Mark Hoppus.Photo: Kevin Winter/GettyAfter learning he had cancer,Mark Hoppusleaned on therapy to help him make sense of his diagnosis.TheBlink-182bassist, 49, toldGQthat he was actually in his therapist’s office when he received word from his doctor in April, and was able to dive into treatment as he grappled with what his future might look like.For Hoppus, it meant coming to terms with the fact that his previously blessed life — which includes a 21-year marriage to wife Skye and 19-year-old son Jack — had now been thrown into turmoil.Mark Hoppus.Mark Hoppus Instagram"I had a really dark time after finding out," he told the magazine. “I went through this whole period of like, notwhyme, butof courseme. Why wouldn’t it be me?“He continued: “We’ve had so much good luck and good fortune, and things have kind of fallen into place for me specifically for so long, thatof courseI was due. I was due for something tragic.“One of the first adjustments for Hoppus was the addition of meat to his diet after years of being a vegan, at his doctor’s recommendation.The pop-punk legend also began re-examining lyrics he’d written decades earlier, including “Adam’s Song,” which chronicles a suicidal person’s realization that life can be worth living, however difficult.RELATED VIDEO: Mark Hoppus Says He’s Cancer-Free After Months of Chemotherapy: ‘I Feel So Blessed’“I’ve had a lot of thoughts about my own mortality, a lot of thoughts about what happens when I’m gone,” Hoppus toldGQ. “And so I’ve been listening to ‘Adam’s Song,’ thinking, Yeah, tomorrow holds such better days.“Hoppus announced in late September that he wasfree of his stage 4 diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, the same type of blood cancer his mother had.“Just saw my oncologist and I’m cancer free!!” he wrote on social media at the time. “Thank you God and universe and friends and family and everyone who sent support and kindness and love. Still have to get scanned every six months and it’ll take me until the end of the year to get back to normal but today is an amazing day and I feel so blessed.”
Mark Hoppus.Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty
After learning he had cancer,Mark Hoppusleaned on therapy to help him make sense of his diagnosis.TheBlink-182bassist, 49, toldGQthat he was actually in his therapist’s office when he received word from his doctor in April, and was able to dive into treatment as he grappled with what his future might look like.For Hoppus, it meant coming to terms with the fact that his previously blessed life — which includes a 21-year marriage to wife Skye and 19-year-old son Jack — had now been thrown into turmoil.Mark Hoppus.Mark Hoppus Instagram"I had a really dark time after finding out,” he told the magazine. “I went through this whole period of like, notwhyme, butof courseme. Why wouldn’t it be me?“He continued: “We’ve had so much good luck and good fortune, and things have kind of fallen into place for me specifically for so long, thatof courseI was due. I was due for something tragic.“One of the first adjustments for Hoppus was the addition of meat to his diet after years of being a vegan, at his doctor’s recommendation.The pop-punk legend also began re-examining lyrics he’d written decades earlier, including “Adam’s Song,” which chronicles a suicidal person’s realization that life can be worth living, however difficult.RELATED VIDEO: Mark Hoppus Says He’s Cancer-Free After Months of Chemotherapy: ‘I Feel So Blessed’“I’ve had a lot of thoughts about my own mortality, a lot of thoughts about what happens when I’m gone,” Hoppus toldGQ. “And so I’ve been listening to ‘Adam’s Song,’ thinking, Yeah, tomorrow holds such better days.“Hoppus announced in late September that he wasfree of his stage 4 diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, the same type of blood cancer his mother had.“Just saw my oncologist and I’m cancer free!!” he wrote on social media at the time. “Thank you God and universe and friends and family and everyone who sent support and kindness and love. Still have to get scanned every six months and it’ll take me until the end of the year to get back to normal but today is an amazing day and I feel so blessed.”
After learning he had cancer,Mark Hoppusleaned on therapy to help him make sense of his diagnosis.
TheBlink-182bassist, 49, toldGQthat he was actually in his therapist’s office when he received word from his doctor in April, and was able to dive into treatment as he grappled with what his future might look like.
For Hoppus, it meant coming to terms with the fact that his previously blessed life — which includes a 21-year marriage to wife Skye and 19-year-old son Jack — had now been thrown into turmoil.
Mark Hoppus.Mark Hoppus Instagram
“I had a really dark time after finding out,” he told the magazine. “I went through this whole period of like, notwhyme, butof courseme. Why wouldn’t it be me?”
He continued: “We’ve had so much good luck and good fortune, and things have kind of fallen into place for me specifically for so long, thatof courseI was due. I was due for something tragic.”
One of the first adjustments for Hoppus was the addition of meat to his diet after years of being a vegan, at his doctor’s recommendation.
The pop-punk legend also began re-examining lyrics he’d written decades earlier, including “Adam’s Song,” which chronicles a suicidal person’s realization that life can be worth living, however difficult.
RELATED VIDEO: Mark Hoppus Says He’s Cancer-Free After Months of Chemotherapy: ‘I Feel So Blessed’
“I’ve had a lot of thoughts about my own mortality, a lot of thoughts about what happens when I’m gone,” Hoppus toldGQ. “And so I’ve been listening to ‘Adam’s Song,’ thinking, Yeah, tomorrow holds such better days.”
Hoppus announced in late September that he wasfree of his stage 4 diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, the same type of blood cancer his mother had.
“Just saw my oncologist and I’m cancer free!!” he wrote on social media at the time. “Thank you God and universe and friends and family and everyone who sent support and kindness and love. Still have to get scanned every six months and it’ll take me until the end of the year to get back to normal but today is an amazing day and I feel so blessed.”
source: people.com
