, and I started to feel some pain over here [points to his throat]. So I went to the doctor and he said, ‘Dave, you have cancer.’ And I went, ‘F**k! I have cancer.’ And I was so shocked. At first, I thought, ‘Am I afraid?’ And then I said, ‘No. I’m f**king pissed.’ And we stopped the record; we stopped everything. I went into treatment for cancer. It was 51 radiation treatments and nine chemo treatments. And when it was all said and done, every day I would think, ‘I can’t face not playing again. I can’t face not playing again.’

So I would pray. I know a lot of you guys know that I pray. I say that in [Megadeth’s song] ‘Peace Sells’. I pray every day. I say that in the song. I’ve said it since the second record. But I thought about you guys every day, too. And I thought about my family. And I got this power from you guys. And I just kept thinking about it. And on October 16th, I went to go see the doctor, and he said, ‘You’re 100 percent free of cancer.'”

After canceling all of their 2019 tour dates in the wake of Mustaine’s cancer diagnosis, Megadeth are currently back on the road supporting Five Finger Death Punch in the UK and Europe. The tour continues through a February 22nd gig in Sofia, Bulgaria.

The thrash-metal veterans have also resumed working on their 16th studio album, with hopes to release the LP in 2020. The album will be the follow-up to 2016’s Grammy-winning effort Dystopia.

[DonS 3,067]

   Now I'm in good company with Bruce Dickinson AND Dave Mustaine.

 

[kilroy69 994]

So did shannon daughtery a few years back 

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1 hour ago, kilroy69 said:

So did shannon daughtery a few years back 

Do you mean Shannon Doherty?  If so it sounds like she's got quite the opposite news:

https://theweek.com/speedreads/893630/shannen-doherty-says-battling-stage-4-breast-cancer

Edit:  oops.  I now see what you were getting at.  Whoosh! 

 

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1 hour ago, kilroy69 said:

So did shannon daughtery a few years back 

Yeah...  I always thought that was interesting that people think once you get cancer, you can then get "cancer-free"...  Nope, that isn't the case...

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9 minutes ago, posty said:

Yeah...  I always thought that was interesting that people think once you get cancer, you can then get "cancer-free"...  Nope, that isn't the case...

 

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2 minutes ago, DonS said:

 

Sorry man, that is what I think...  My SIL had breast cancer, was told she beat it and was cancer-free and then three months later the cancer was back in her bones...

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3 minutes ago, posty said:

Sorry man, that is what I think...  My SIL had breast cancer, was told she beat it and was cancer-free and then three months later the cancer was back in her bones...

Fair enough, but not all cancers are created equal.  Glad mine was localized with a treatment that has shown to be highly effective.  That was one reason why I never worried about dying, I just knew it was gonna be a rough summer.   Catching it early makes a huge difference as well. 

Sorry about your SIL. 

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Just now, DonS said:

Fair enough, but not all cancers are created equal.  Glad mine was localized with a treatment that has shown to be highly effective.  That was one reason why I never worried about dying, I just knew it was gonna be a rough summer. 

Sorry about your SIL. 

That is very true... Hopefully with the cancer you had you are in fact cancer-free...

And thanks...

[kilroy69 994]

I just think that when people proclaim to the world they are cancer free that its like tempting fate. I know it sounds crazy. But its like thumbing your nose at death and expecting it not to notice. 

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1 minute ago, kilroy69 said:

I just think that when people proclaim to the world they are cancer free that its like tempting fate. I know it sounds crazy. But its like thumbing your nose at death and expecting it not to notice. 

I fart in Death's general direction!!! 

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Just now, DonS said:

I fart in Death's general direction!!! 

I try to stay off the radar of death and the cops at all times 

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2 hours ago, kilroy69 said:

I just think that when people proclaim to the world they are cancer free that its like tempting fate. I know it sounds crazy. But its like thumbing your nose at death and expecting it not to notice. 

Dumb thoughts.  Do you also avoid stepping on cracks?

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21 hours ago, Alias Detective said:

Dumb thoughts.  Do you also avoid stepping on cracks?

and I keep a 4 leaf clover in my pocket 

[vuduchile 1,941]

So Megalife then?