🏈 RIP Sang Lyda

[OldPlayer]

Henry "Sang" Lyda died at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday after a brief but devastating illness. He was surrounded by his family, which is gratified by the outpouring of love from his many friends. It was very peaceful. Arrangements will be announced soon for a memorial service that will be in Tuscaloosa.

For those of you who didn't know him, Sang was a longtime trainer at Alabama working with Jim Goosetree under Coach Bryant. If I can get photos, I'll post them soon.

 

[TerryP]

ICYMI, Lyda was diagnosed with Pancreatic cancer a week ago. A friend of mine spent some time with him last Friday ... said he could tell he wasn't feeling well, but there wasn't a single complaint.

It's certainly sad news, but these things are better if they're quick, right?

 

[planomateo]

It's certainly sad news, but these things are better if they're quick, right?

Not sure there is a better. Hard to get your affairs in order when they happen like this. Might not allow time to repair any damaged relationships.

 

[planomateo]

 

[TerryP]

If some of you guys want to drop the family a quick note, send it here: sanglyda@hotmail.com

 

[It Takes Eleven]

ICYMI, Lyda was diagnosed with Pancreatic cancer a week ago. A friend of mine spent some time with him last Friday ... said he could tell he wasn't feeling well, but there wasn't a single complaint.

It's certainly sad news, but these things are better if they're quick, right?

If the bile duct is blocked and they can't put in a stent or external drain, it's over pretty quick.

 

[TerryP]

If the bile duct is blocked and they can't put in a stent or external drain, it's over pretty quick.

Over the last two years I've seen an aunt and a friend of the family both deal with this. It wasn't Pancreatic, but cancer none-the-less. Seeing the stress and anguish people have gone through (up until and through hospice care) it seems the quicker the better for all involved.

 

[OldPlayer]

A little more information on Sang's passing via AL.com

Former Crimson Tide football and basketball trainer Sang Lyda has died

 

[alabama mike]

He was a fine man to have in the Alabama family. Prayers to his family.

 

[rammerjammer]

TP. It is definitely better if it happens quickly. Outside of what @planomateo brings up about mending broken relationships, quicker is definitely better.

See this a lot with dementia/Alzheimer patients. That can be an agonizing ordeal for the families when it is drawn out.

 

[planomateo]

Don't disagree with that. My grandmother lived with an alcoholic for a long long time. He was diagnosed with mouth/throat/tongue cancer back in the 80's, had a tube in his stomach (due to having a portion of his tongue removed) that she would food process all his meals and he'd pour into that tube. After about 15-20 years he finally passed. You'd think her having to deal with him and being a breast cancer survivor from the 80's would be all she'd be faced with. A few years after he passed, she was diagnosed with Alzheimers. She lived 6-7 years like that. I'll never understand how / why she was dealt such a tough hand in life, she was a kind lady and I miss her.

 

[UAgrad93]

Cancer is a bitch to say the least! My grandmother was diagnosed with breast cancer around my freshman year at BAMA. They performed a double mastectomy and with treatments, it appeared she had beat it. In '91, it came back with a vengeance in her lymph node system. She went the all of the radiation and chemo treatments but to no avail. She passed in September of '92. The Sunday before her passing, she told me that she wouldn't be here when I told her that I would be coming home again next weekend to see her. My dad called me at 5am on a Wednesday to tell me of her passing. Dad was fighting back the tears for his mother in law.
Being the first born grandchild, I struggled with her passing and was a regular in Harry's, the Houndstooth, Side Track/ Post 37, and any other place that I could get a drink. How I got through my last year and a half of school is a mystery. I don't touch the stuff now! I get down in the dumps when I think that she didn't get to see me receive my degree, meet my wife, and meet my two kids. Not a day goes by that I don't think of her.
I have seen several more family members pass due to cancer and I would tend to agree that, the quicker, the better. It really takes an emotional toll on the family. RIP Sang!

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

ICYMI, Lyda was diagnosed with Pancreatic cancer a week ago. A friend of mine spent some time with him last Friday ... said he could tell he wasn't feeling well, but there wasn't a single complaint.

It's certainly sad news, but these things are better if they're quick, right?

Same shit my dad has. It sucks.

 

[psychojoe]

I have seen both sides of this. My mom died at age 93, peacefully in her sleep, in her own home, in good health considering her age. My dad was in his mid eighties. He was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in his mid seventies, and it was heartbreaking to see his personality disintegrate bit by bit over that period. Fortunately his overall health prevented him from wandering off and getting lost as so many Alzheimer's victims do.