I'm saddened to hear of Marlene's present condition, and I hope and pray that she achieves the peaceful and painless conclusion that is her goal and yours. Continue to be strong for her and for the family.
I have gone through similar trials over the past 12 years with first my father, then my mother, then my mother in law and then my younger sister. As my mother used to say "life is not for sissies." I agree with your comments on cancer ads. We have a very long way to go. A friend of mine from our local Rotary Club lost her 16 year old daughter to pediatric brain cancer a decade ago. She and her husband started a foundation, which supports cancer research at Columbia Presbyterian in NYC. At the annual fundraising gala a few weeks ago, the head of the research team reported that they have made significant progress in the last year towards developing a vaccine for that particular kind of cancer, but is will be years yet before they will know how effective it might be. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 7:15 AM, Paul Stenquist <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> wrote: > Marlene is very private, do Im loathe to discuss her condition, but I find > myself mentioning her battle when I'm speaking on other topics, and that > feels heartless. Perhaps honesty is better. > > A peaceful and painless conclusion is now the goal.. I've pretty much known > this was inevitable since Dr. Kim, the surgeon, met with me outside the OR, > 13 months ago. After six hours in surgery he looked defeated. "I wish I had > gotten to this years ago," he said. "Is there hope? I asked. There is always > hope," he said, head hanging. > > Today, Marlene's best friend drove up from Chicago. Marlene got out of bed > for several hours, and they laughed and even danced a little. (She was with > Marlene when we met at a bar in February 1971.) A rare good day, but > rewarding for all. But it remains that all we can realistically do now is > wait and hug and whisper words of love. > > Did I tell you I deeply resent the ads from a cancer hospital that suggest > they're beating the disease? They're not. It's a blatant lie aimed at getting > more Medicare and insurance dollars. Fuck them. > > Paul via phone > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
