i would just like to say that cancer sucks...

ProdigalJunkMail

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Tue Feb-22-05 06:48 AM
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i would just like to say that cancer sucks...

it took a friend of mine night before last...it isn't fair...sorry to be a drag on the morning...just felt like telling someone...

theProdigal

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BlondieK143

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Tue Feb-22-05 06:49 AM
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1. I'm so sorry!

You're not a drag, you have every right to be upset. :hug: We're all here for you if you need us and you'll be in my thoughts. :hug:

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ProdigalJunkMail

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Tue Feb-22-05 06:56 AM
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2. thanks for the hugs...

not really sad at this point...more pissed than anything...waiting for the other shoe to drop...

gonna be a long day in the office...
theProdigal

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ffm172

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Tue Feb-22-05 07:22 AM
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3. I am so sorry

I know where you stand. Been through this twice. Saw my granddad dying over the years through cancer, saw my dad dying within half a year because of a brain tumor. Still miss my dad dearly. I had birthday the other day and in the night before I dreamed of my dad. I think that says a lot.

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Tue Feb-22-05 07:35 AM
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5. this came on quickly as well

about a year ago she started feeling 'not so well' to use her words...within two months she was on full blown chemo treatments and the like...nothing to operate on...too wide-spread...now she's gone...the world is a darker place without her light...

theProdigal

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ffm172

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Tue Feb-22-05 07:42 AM
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7. My dad started to feel tired

then he had more and more blackouts. We didn't even get to the chemo. The docs told us he would die anyway, he would just take longer. We decided against it. Why make him suffer more than he already did. The worst thing wasn't really the the dead itself but to see my dad losing his abilities (talking, walking, sitting ....). We weren't quite sure how much he figured what happened to him but we had the feeling he didn't had pain and didn't understand what was going on. The tumor took away his intelligent and mind.
Sometimes I think it is better when the cancer takes a person quick instead of a year long slowly dying.

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Tue Feb-22-05 07:35 AM
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4. I'm sorry

:( :hug:
Cancer sucks big time. Take it easy, ok.

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ProdigalJunkMail

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Tue Feb-22-05 07:36 AM
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6. kind of feel like just crawing under a rock for the day

unfortunately I have to teach...will get through it though...thanks for the kind words and thoughts...

theProdigal

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CO Liberal

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Tue Feb-22-05 07:54 AM
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8. It's Even Worse to Lose a Good Friend

We're all here for you, Prodigal.

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Tafiti

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Tue Feb-22-05 07:56 AM
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9. Sucks more than anything.

It took my mom 2 years ago...

So sorry about your loss.

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Rainbowreflect

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Tue Feb-22-05 08:28 AM
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10. It does indeed suck.

It took my father-in-law, my sister-in-law & my uncle.
You have my sympathy. :hug:

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ProdigalJunkMail

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Tue Feb-22-05 08:32 AM
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11. thanks for the kind words...

and my sympathies for your loss to this hideous monster...

theProdigal

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RevCheesehead

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Tue Feb-22-05 10:39 AM
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12. I hear ya, and agree: it sucks.

At one of my churches, the "patriarch" of the church (25 members) just got diagnosed. Prostate (operation), lung (inoperable), now spread to spine, liver and spleen. All in 3 weeks. It's just a matter of time, and everyone is devistated.

Sorry for your loss. Sounds like she had a good friend in you.
:hug:

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nothingshocksmeanymore

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Tue Feb-22-05 11:07 AM
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13. Yeah it does...sucks the life right out of ya

Sorry to hear of your loss. :hug:

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dr.strangelove

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Tue Feb-22-05 11:23 AM
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14. Save some hate for heart disease

My family has remarkably been cancer free, but the ailments of the old ticker seem to concentrate their damage on my family.

I am sorry for your loss. I'd like to whack cancer and heart disease in their faces with a bat. I hope one day our research finds some way to control these killers. In the meantime, you are in my thoughts. Best wishes to you and yours.

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