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    <pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>RE: Cancer should be a four letter word...</title>
      <description>&amp;nbsp;On 5/22/2009 DWsLittleGirl wrote:I guess it is in some ways.&amp;nbsp; I have always had hope.&amp;nbsp; But now... well now I can say for the first time in my live that I truly hate cancer.My Mom was diagnosed in April 1983 with breast cancer.&amp;nbsp; She had a radical masectomy and went through a year of monthly treatments.&amp;nbsp; She is a survivor.I was diagnosed in April 1985 with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.&amp;nbsp; I went through just over&amp;nbsp;two and a half years of weekly treatments with an additional 3 weeks of cranial radiation.&amp;nbsp; I am a survivor.In January 2007 my Mom had a routine check-up.&amp;nbsp; The cancer had come back and it was now in the bone.&amp;nbsp; She started monthly treatments and is surviving, if not thriving.&amp;nbsp; She has a lot of pain and the cancer will never completely go away.&amp;nbsp; It is metastatic breast cancer.In February 2008 my Dad was diagnosed with Cholangiocarcinoma.&amp;nbsp; He began treatments in March.&amp;nbsp; This February, cancer took my Dad from us.&amp;nbsp; It is the first time in my entire life that I truly hated cancer.&amp;nbsp; It has taken me 3 months to come back on this site; and even now I sit here crying.&amp;nbsp; I still cannot believe he&amp;#39;s gone.&amp;nbsp; Mom said when she woke up this morning she thought she had to be quiet because she didn&amp;#39;t want to wake Dad up... then she remembered he was gone.&amp;nbsp; Our comfort is we know that we will see Dad again.&amp;nbsp; He went so peacefully that night.&amp;nbsp; He no longer has any pain.&amp;nbsp; He is where he lived his life to be... and if you get there before I do, just listen for the choir... he&amp;#39;ll be one of those heavenly bass voices singing God&amp;#39;s praises.I miss you Daddy.And I will learn to hope again.I feel you,&amp;nbsp;I cried when I read your post.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;I lost my dad in late 07, 6 months later mom was diagnosis of Lung Cancer and battling to be treated as they said mom is terminal stage...&amp;nbsp; I hate this word to the bone. I still cant sleep at night.&amp;nbsp; I cant eat, i miss daddy badly.&amp;nbsp; I missed the vacation we took together...&amp;nbsp; many things, i still dream about him occasionally.&amp;nbsp; My parents are my closest friends... I sometimes dont understand, my parents done a lot of good deeds in younger &amp;amp; adult age why they have to suffering this... I dont get it at all....I live with so many guilts right now.&amp;nbsp; Life is sucks in my book...Victoria&amp;nbsp;</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Cancer should be a four letter word...</title>
      <description>I guess it is in some ways.&amp;nbsp; I have always had hope.&amp;nbsp; But now... well now I can say for the first time in my live that I truly hate cancer.My Mom was diagnosed in April 1983 with breast cancer.&amp;nbsp; She had a radical masectomy and went through a year of monthly treatments.&amp;nbsp; She is a survivor.I was diagnosed in April 1985 with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.&amp;nbsp; I went through just over&amp;nbsp;two and a half years of weekly treatments with an additional 3 weeks of cranial radiation.&amp;nbsp; I am a survivor.In January 2007 my Mom had a routine check-up.&amp;nbsp; The cancer had come back and it was now in the bone.&amp;nbsp; She started monthly treatments and is surviving, if not thriving.&amp;nbsp; She has a lot of pain and the cancer will never completely go away.&amp;nbsp; It is metastatic breast cancer.In February 2008 my Dad was diagnosed with Cholangiocarcinoma.&amp;nbsp; He began treatments in March.&amp;nbsp; This February, cancer took my Dad from us.&amp;nbsp; It is the first time in my entire life that I truly hated cancer.&amp;nbsp; It has taken me 3 months to come back on this site; and even now I sit here crying.&amp;nbsp; I still cannot believe he&amp;#39;s gone.&amp;nbsp; Mom said when she woke up this morning she thought she had to be quiet because she didn&amp;#39;t want to wake Dad up... then she remembered he was gone.&amp;nbsp; Our comfort is we know that we will see Dad again.&amp;nbsp; He went so peacefully that night.&amp;nbsp; He no longer has any pain.&amp;nbsp; He is where he lived his life to be... and if you get there before I do, just listen for the choir... he&amp;#39;ll be one of those heavenly bass voices singing God&amp;#39;s praises.I miss you Daddy.And I will learn to hope again.</description>
      <author>DWsLittleGirl</author>
      <pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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