This is a real story of a beautiful lady called Jane and even though I am a distant friend I am feeling sad. Writing helps me process my feelings.
Jane was first diagnosed with the worse kind of breast cancer more than 10 years ago and even though her chances at that time were slim, the intense chemotherapy worked. Due to her cancer Jane was never in remission, she was instead supported by the Oncologist and nursing staff in a palliative care mode. One chemo treatment a month kept her functioning very well for a lot of years. Jane led a very normal everyday life, making the most of each day with her amazingly supportive husband and 2 children.
Sadly a few months ago Jane was told that her cancer had come back. She immediately begun a tough regime of chemo but last month the tests found that the cancer had spread to her organs and Jane was given a couple of months to live. Then the worse news came, the cancer has gone into her brain and now she has days left. How many days, we do not know.
I am not visiting Jane, only her very close friends and family are with her. My job is to give love and support to those around her. Everyone needs a helping hand. I am sending prayers, love and light.
So @meno reading your post Upside Down Smiles spurred me on to write on this topic. Right at this moment on this side of the world in Queensland it is very hard for this family and very close good friends to feel anything but complete and utter sadness. The joy of Christmas has been forgotten, only immense grief is felt at loosing the very lovely Jane. There is no smiling taking place.
Love and Blessings
Cheers - thank you for reading and for your support
Merry Christmas, enjoy the vote!
Merry Christmas
Very sad. I like the beauty of the simplicity of your words. I mourn the recent departure of a nephew of only six years old and I also wrote some. Its spanish writing, maybe I should translate it. Anyway I share it with you in spanish until the translation is done. Maybe you handle spanish, who knows...
https://steemit.com/spanish/@george.kaplan/un-solo-acceso
Hello george.kaplan, I don't speak Spanish but I can pick out words because I studied French at high school for 5 years a lot of years ago. Passing over, grief and sadness is universal, no translation needed. Feeling is our common connector. So sorry to hear of your loss, your little nephew was so young. This makes it extra hard.
Howdy there angiemitchell...this is so sad but she lived for what, 10 years after she first got it which is pretty good but still a tragedy, so sorry to hear about it.
Thank you janton for your kind words. It is remarkable that Jane lived for so long with one treatment per month. Such a lovely lady.
howdy again angiemitchell....yes it looks like Jane really beat the odds for years so at least there is that to be thankful for.