My Sister’s battle with cancer

by redwine on Jun.18, 2009, under Uncategorized

Many of you who know me, know that during my brother’s fight with Pancreatic Cancer 4 years ago, my sister began to experience symptoms of breast cancer. She was so focused on caring for my brother in his last two months on earth that she put off getting checked out. A couple of months after my brother passed, she finally got around to seeing a doctor about her symptoms…by then the cancer had spread from her breasts to her lungs and her ribs. She was not given long to live, but has managed to fight a good fight and has survived for 4 years so far. Unfortunately it has come to the point where the cancer has ravaged other areas of her body and she now lives in constant pain and nausea. I got a call this morning from Nancy’s husband telling me that I needed to visit as soon as possible. I am headed there as I write this.

PS - This is being posted late because I am having a hard time linking to a network. I am in Santa Cruz at my sister’s home where she is sleeping, taking pain killers, sleeping…you know the rest.

I’ll write more when I get back to the Tri Cities.

Peace - Jim