He's battling Stage 4 lung cancer and metastatic brain cancer. My thoughts go out to him.
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Just donated I never met him but I no of a couple ppl who I no passed bcuz of this desease and I want to help all I can to make sure this icon receives the best treatment possible. Thoughts and prayers to his family.Damn...…….all of you know I'm a big Cliz fan. Prayers to him and his family during this difficult time.
Purdue’s Matt Painter
✔ @CoachPainter
Continue to do what you can. Cliz is one of my best friends, he means so much to our program and is one of the most-respected people in radio.
Let’s help him beat cancer.
Purdue Men’s Basketball
✔ @BoilerBall
We know The Cliz is going to fight like hell. #OnlyTheStrong
Help in any way you can.
https://www.gofundme.com/larry-clisby-cancer-fund …
4:15 PM - Jul 21, 2018
Friends of the Cliz and @PurdueBasketball, @boilerballUNITE!
Larry Clisby -- the voice of Purdue Men’s Basketball -- and recent inductee to the Indiana Sportswriters & Sportscasters Hall of Fame, has been diagnosed with Stage 4 Lung Cancer and Metastatic Brain Cancer.
Larry has limited healthcare coverage through Medicare, and needs complementary medical treatments that are very costly and crucial to his recovery.
Funds will be used to assist with treatment, care and comfort needs specifically tailored to address the cancers Larry has been diagnosed with.
Any help would be greatly appreciated and any funds not used will be donated to the National Foundation for Cancer Research ( www.nfcr.org).
Saw Basil donated. Hated it when he left, seemed like all understood it was necessary but seemed like he couldn’t get out of his own way. Hope things are going well for him.
I am an IU fan . I work a lot on Saturdays and weeknights so I listen to a number of the Purdue games while doing my work. I have always enjoyed listening to Larry Clisby. I think he does an excellent job. I know how much we IU fans love Don Fischer so I can imagine how special Larry Clisby is to Purdue and its fans. I hope and pray for the best for Larry Clisby. I am sure that he means a lot to everyone associated with the Purdue Basketball program.Prays for Cliz! I hope everyone will make a donation!
Having gone through brain cancer with my late wife, I feel so bad for the man and his family. But the good news is I've had two friends who have recently been declared in remission from stage 3 and 4 lung cancer. Prayers for a full recovery.He's battling Stage 4 lung cancer and metastatic brain cancer. My thoughts go out to him.
I had lunch with him on St Thomas when we won the Paradise Jam. Fun guy. He loves the Indians...and home made salsa. This news is devastating.
I don't think he was. Could have been but I don't recall.Was he a smoker?
A guy I worked with passed away in April from the same thing. He did smoke but the doctors said that it had little to nothing to do with the type of caner he had in his lung and brain.Was he a smoker?
This hit me especially hard as well.
A little over a month ago, my sister was diagnosed with early stages of breast cancer.
She had had a car accident approx 10 mos ago, and had developed a small lump, but it was initially diagnosed as scar tissue from the accident, and was only further diagnosed as cancer when it became larger, and more troublesome (as well as it being time for her routine Mammogram).
She had surgery about 10 days ago, and it seems at this point to have been successful, and she may get away with only needing a few additional radiation treatments to ensure the cancer is not still present/active/spreading (obviously I know exactly NOTHING about medicine), but she is a nurse, so I trust her evaluation and optimism that she is one of the lucky ones, and it could have been much worse.
Through the process, we have felt we had to be very strong, and very positive (for her), and I never faltered in my faith that through prayer, God would take care of this for her/us. I never even considered that she was in any real danger.
Fast forward to the breaking of the news about "The Cliz", and I immediately teared up, and was overcome by just an unbelievable sadness.
I asked my wife if maybe the timing of the two occurrences maybe had an effect on my reaction to this story (and considering how we had had "to be brave" facing the situation in our own immediate family)? I still don't have a definitive answer; but again, I feel almost like Cliz IS "one of the family", and certainly that he is "one of our own".
I grew up, and even grew old with him during all the good times, the bad times, and the seemingly unluckiest of times. We've all shared his unconstrained excitement during the biggest of victories, his utter despondency during the biggest losses (and even his sheer disgust when fate/luck/injuries had once again ruined what was once such a promising year/season).
It's hard to put my thoughts into words, other than to say he's been through it all with us as Boiler fans, and he means a lot to me and my family, as fans and as people.