Poker Players Show Support to Thuy Doan by Shaving Their Head
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The owner of the blog Thuy Doan is also a professional poker player and she recently announced to her blog that she has cancer.
One fresh entry to her blog shows the undying support of her poker colleagues to her situation by shaving their head bald.
Her family came from Vietnam where she's born.
They evacuated from there when she was a child right after the war was finished.
Thuy wanted to change the life her family had when they were in Vietnam, so she worked hard in order for her to finish college.
As she was studying she was also playing poker professionally in the sideline.
She posted her condition in her blog last 15th of September this year.
Lots of her friends were shock and saddened by the news.
Here's a direct quote from her entry, "Yup, I'm Gonna Go Bald.
" "2009 was a year for me to become many things: college graduate, full-time poker player, California resident..
..
Never did I expect to become a cancer fighter.
" She also stated, "The biopsy results came back...
I have an aggressive soft tissue sarcoma in my upper calf.
The next step is to get a chest scan to see if the cancer has spread.
After that is chemo to shrink the tumour, then surgery.
If chemo doesn't work then amputation is a disturbing possibility.
Since my health insurance policy is based in Virginia, I will be going back there soon for treatment.
" Thuy Doan is quiet recognized and loved in the poker community.
This time the online poker community are throwing their weight behind another good cause by shaving their hair off.
As a mark of support and respect some of the online world's biggest names have taken the clippers to their heads and gone bald.
Amongst the players who made the heroic shaved were: Doyle Brunson, Tom "Durrrr" Dwan, Sorel Mizzi and Bertrand "Elky" Grospellier.
She's facing her condition bravely.
That's why a lot of people are showing their own kind of support for her.
Here is an excerpt from her blog that shows the brave side of this young woman.
"This is a tough spot but don't feel bad for me.
My life is still great.
I have amazing people in it, a profession that I'm passionate about, and the potential for an incredible future.
It's a life worth fighting for and this cancer is just a hurdle.
I won't let it destroy me.
I will beat it.
Just watch.
"
The owner of the blog Thuy Doan is also a professional poker player and she recently announced to her blog that she has cancer.
One fresh entry to her blog shows the undying support of her poker colleagues to her situation by shaving their head bald.
Her family came from Vietnam where she's born.
They evacuated from there when she was a child right after the war was finished.
Thuy wanted to change the life her family had when they were in Vietnam, so she worked hard in order for her to finish college.
As she was studying she was also playing poker professionally in the sideline.
She posted her condition in her blog last 15th of September this year.
Lots of her friends were shock and saddened by the news.
Here's a direct quote from her entry, "Yup, I'm Gonna Go Bald.
" "2009 was a year for me to become many things: college graduate, full-time poker player, California resident..
..
Never did I expect to become a cancer fighter.
" She also stated, "The biopsy results came back...
I have an aggressive soft tissue sarcoma in my upper calf.
The next step is to get a chest scan to see if the cancer has spread.
After that is chemo to shrink the tumour, then surgery.
If chemo doesn't work then amputation is a disturbing possibility.
Since my health insurance policy is based in Virginia, I will be going back there soon for treatment.
" Thuy Doan is quiet recognized and loved in the poker community.
This time the online poker community are throwing their weight behind another good cause by shaving their hair off.
As a mark of support and respect some of the online world's biggest names have taken the clippers to their heads and gone bald.
Amongst the players who made the heroic shaved were: Doyle Brunson, Tom "Durrrr" Dwan, Sorel Mizzi and Bertrand "Elky" Grospellier.
She's facing her condition bravely.
That's why a lot of people are showing their own kind of support for her.
Here is an excerpt from her blog that shows the brave side of this young woman.
"This is a tough spot but don't feel bad for me.
My life is still great.
I have amazing people in it, a profession that I'm passionate about, and the potential for an incredible future.
It's a life worth fighting for and this cancer is just a hurdle.
I won't let it destroy me.
I will beat it.
Just watch.
"
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