03-26-2008, 08:08 AM
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Why so serious?
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Potokar preparing to undergo more treatments
Wednesday, March 26, 2008 3:11 AM
By Ken Gordon
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
Dan Potokar's optimism did not last long. Cancer can be like that.
A few weeks ago, the Ohio State receiver was hopeful that the chemotherapy treatments he had been enduring for several months were wiping out the testicular cancer that had spread to his lungs and abdomen.
But it turns out that his particular form of cancer is rare and resistant to chemo, and doctors have discovered lesions remaining on his lungs. It is not the same type of cancer that cyclist Lance Armstrong defeated.
So Potokar and his mother, Nannette, are currently in Indiana. They will live on the Indiana University campus in Indianapolis for the next six to eight weeks as he prepares to undergo a much more intensive treatment at the IU hospital.
He turns 21 on Saturday.
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