It is with great sadness that I tell you that my dear friend Nancy, my long distance survivor friend, died yesterday. We were diagnosed at the same time in 2009. She had surgery and chemo and so did I. We were each other’s support via emails, chats, and FB posts. She had a year when she was in remission, but like this disease does so often, it popped it’s ugly head up again and again. We called ourselves “the chicas” because we had seen it here on this discussion board at one time and decided we wanted to have a label for our unusual friendship.
I am incredibly sad that she is gone and the world is a lesser place and has a little less light then it did just 2 days ago. She was a mom, a wife, a friend, a grandmother, a mother-in-law, and she will be missed.
I know I am not here very often these days, but it’s times like this that I remember all of the people I have met through this discussion board and how lucky I am to have found them.
Hugs to all,
-Randi-