Prayers For Travis “T-Bone” Turner As He Continues Cancer Battle

Published Feb. 10, 2022

Travis “T-Bone” Turner still needs those prayers.

On Feb. 1, the beloved Bone Collector T.V. personality from Hogansville announced publicly that he is fighting cancer. One part of Travis’s battle was the amputation of part of his right leg above the knee. That surgery took place on Feb. 7.

This is the photo Travis posted on his social media pages two days after surgery. When GON obtained permission to publish this photo, Travis said, “Super blessed. Overwhelmed and humbled at the support and love.”

Two days after the surgery, Travis posted, “Surgery went well. My leg stump is really sore. But still in great spirits and feel good other than that. On the recovery road now. I have got to say I love you guys more than you will ever know, we are so blessed and appreciate all of you so much. I can feel the love and especially the prayers that are blanketing me like Armor. Thank you, thank you guys so much. Love, T-Bone.”

According to Travis, it all started in July 2021 when he asked a doctor about a spot on his right shin that popped up and grew to the size of the grape. It quickly advanced in size and was soon diagnosed as fibrosarcoma.

Travis posted on Feb. 1, “It is a very rare type of cancer and extremely fast growing. There are only about 15,000 cases per year and the only way to get rid of it is to surgically remove it, and it also tends to move to the lungs next if not taken care of.”

By the end of October 2021, it was discovered that Travis had a 9 mm nodule on his left lung. By that time, he also had three tumors the size of softballs on his shin outside the skin, plus smaller tumors around that. It was at that time he started a very aggressive round of chemo.

Travis’s Feb. 1 post went on to say, “As the chemo treatments are winding down now and the CT scan shows no change in the size of the nodule on my lungs (which is a good sign), it’s time to remove the sarcoma from my right lower leg. The CT scan shows that the mass and tumors are so large and intertwined in my leg muscles and bone that there is no way to effectively remove the tumor and all the cancer, so I have to have my leg amputated above the knee next week.”

That was the surgery that took place on Feb. 7.

Travis won a weekly scoring period during the 2020 Georgia deer season and competed in GON’s Truck-Buck Shoot-Out in August 2021.

“His presence in last year’s Truck-Buck Shoot-Out was a real blessing for our company,” said GON’s Daryl Kirby. “He had a dream season in 2020, killing a 152-inch buck with his bow in Week 2 and then capped off his Georgia season with a 171-inch buck with a muzzleloader in Week 5.

“Even though he was quietly battling this storm in his life during the Shoot-Out, he spent extra time taking pictures and signing autographs. He’s a really outstanding guy, a great friend, and our prayers are certainly with him and his family at this time.”

Keep up our friend T-Bone on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. You can also visit http://tboneoutdoors.com for updates and news.