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Bob Hunt has five sons and he\u2019s made a priority of doing something special with each one.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s gone snowboarding, refereed hockey games, competed in triathlons and completed 100-mile bike rides with his sons.<\/p>\n

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After cancer surgery, Bob Hunt, 76, takes a break during a long bike ride with one of his five sons.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Bob, 76, and his wife, Carol, who had back surgery five years ago, swim laps a few times a week at the Briargate YMCA to stay healthy. Bob and Carol aren\u2019t the kind of people who like to sit around.<\/p>\n

One of Bob\u2019s favorites is cycling through North Cheyenne Canon Park in Colorado Springs. A couple years ago, he and a buddy had one of their best rides ever \u2013 nothing but the blue sky, shimmering aspen trees and the exhilaration of the wind in his face. Bob was somewhat bothered that day, though, by what he called a weird, bloating sensation in his stomach.<\/p>\n

\u201cI told Carol, \u2018if I don\u2019t feel better in a day or two, I\u2019m going to go to the doctor.\u2019 I said, \u2018I must have the stomach flu or something.\u2019 \u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

Visiting the family doctor<\/h3>\n

A couple days later, he saw his family doctor. His doctor started out thinking Bob had some kind of stomach disorder. He had x-rays to see if he had gallstones, a stool test, and a blood test, which showed low hemoglobin. Then his doctor asked for a CT scan followed by a referral to a gastroenterologist, who wanted a colonoscopy and endoscopy. Those tests showed Bob had a blockage in his stomach. A biopsy was done.<\/p>\n

Bob had a follow-up appointment with the gastroenterologist. He dropped Carol off at the Y, thinking he\u2019d be prescribed an iron supplement or something to help his gut. Bob thought it was peculiar when the doctor asked, \u201cWhere\u2019s your nice wife?\u2019\u2019 Later, when the doctor told Bob he had cancer in his duodenal, the first section of the small intestine, he understood why.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s the moment. It\u2019s a moment,\u2019\u2019 Bob said, understating the seismic news.<\/p>\n

Meeting the specialists<\/h3>\n

His doctor explained that Bob would have to see a surgeon at UCHealth. The cancer had also spread to his lymph nodes. That\u2019s when he was introduced to Dr. Patrick Burns, a general surgeon, and a few days later, Dr. Geetika Srivastava<\/a>, an oncologist at the UCHealth Cancer Center \u2013 Memorial Hospital Central.<\/p>\n

After collaborating, Dr. Burns and Dr. Srivastava decided Bob should have chemotherapy to kill the cancer in the lymph nodes.<\/p>\n

Srivastava explained that the tumor caused an obstruction in a critical location, and it was hard on Bob. He lost about 30 pounds and felt terrible. He had no appetite and couldn\u2019t sleep. His stomach was distended and Bob had some doubts about whether he\u2019d return to the life he loves.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought, \u2018This is it. You know, I\u2019ve had a nice life.\u2019 \u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

By December 2017, the bloating that Bob had experienced on his bike ride intensified. He was in intense pain and his doctor admitted him to UCHealth Memorial Hospital Central and two pounds of fluid was removed from his abdominal area.<\/p>\n

A barium X-ray showed that Bob was having trouble moving fluid from his stomach to his intestines. Because of the location of Bob\u2019s tumor, doctors planned to do a surgical bypass and reroute the path from Bob\u2019s stomach to his intestines.<\/p>\n

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One of Bob Hunt’s favorite activities is snowboarding. After surgery for cancer, he returned to doing the things he loves.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cHe (Dr. Burns) told me the day of the surgery, \u2018We will do this bypass and when I have you opened up, I\u2019ll take a look and see if there is anything else that I can do,\u2019 \u2019\u2019 Bob said.<\/p>\n

A soft-spoken doctor<\/h3>\n

Bob said he appreciated Dr. Burns\u2019 soft-spoken, but direct way. And he felt as though his physicians got to know him and knew him as a person, not his disease. Before surgery, a radiologist had learned of Bob\u2019s love for technology. The radiologist told Bob that he had talked the anesthesiologist into keeping him awake before surgery so he could see some of the highly sophisticated robotic technology that is used to perform surgeries (but not Bob\u2019s).<\/p>\n

\u201cHe brought me in there and showed me all that stuff, and it was absolutely amazing. Then he said, \u2018Time\u2019s up,\u2019 \u2019\u2019 and delivered the anesthetic.<\/p>\n

Carol sat anxiously in the waiting room during the January 2018 surgery waiting for news. Then, Dr. Burns came bounding in the room, full of enthusiasm.<\/p>\n

Once Bob was in surgery, Dr. Burns connected the small bowel to the stomach. He also discovered that the tumor was located in the distal region of the stomach, \u201cand at that point, we were able to remove most of the tumor,\u2019\u2019 Dr. Burns said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe has done well from that surgery, but he still has disease,\u2019\u2019 Dr. Burns said.<\/p>\n

In recovery, Carol told Bob that during the bypass surgery, surgeons were able to remove the 3.2-centimeter tumor. The next morning, Dr. Burns came to Bob\u2019s hospital room to talk to him about the surgery.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s one of these unusual people that you meet in life,\u2019\u2019 Bob said of Dr. Burns. \u201cHe is so humble, so soft-spoken and so kind.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

Bob said his care during his hospital stay was extraordinary from doctors, nurses and even a housekeeper who offered kindness and respect.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a woman who works in housekeeping in the oncology department named Yolanda and she is an amazing person,\u2019\u2019 he said. \u201cEvery day she would come and say, \u2018How are you feeling today?\u2019 And she would get a nice warm washcloth and put it on my face.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd when she left, she\u2019d say, \u2018I hope I meet you again but it is going to be at Wal-Mart,\u2019 \u2019 \u2019 he said. \u201cThey were amazing, absolutely amazing people.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

Doctors placed Bob on oral chemotherapy. He had no problems with the first dose, but he had a bad reaction to the second. He started to lose skin on his hands and the bottom of his feet. That was at the end of April, and he hasn\u2019t been back on chemotherapy since then. Tests show that the chemotherapy has reduced the cancer in the lymph nodes, Dr. Srivastava said.<\/p>\n

Bob said that he learned to have courage in battling illness from his wife, Carol, who had spine surgery five years ago.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe wasn\u2019t going to let that get the best of her,\u2019\u2019 Bob said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have a plate in my back because my spine was bent, and I had nerves lying on my spine. It was very painful. I waited about a year because I didn\u2019t want to give up the skiing and all those things that I would have to give up when I had surgery. I waited, but the pain got so bad. \u2018\u2019<\/p>\n

After the back surgery, Bob took Carol to her follow-up appointments. On the second or third appointment, after surgery, Carol asked the doctor if she had to keep using a walker.<\/p>\n

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Dr. Geetika Srivastava<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The doctor said it was up to her.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, I\u2019m tripping over it,\u2019\u2019 Carol said.<\/p>\n

When Bob and Carol drove away from the doctor\u2019s office, Carol told Bob: \u201cGo to Goodwill.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy?\u2019\u2019 he asked.<\/p>\n

\u201cCause that\u2019s where the walker\u2019s going,\u2019\u2019 she said.<\/p>\n

Carol began swimming and walking around the track at the YMCA, with Bob encouraging.<\/p>\n

Back to doing the things he loves<\/h3>\n

Following Bob\u2019s surgery in January 2018, he was able to get back in March and April to the things that he likes to do: swim, referee hockey games and ride his bike. His son asked him to do a 100-mile bike ride in Texas and Bob wasn\u2019t sure whether he\u2019d be able to do the ride, but it had exits at 28 miles, 46 miles and 65 miles.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt costs the same whether you finish or don\u2019t finish, so I said, \u2018Let\u2019s sign up.\u2019 \u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

Bob started the ride June 23 with his son and 40 miles down the road, his feet, altered by the chemotherapy, were killing him and he decided to sit down and rest.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know I\u2019ll be OK,\u2019\u2019 he told his son. He drank some water, caught his breath and got back on the bicycle and rode another 22 miles. In total, he logged 100 kilometers, nearly 62 miles.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt first I was unhappy with that and then I thought, \u2018Wow!\u2019 \u2019\u2019 The ride gave him a mental boost — confidence to return to the things he loves with his sons.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo then I got back to doing all of the stuff that I do,\u2019\u2019 Bob said. \u201cI referee ice hockey, snowboard, I ride bicycles, swim three times a week and there are very few things that I don\u2019t do. We live a life that you dream about.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

In the coming months, physicians will continue to monitor Bob\u2019s health. An image shows that he currently has a spot near his kidney.<\/p>\n

\u201cGiven the cancer was metastatic to begin with \u2026 we will be doing a scan every 3 to 4 months,\u2019\u2019 Dr. Srivastava said. If the cancer recurs, chemotherapy, or local therapy such as radiation or surgical removal, could provide a palliative benefit.<\/p>\n

\u201cMr. Hunt has done remarkably well,\u2019\u2019 Dr. Srivastava said. \u201cHe is extremely active, in great physical shape. I feel certain that how well he has taken care of his body and his positive attitude has played a role in him having done so exceptionally well.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

Bob said he is grateful for his physicians and other care givers.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs difficult of an experience as it is, it is something that I have learned and grown from a whole bunch,\u2019\u2019 he said. \u201cI just feel so good about people. \u2018\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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