DAVIDSON, N.C. (AP) - White House Press Secretary Tony Snow, who'll soon begin chemotherapy for a cancer recurrence, told fellow alumni at Davidson College Saturday that he felt great and plans to return to work on Monday.
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(Photo: AP / Ron Edmonds)White House Press Secretary Tony Snow briefs reporters, Monday, Oct. 16, 2006, during his daily briefing in Washington. Snow, who'll soon begin chemotherapy for a cancer recurrence, told fellow alumni at Davidson College Saturday April 28, 2007 that he felt great and plans to return to work on Monday.
"No, it doesn't mean I'm going to be gray, shriveled and in the fetal position," he told about 600 alumni and family members at a 30-year reunion. "To my classmates who think I'm going to lose my great hair, forget about it."
Snow, 51, has been on medical leave following a March 27 announcement that doctors determined a growth in his abdominal area was cancerous and had metastasized, or spread, to the liver.
Snow had his colon removed in 2005 and underwent six months of chemotherapy after being diagnosed with colon cancer.
He graduated from Davidson in 1977. While Snow originally planned just to attend the reunion, Davidson officials said he agreed to speak to students on Friday and alumni on Saturday, The Charlotte Observer reported.
During an impromptu question and answer session Saturday, Snow said he has become closer to God and his family because of the cancer.
"I am actually enjoying everything more than I ever have," he said. "God hasn't promised us tomorrow, but He has promised us eternity."
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