Hinsdale Magazine | Cover Story
Riding High OZZIE GIGLIO SURVIVES CANCER, MOVES FORWARD
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BY SCOTT JONLICH
zzie Giglio was driving in New York City four years ago, when he noticed a small lump in his throat. The Windy City Motorcycle Co. CEO and Dealer Principal took a picture, and sent it to his wife Jill, asking, “Do you notice anything weird about this picture?”
She replied with certainty and said, “You mean the lump in your throat?–You should go and check it out.” That became a moment of serendipity, as the 57-year-old today can look back on his decision to act quickly, get screened and get cured. The Hinsdale resident was on a fast-paced career that had blossomed into 16 Harley-Davidson locations. He could have brushed off the health-scare and plunged himself back into his work; instead, he acted quickly and decisively in the same way he makes business decisions on gut and good information. “I called a friend of mine, who is a cardiologist at University of Chicago Medicine, and asked him if he can connect me with someone there; so one thing led to another, and for about a three-week time, they did about every test and CT scan back as a benign cyst,” Giglio said. Dr. Nishant Agrawal, chief of the section of otolaryngology-head and neck surgery at the University of Chicago, suspected
PHOTOGRAPHY BY DICK MORTON
