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DEAR KONAKAT - Its been one year today
Incredible! It feels like yesterday that you were making me laugh and honouring me with the joy of your friendship. I do miss you so - It's not fair that someone who loved life as you did should NOT live to be 150. Be assured that you live on in many hearts. Hope Cloe and Ursula are not making too much of a mess in…
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Katrina
She passed yesterday 6 years after being dx with metastic breast cancer. She was originally given 6 months to live. She was very educated and intelligent and was tireless in her efforts to get the best treatments for her disease. She beat this disease so many times that it is very hard to believe she's actually gone. She…
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Starbeauty is an Angel
Our beautiful friend Esther is an angel. She is our sweet friend from the WNY thread. A beautiful woman who just completed her master's degree in Nursing. A wonderful mother to three children. A wife to a warm and kind man, the love of her life. Sleep well my sweet friend. We will miss you forever sweet lady. We are…
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Ellen 1948-2012
Ellen (1948-2012) was a scholar and a social activist. She co-founded the Duluth Domestic Abuse Intervention Project, an inter-agency collaboration model used in all 50 states in the U.S. and over 17 countries. A leader in both the battered women's movement and the emerging field of institutional ethnography, she was the…
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RIP Elizabeth
You were an inspiration to us all and it's just not fair that you have to leave your family.....
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Insight from a 15 year old
Hi All, My 15 year old daughter was diagnosed with Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis 3 years ago (after 10 years of wrong diagnosis). She is doing great and feeling fine, but she does have some residual damage that will never go away. When I told her about my breast cancer situation, she said "You have been strong for me Mom,…
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Our beloved Konakat
I joined BCO a little over a year ago and throughout my entire time on the boards the one constant was KonaKat encouraging, debating, supporting, loving and just helping all newbies and propping up the rest of us. She graciously came to my rescue when I was so scared and unsure. What a wonderful thing for me. I will never…
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My Sisters birthday
My first post on time looking for support. My sister, Lynne, passed away on October 21, 2010. Yesterday, 9/18, was her birthday and it sucked! I still find it impossible to get through holidays without crying and hating it. I've come to dread every family oriented holidays. Sometimes, friends understand and sometimes, they…
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BC Awareness Month Is Tearing Me Up.
I know it's not about me. I know it's about awareness and raising funds for research. And we need more money for research, surely. But the pink ribbons are killing me. Not literally. But they are incredibly painful for me to see. I live in a medical community and drove through the medical university the other day to take…
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September 11, 2011
I wanted to take a moment to say a prayer those those we lost 10 years ago on September 11, 2001... If you lost someone, please share your story here.
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Kay Yow loses battle with breast cancer
Kay Yow, coach of the NC State girl's basketball team lost her 21 year battle with BC early this morning. A friend emailed me from NC this morning and I found the following link. This was truly a remarkable lady. http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/jan/24/bkw-obit-kay-yow-012409/
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The passing of "dragonfly"-Debra
Hello everyone- It is with sadness I report that my Mom Debra, a.k.a. "dragonfly", has passed away. She went to be with God on May 7, 2011 after a lengthy battle with metastic breast cancer. I wanted you all to know that were concerned. I pray for all of you dealing with this awful disease. Her son
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Its Been 2 Years
I lost my mom to IBC exactly 2 years ago today and I remember the day like it happened this morning. Your life is just never the same after you lose your mom. I still feel like I can pick up the phone and call her and then it hits me, she's gone. She was so young and I should still have her. I feel like I was robbed of so…
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LNFletcher
Lianne Fletcher has passed on Thursday at 3:45pm in her home at Gilbert AZ. Leaving two little boys 3 & 5. She was apart of our Arizona BCO group. She was a fighter to the end. She had faith that could move mountians. Her dreams are big and she is in heaven with the Lord. Please pray for her boys, family and friends during…
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The Passing of Lindaa
On June 14. 2011 my beloved wife Linda passed away at home, one year to the day after her diagnosis. She posted here as Lindaa and during her treatment she requested that I post here if she passed. Her path was not easy as we went from chemo to chemo to clinical trial to palliative care without finding anything that would…
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losing the most important person in ur life
I recently loss my mum to breast cancer. I am absolutely devastated and part of me doesnt no how to go on without her. My mum was someone who was so strong funny and kind and had so much warmth and love for life about her it still seems surreal that she is gone. If feels like she didnt get any chance, It was only last jan…
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PATH IN PAIN
PATH IN PAIN When I was alive I was known as Sumita. I was born in 1947 and my parents were healthy to say the least. Only one point remained of which I was barely aware of. My maternal Grand Father had died when I was very small - he died of cancer when I was a five year old. In Hindu families we pay obeisance to all…
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My "Mina" is gone... and i just cant take it :-(
l lost my Mina (grandmother) to breast cancer.. 2 months ago---------at age 74. I am 28 and she and I have been together just about everyday of my life since I was born She was diagnosed in October 2010. and we lost her 3 months later. a very aggressive cancer... we have to believe that she had it and didn't know it ....…
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a lonely daughter
My mom died from breast cancer. Writing that still feels unreal. She was the strongest, happiest, funniest, person I'd ever met. At times I was 100% sure she was crazy. But she was my best, and sometimes my only friend. She had breast cancer the first time when I was in elementary school. She was in remission for 5 years…
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LisaSDCA is an angel now.
Lisa's sister Ellen just called me. Lisa passed peacefully, 'just went to sleep', at 12:30 PM today. My heart is broken. I can't really think of anything else to say other than... thanks so much to everybody who sent her love; whether online, in person, on the phone, through gifts or flowers, or through the mail, while she…
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Dont let them picket Elizabeth Edwards funeral
I usually don't post negative topics on forums, but this news report is very disturbing: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/09/elizabeth-edwards-funeral-westboro-baptist-church_n_794333.html If you are anywhere near Raleigh, NC, please help prevent them from dishonoring a fellow warrior. I heard of communities coming…
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Elizabeth Edwards on Life and Loss
"...they will be able to say that she stood in the storm, and when the wind did not blow her way- and it surely has not- she adjusted her sails." http://news.yahoo.com/video/us-15749625/elizabeth-edwards-on-life-and-loss-23382093 *Warning- tears ahead*
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In Honor of Alaska Deb, an idea
You might think this is a futile idea as a tribute to Deb, but her passing has just taken me beyond the limit with this disease...here's what I propose.....We pick one day, and everyone on this board emails Pres.Obama demanding a cure, no more studies on chemo, stats, etc...a cure once and for all.......if nothing else,…
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Oct. 31: Breast Cancer Remembrance Day
Hi Ladies: I think we should have a Breast Cancer Awareness Month closing ceremony to remember those who have died. Here is my original message. Breast Cancer Awarness Month is winding down. I'm relieved it's over with and glad that I succeeded in some small way of creating more awareness for metastatic breast cancer. I…
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Our New Angel, Beth (AusAla or BethAus)
Sorry to report on the one hand, but happy on the other. I don't know the exact time today, but Beth passed away a few hours ago, one day before her birthday. I can almost imagine the greeting from Watson, Saint, Kbugmom, CTG, Zaro and all our other dear friends whose names I just can't remember right now. Rest in peace…
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Cammie King
I had the absolute honor of knowing Cammie King in a way few did. Cammie played Bonnie Blue Butler in "Gone with the Wind" and attended our local cancer support group. Cammie was a survivor of three different types of cancer and told us that she felt guilty for being at our group because she "only" had surgery for her…
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finally posting
It is with much sadness that I write this. I posted about my mom's diagnosis and treatment and have lurked here a great deal since February of this year. And it breaks my heart to report that God took my mom home on July 8th, a week shy of her 62nd birthday. I am sad beyond belief and am having great difficulty processing…
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Lynn Redgrave is gone - Gee, thanks, BC!
Lynn Redgrave has always been one of my favorite actresses. She starred in a movie in the 1960s about being a big, awkward girl, who falls in love with ... well, it's a long story. But, anyway, I would always go out of my way to see her in a movie (she was in Shine) or TV. When she found out her husband was cheating on…
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Pink Roses for Saint
I am copying and pasting what Deb, (Faith) has posted in another thread. So any questions, please refer them to her, as I have no idea... Details from Saint/Pat's dear husband Greg Visitation at The Daily,Murphy,Wisch Funeral Home on Cranston Easter Sunday 5-7 pm (Visitation) Funeral Service on Easter Mon at 10 am Greg has…
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My Sons Support
Wanted to share my id picture to show what my son did for me. He wanted to help in his own way! I am so touched by his courage and his generosity. What a guy!!!! Hope this brings a smile to many people's faces. Wish there was somewhere I could post it so everyone could see it but I guess you'll just have to check out my…