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What a beautiful story. I can feel the love you have for your brother. What a good sister and what wonderful support you showed. God bless you both.

I am so very sorry. I know how hard this is for you. I will pray for your comfort and peace.

I am so very sorry about your mom but my goodness she must have carried a ton of pride in her heart having a son like you. God bless you and your new wife.

I am so, so sorry. I wish I could say something to comfort you. This is too much. I am praying for you and I am praying for both of your parents. Colleen

I am so very sorry. I will keep praying for you/

I am so sorry you are having to go through this. I will pray for your strength.

Good to hear you are hanging in there. Please keep us up to date.

Peg, I know your pain all too well. My Bill has been gone just a little over two months. Last week I celebrated my 50th birthday without him. I was so frightened to face that alone and then when the day actually came I surprised myself. I cannot give you a formula for this. I am learning myself, but I do know that my faith is still helping me. I trust that this really is part of some wonderful plan that I just do not understand yet and I try to have hope still even though my life has been devasted. I have to truly take it one day at a time or I will lose it. Try my trick that I use when I miss him really bad. Close you eyes and get a vivid picture of him in your mind. Now take a very slow breath in through your nose and try to remember his scent. Keep your eyes closed and when you exhale envision his arms around you. You will realize that he is there with you. He is next to you always and he wants you to feel his presence. I feel Bill around me everyday. I take tremendous comfort in that feeling. I would do anything to have Bill back even for just an hour or a minute but I know that is not possible. I try to switch my sadness around and remember with joy the happiness he brought me. Please pm me if you like. I will pray for your pain to lessen. Maybe you should see your doctor about medication to help you function better. Just a thought. Colleen

Praying for a clean scan. . .God bless

I am so sorry about Chris. Please know that I will pray for you. I f you would like you can PM me. I am more than happy to help. I know exactly what you are going through.

Beth Ann, I am so sorry. There are no adequate words to help at a time like this. I will pray for peace for you and your family.

Welcome. Please stay around and enjoy our family. There is so much information and support here. We are here if you need us.

Good for you. I will still keep you in my prayers

I love good news!

I am so sorry. I read your post and my heart just aches for you. I lost my precious Bill just two months ago to this disgusting disease. I wish I could do something or say something that could make this better for you. It is a sick pain and such a devasting loss. When I am really having a terrible time coping I try to get hold of myself and start remembering special occassions or important conversations we had recently. Do anything you can to sink yourself into the living memories and block out the visions of his death. He is not gone from you, only from your sight. His love is still there surrounding you. Close your eyes and feel his warmth. I can still feel Bill's touch on my right shoulder. He used to snuggle me there when I was doing dishes or playing the piano. Find something like that to hold onto. I know you are racked with pain and sadness but try to submerge yourself in the good memories. Please PM me if I can help. Colleen

I will definately pray for you. Please pm me if you want to talk to someone. I feel bad that you are alone.

It would be wonderful to have our picture used. We are trying to get a team together for our relay also. Good luck. Colleen

God bless you. I admire your strength and I am praying for you. Colleen

Oh my goodness. I am so very sorry about your dad. He fought a brave battle. You were such a wonderful, supportive daughter for him. I am praying for you and my heart is very sad. May you find comfort and peace. Colleen

Peg, I am so very sorry about your Bill. My heart aches for you. I know your pain. My Bill has been gone only two months. Please take care of yourself and let people help you. Hold very tight to your sweet daughter and we will all pray that you find some comfort and peace. Please PM me if I can help at all. Colleen

Someone once told me that statistics were a guideline. A guideline for what???? A guideline for making you CRAZY with worry. Like everyone said previously, no one can predict how any other person will perform with this disease. Never lose hope. Always ask for a second opinion and continue to live life to the fullest.

It sounds like things have worked well so far. If the doc wants more chemo it means he has confidence that it will get you closer to the remission. I know more chemo seems brutal but it is working so I'd go for it if offered.

The stable part is so good. Praying for the fluid to go away quickly.

Please do not forget to add my Bill, Rick. I was able to finally get his picture attached on another post on the memory board. I know I have sent you emails but I want to make sure he isn't missed. Thank you for everything you are doing. This is so awesome! Colleen

Berisa, God be with you and peace to both you and your dad. I will pray for you. Trust your instincts. . .