Former Senator Ben Sasse shares his stage 4 pancreatic cancer diagnosis and reflections on life.
„There’s not a good time to tell your peeps you’re now marching to the beat of a faster drummer — but the season of Advent isn’t the worst. As a Christian, the weeks running up to Christmas are a time to orient our hearts toward the hope of what’s to come.“
That’s what former Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse wrote on social media on Tuesday when announcing that he was diagnosed with „metastasized. Stage 4 pancreatic cancer last week“ and admitted he is „gonna die.“
„Advanced pancreatic is nasty stuff; it’s a death sentence. But I already had a death sentence before last week too — we all do“, he said. „I’m blessed with amazing siblings and half-a-dozen buddies that are genuinely brothers. As one of them put it, ‚Sure, you’re on the clock, but we’re all on the clock.‘ Death is a wicked thief, and the bastard pursues us all.“
He continued, „Still, I’ve got less time than I’d prefer.“ Sasse, who is only 53, said that over the past year, he’s grown closer with his wife, Melissa, calling her „the best friend a man could ever have.“
The father of three also mentioned some of his children’s most recent accomplishments:
Seven months ago, Corrie was commissioned into the Air Force and she’s off at instrument and multi-engine rounds of flight school. Last week, Alex kicked butt graduating from college a semester early even while teaching gen chem, organic, and physics (she’s a freak).
