Sick!
I am so sorry to report that I am sick ... it finally got me ... since I've started radiation I felt a little sore throat and swelling and I hoped it would go away since they told me it's a bit too fast for those symptoms to come, yet it just progressed into a full size flu with head congestion and light headiness.... and the machine was down today for some reason so I didn't have any treatment. And so I wonder two things: 1) could radiation have weakened my immune system and thus the cold/flu or is it totally unrelated 2) will they continue treating me while I am sick. I guess I will know tomorrow when I go to MDA.
And since I am dwelling on how fragile life is, I want to share the sad news of a young man Lee who recently passed away fighting Hodgkin's lymphoma in UK .... we all followed his progress for over a year and a half and I was very optimistic for the positive outcome since he just turned 18. A little over a week ago he started to have chest pain and difficulty breathing and next thing he was gone.... and I just keep thinking of him while I am sick. Here is what his brother Kev had to say about Lee ... I just hope I could be this brave and strong when my time comes....
"I wanted to thank you all for your very touching posts. To know there are others of you out there that can appreciate and share our pain is comforting, although I don't wish to make you sad you understand.In making some sense of this totally overwhelming feeling of loss I believe Lee may be one of the lucky ones and it is those of us who remain that suffer.I'm convinced there is something out there beyond this life that is just so fantastic; and that one day we will all experience what we have been missing.Lee was an exceptional young man. His courage to the very end leaves me lost for words. He passed away just a few days after his eighteenth birthday and in true Lee style, without a tear, he told us before he went that he had had everything he could wish for in that time and was excited to be moving on. Lee said he had the looks (which he did in spades), the girls, money, an extraordinary family and a talent for his golfing that bought him a 'fame' in the local golfing communities.Lee did nothing by halves and his Lymphoma was no exception. From the outset the odds were stacked against us. However, this remains a disease that is highly curable and I wish you every success in your battles.Thank you all once again, so much."
And since I am dwelling on how fragile life is, I want to share the sad news of a young man Lee who recently passed away fighting Hodgkin's lymphoma in UK .... we all followed his progress for over a year and a half and I was very optimistic for the positive outcome since he just turned 18. A little over a week ago he started to have chest pain and difficulty breathing and next thing he was gone.... and I just keep thinking of him while I am sick. Here is what his brother Kev had to say about Lee ... I just hope I could be this brave and strong when my time comes....
"I wanted to thank you all for your very touching posts. To know there are others of you out there that can appreciate and share our pain is comforting, although I don't wish to make you sad you understand.In making some sense of this totally overwhelming feeling of loss I believe Lee may be one of the lucky ones and it is those of us who remain that suffer.I'm convinced there is something out there beyond this life that is just so fantastic; and that one day we will all experience what we have been missing.Lee was an exceptional young man. His courage to the very end leaves me lost for words. He passed away just a few days after his eighteenth birthday and in true Lee style, without a tear, he told us before he went that he had had everything he could wish for in that time and was excited to be moving on. Lee said he had the looks (which he did in spades), the girls, money, an extraordinary family and a talent for his golfing that bought him a 'fame' in the local golfing communities.Lee did nothing by halves and his Lymphoma was no exception. From the outset the odds were stacked against us. However, this remains a disease that is highly curable and I wish you every success in your battles.Thank you all once again, so much."
posted by Natalia @ 5:20 PM
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