Team Goodfellow walks for a cure Published May 22, 2012 By Senior Airman Anne Gathua 17th Training Wing Public Affairs SAN ANGELO, Texas -- Pomp, music and color filled the LeGrand Sports Complex, Angelo State University, San Angelo, Texas May 18 during the 2012 Relay For Life. The event which was started by Dr. Gordy Klatt, a Tacoma colorectal surgeon in Tacoma, Wash., who wanted to enhance the income of his local American Cancer Society office and show support for all of his patients who had battled cancer, helps communities across the globe celebrate the lives of people who have battled cancer, remember loved ones lost, and fight back against the disease. Team Goodfellow participated in the event which saw Lt. Col. Andrew "Dixie" Cupp,17th Training Group Deputy Group Commander, as the guest speaker. Cupp was diagnosed with melanoma (skin cancer) in December 2008 and is fighting stage 4 Metastatic melanoma. Donned in a purple t-shirt worn by survivors, Cupp said he participates in the event for a cure. "Not for me, but for my children and their children," he added. "So you (San Angelo Community) and your children do not have to endure the pain and suffering those of us wearing purple have had to endure." In January of this year, he found that the cancer had spread to the bone in his shoulder and into his liver. Metastatic melanoma that has spread to two organs results in a life expectancy of four months. When it has spread to three or more organs, life expectancy is two months.
