Cancer takes my radio colleague

Damn cruel cancer. I didn't have cancer when I started working with Steve Bise. He had cancer and was dealing with radiation and chemo and all it's ugliness...but he was quite humble when I asked him about it. My parents both died of cancer, so I knew how scary it was, and how to offer consoling words...but then in 2010, after I lost my gig at the station, I was diagnosed with the disease....and now Steve was checking in on me. Steve and I worked together at KKIQ, KUIC and KKDV- a cluster of Adult Contemporary stations in the SF Bay Area. I hosted the For Lovers Only show week nights. I loved it, and Steve loved that I would drop in some of my own music...that is a no no in commercial radio, but the show was taking off like wild fire. He loved music as much as I did and knew there was more to musc then the commercial playlist of our radio stations!No matter how many years a jock is on the air, when that first break is about to be made and the mic is going on program and potted up, the adrenaline rises. The high is there. And Steve was on the other side....he was at KUIC in Vacaville and I was at KKIQ/KKDV in Pleasanton, it was triple casted, so when I was ready to pot up, Steve would talk to me in cue, and the sound of his mild calm voice always put me in the place I wanted to be. He always paid me a great compliment in support of the show. It was truly magical.We stayed in touch via Facebook and I always asked him about his health, and he began checking in on me about mine. His cancer came back, and found it's place in his bloodstream. We messaged each other one month ago...I didn't like the sound of what was going on and we both agreed..."that damn cancer"! We both understood it all too well. But it got him. The services I attended for him today were beautiful. He was a wonderful co worker, friend, brother to his siblings, a great husband and a terrific dad. cancer is cruel, and it took my radio colleague.I am so sad, he was an angel and is one now....it still just isn't fair....Damn cancer!!!