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Former NYPD detective, a 9/11 responder, loses 100 pounds after cancer, heart failure diagnosis

Former NYPD detective, a 9/11 responder, loses 100 pounds after cancer, heart failure diagnosis

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Saturday, February 19, 2022 01:07:51 PM UTC

Frank Thomas of Brooklyn exclusively told Fox News Digital he's 'happy to be here' — he also revealed the impact his diagnoses had on his family and how he created a healthy new lifestyle.

"I thought I was going to not see my kids grow up and my biggest fear was that they wouldn’t remember me." "Not only did I feel like I had hope to live a good quality of life, but she inspired me to want to do that." "I have an amazing wife and a very strong family. I wake up each morning happy to be here."

A New York City Police Department detective for 23 years and a father of three, Thomas told Fox News Digital exclusively that he thought "he was pretty much done" when he was diagnosed with angiosarcoma — a cancer that forms in the inner lining of blood vessels and lymph vessels, according to the National Cancer Institute. 

Angiosarcoma patients have a small likelihood for survival, experts say.

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