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Cancer is like our present-day version of The Plague. So many have been affected, and many have died. Almost every person I know knows someone who has died from it, someone who is battling it now, and someone who has battled back from it. A friend of mine told me one in every three men will develop cancer, and the number increases to an alarming one in two women. I believe it.

Forgetting the final result when the Sens hosted the Boston Bruins tonight, it was great news to hear 19 year-old Bruins' forward Phil Kessel played his first NHL game since having surgery for testicular cancer last month. The last thing that worries a 19 year-old athlete, or any teenager for that matter, is their health. And they shouldn't have to. The surgery was successful, and early indications are that it hasn't spread. Knock on wood, looks like he beat it.

We need to celebrate victories like these everytime we hear them. Way to come back, Phil!