After 48 years of marriage, three kids, and grandchildren the Stein family's lives were nearly shattered after Howie, a 71-year-old lawyer, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
Friday, April 26, 2024 9:55PMNEW YORK --They met at 18 when Howard was a baseball player at the University of Rochester.
"I wasn't really into sports and I never knew what to yell when pitching so it just came to mind, you can do it, Howie. I don't know," Cathy said. After 48 years of marriage, three kids, and grandchildren their lives were nearly shattered after Howie, a 71-year-old lawyer, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.Howie found out on June 15 of last year that he was between stages 2 and 3.His cancer was treatable."The first five or six I was able to tolerate. The last six were brutal," Howie said. "I was so weak. I couldn't eat.
"And I really never realized what it would mean, but you can do it Howie," she said, just like he did back when he played baseball. "We're going to do it. We're doing it and I'm cancer free and I'm going to stay cancer free," he said.He'll be joined by thousands in Manhattan and across the nation, raising money to research for a cure.FILE - Heavy traffic fills Third Avenue, in New York's Manhattan borough near the United Nations, Sept. 20, 2021.
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