DMN = Dallas Morning News
WS Note: "Former Winnipeg Blue Bombers head coach Jeff Reinebold is battling cancer. The receivers coach at Southern Methodist University in Texas was diagnosed with malignant melanoma in his stomach earlier this month. He has already had one operation and will undergo a second procedure in the next 10 days."
Not letting his cancer get him down, Jeff Reinebold said:
"You don't get picked for this kind of thing unless you're ready to handle it, so I'm like, let's go. That's no false bravado, false macho stuff. I'm like everybody else. The first time that you hear that word, it's like, whoa. Because the society that we live in paints this picture of everyone who gets cancer is going to die. Well, that's not true." (WS)
DMN Note: "Anyone who's run across SMU wide receivers coach Jeff Reinebold knows he's one of the most energetic and spirited people you'll ever meet. They also know Reinebold loves to surf.
It was while surfing in Hawaii during the Mustangs' bowl trip last December that Reinebold said he "rubbed a little thing raw" on his stomach, and the irritation never healed. Reinebold said he gets a yearly physical in February when recruiting season is over, and his doctor decided to remove the lesion. It turned out to be malignant melanoma, a form of skin cancer."
Keeping a positive attitude about battling cancer, Reinebold said:
"It's an opportunity to show your faith, and that God picked you for this because he knows you can handle it. It's an opportunity to walk in faith and strength so that others can can see how to live with something like this." (DMN)
About why he will have more surgery, Reinebold said:
"It's a burrowing cancer. It's one of the more difficult ones if they don't get it in time." (DMN)
About how he will keep up his normal coaching duties, Reinebold said:
http://www.winnipegsun.com/sports/football/2010/02/26/13044261.html
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