An explanation....and a prayer request.
OK, yesterday I went OFF in a crazy-mad post, then went off on a person who left a comment.
Here's the thing.
I just found out that my best friend was diagnosed with cancer...again. It began in one place, and she fought it like hell. After a year in chemo and surgeries she was told she was clear...only to get this new news 2 months later.
This woman is 33! She loves garden fresh vegetables and is fit/thin. I guess I just thought what so many others did/do, cancer doesn't happen to people who are young and eat right. Right? Wrong.
Of course I realize little bitty kids fight cancer from the age of three, and this is something that KILLS me to see or think about, but you know what I'm saying right?
33 is just so damned young.
And I love her. She is...gosh....like one of my limbs, an organ, ya know?
So, will you guys please say a prayer for my friend? I am worried that her defenses are down from fighting so hard the last time. It's just so soon to be doing this again! I want her to be OK. She's had it ROUGH for the past several years, really, but this is a whole different brand of bad.
Thanks for listening.
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(((((HUGS)))))
It is what it is...
Always...
I know how hard it is...a prayer for your friend and a hug for you. Don't ever give up - sometimes all we have is hope.
"To the ass, or the sow, their own offspring appears the fairest in creation."
Hope gives strength...
Lots of hugs to you. I will be praying for your friend and your family. You are going thru so much right now. Hang on tight!
I will pray for your friend
My Mom is undergoing chemo right now too. She just had her third treatment. She had a mastectomy in June. I know how you feel. It is devastating to watch someone you love and care about undergo this kind of thing. I am sending hugs your way for you and your friend.
Georgie
I will pray for your friend
My Mom is undergoing chemo right now too. She just had her third treatment. She had a mastectomy in June. I know how you feel. It is devastating to watch someone you love and care about undergo this kind of thing. I am sending hugs your way for you and your friend.
Georgie
Thoughts and prayers
Always.
I know what you are going thru..
I hope she can find the strength to beat this cancer too. She is young and has so much yet to do still. She is in my thoughts and prayers.. I am telling you when it rains it poors.
As some of you know my 2007 year has been hell, not always, but it all started superbowl sunday, an ex-coworker who was 42 died of cancer, March 9th my stepdad died of cancer, March 30th my Great Aunt committed suicide, April 7th my stepdads brother passed away of cancer, a few weeks back my Aunt died.. And yesterday my husband and I had to go yet to another funeral for a friend who was 49, who was working with my husband on a job, he was sick and they said it was asthma, last Wed. then on Friday his wife took him to the ER and he had actually had a collapsed lung, and while they were fixing that, he had a heart attack! So its just horrible this year.
Your friend is in my heart and thoughts and prayers as you are as well..
Happy
"live life to its fullest everyday"
You, too!
You are in my thoughts and prayers as well! My gosh, hon, what a toll this year has taken on you! *hugs* I hope 2008 kicks ass in a good way for you BIG TIME. You deserve it!
It has too..
right.. You know I cried so hard last night in the shower. My son is 8 and my Stepdad and him were buddies. So it was his first death, it was his grandpa and he still is having a hard time. Our friend who passed, was also someone he really liked, my husband had taken him to work with him a few times and they were buds and then he came to all our events we had at our house. I liked this guy too. It breaks my heart for two reasons his wife hugged me last night and said what am I going to do. They were married out of high school, 25 years in June and clearly they were best friends.. It breaks my heart to think of all the sadness she is enduring. So my son was really angry last night and I went to him, and calmly asked him why he is so angry all the time, after about 15 minutes he broke down and cried so hard. He asked me questions like why does god take people, why does this happen and although I tried to find comforting things to tell him, I myself don't fully understand death and truth be told I don't think anyone really does. We know it happens and that it has to happen, but why? Why does your friend have cancer at 33? It breaks my heart that so many questions go unanswered, that all the good people pass and there is a whole lot of F**cked up people in prison eating, drinking, living and breathing still when all of us who try to live our life in a sane manner have to suffer.. So in the midst of everything, my son is broken and I his mother cannot fix him. He will forever be different because of this all happening.
Sorry I am spooing, lately I have just kinda kept to myself.. And feel I need to let it out before I explode...
So I truly feel your pain.. If I could give you a hug I would...
Happy
"live life to its fullest everyday"
Prayers for everyone
Prayers for your friend and prayers for you. Cancer is the worst thing for anyone to go through or see a member of their family or friends suffer through. I would not wish this disease on my worst enemy....not even BM, and I can personally attest that hate isn't even a strong enough word on how I feel for her.
God bless you all.
Corie
I lost my dad to pancreatic
I lost my dad to pancreatic cancer. It was sooo hard seeing him in such pain! I know what your going through. Your friend is sooo young! Prayers to you both. And Happy you have had a lot of losses this year! Prayers for you too. I do not have any life threatening health issues, but I too have had a bad year. In January I got bacterial spinal meningitis. Was in the hospital for 2 weeks. They didn't think I was going to make it through. Every Dr I have seen since says 'I'm surprised your even here'. Anyway since then, one of my vocal chords was paralyzed, it has just now come back. Through all the tests I had they found nodules on my thyroid, which they could not get a good enough biopsy, so am waiting 6 months to see if they are growing. And now I've found out that I have a tumor in my nose, an inverted papilloma and am having surgery next month to remove that. It isn't cancer, but they are fast growing and can become cancer if not removed. It just seems like every time I go to another Dr for something..they find yet another things going on. I need to have a mamogram, but ladies, I am scared to death to have it. I can now understand why some people just bury their heads in the sand and don't see Drs. But I can put it all in perscpective when I hear stories about people so young getting cancer. All my health issues can be overcome! Just seems like since January things have gone down hill!
Honey I hear you..
I just went to the Dr. I went to him July 2 and yep a UTI infection, then I just went back today yet another. So in two weeks I go back to get scraped out to make sure there isn't something else wrong.. I may be just prone to them. Hugs to you honey..
Happy
"live life to its fullest everyday"