My neighbor who lives across the street and who is the same age as boyfriend, was diagnosed with lung cancer around the same time as boyfriend. But unlike boyfriend, his had spread to some lymph nods and to his intestine and he was not a candidate for surgery. They've been treating him with chemo and radiation.
Him and boyfriend talked to each other about biopsies, CT scans, chemo, radiation and such. They shared "war stories."
They have been a great support to each other.
A couple weeks ago neighbor was hospitalized with blood clots in his lung. His mom stopped over to talk to boyfriend and I, to let us know neighbor was in the hospital in the ICU on a respirator. We hoped and we prayed that he would be OK........and even though I knew how sick he was I kept expecting him to get better and come home.
Sadly he passed away day before yesterday.
It's sad how fast this crap can take your life. It shows no mercy!
I hate it.
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This story reminds me that there are no guarantees. We should live life to its fullest and not get bogged down in trifling matters. I catch myself becoming too upset about stuff that isn't really important. My New Year's resolution is to quit doing that! I hope your boyfriend is feeling ok.
Right, it shows no mercy, but you might have made him feel a little better before he checked out if you had given him that 38 dollar ring. :-)
I agree Aspen! Great resolution!
Aspen do you have a blog?
He had to put his dog down, Billy, a few weeks before he died. It was an old black lab. The sweetest dog in the world. The old dog would walk across the street from his porch to mine to visit me and boyfriend. He kind of reminded me of the donkey from Winnie the Pooh....Mr Bojangles and Weeping tolerated him...........but anyway it's sad to me that on top of him having to deal with the cancer he also had to deal with losing his big old sweet dog.
Well, getting old is like that and it is never going to change, I guess I am just hardened to it but it does make it easier to deal with. I don't see death as dying, just a renewal.
I don't have a blog. It's too much of a commitment. You know how that goes. What a sad story about your neighbor's dog. That breaks my heart.
Breaks my heart too, Aspen.
Getting old can suck, Billy.
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