The Players tees up big surprise for young cancer patients
Bender Middlekauff, who was diagnosed with a brain tumor last year, got to meet Justin Thomas
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A 25-year-old cancer patient got the surprise of a lifetime on Wednesday afternoon.
Baptist MD Anderson Cancer Center gave Bender Middlekauff tickets for him, his family and friends to attend The Players Championship. But little did he know that when they got there, he’d wind up meeting his favorite professional golfer, Justin Thomas.
It’s the sort of moment every golf fan dreams about.
“Unbelievable,” Middlekauf recalled. “He called me out by my name at the 16th tee: ‘You’re Bender, right?’ I was like, ‘Yeah, you’re Justin Thomas. Can I call you JT?’”
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Best Life: Doctors use awake brain surgery to save young man s life By Ivanhoe Broadcast News | March 1, 2021 at 8:59 AM CST - Updated March 1 at 4:57 PM
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) Age is one of the biggest risk factors for cancer. In fact, nine out of ten cancer cases are diagnosed in people over the age of 45 and seniors older than 74 make up more than a quarter of cancer cases. Ivanhoe has details on a particular type of cancer that targets people in their 30â²s to early 40â²s and the story of how one young man in his 20â²s assisted doctors to save his life.