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Originally Posted by Undertoad (Post 899224)

A friend of mine has decided, after numerous cancer episodes, that she will no longer use western medicine to treat her cancer, and will now employ holistic treatment including veganism.

Judi Thompson RIP.

It took 3 1/2 years. To recap, after the first seven months she returned to western medicine -- which then took heroic measures. It hasn't been a great life since then, full of chemo and nausea and pain, and treatment after treatment, as it spread to her spine, liver, eventually her brain. But she has been kept alive for her children and family.

Do not go gentle into that good night
Dylan Thomas, 1914 - 1953

Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.

Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,
Do not go gentle into that good night.

Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Condolences on your friend, 'Toad.

My thoughts are with you, and with her family, UT. X

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Sorry for your loss.

The fact you have plenty of warning and it wasn't if but when, doesn't seem to help much when it happens. If you're real close and see the ongoing struggle/suffering, it can be a sense of relief the pain has stopped for them, but it still hurts for those left behind. :(

You saw this coming, but it still sucks. Sorry.

Hi Dana, welcome back.

No glamorous female celebrities have come forward to accuse me of sexual harassment. I'm a failure. :sniff:

Upset isn't precisely the right word. Very sad is better.. Today we're euthanizing our dog, Jack. He's really old, can't get out of the way of his own incontinence, trouble getting up, falls down, etc.

I dug his grave last night. Leaving work soon for the sad event.

Damn dogs, they don't live long enough. Why can't they switch with Parrots. :(

Shit, V. Sorry about Jack, man. I know (and you know) you did your best for him, and made his life better than it might have been. I also know, for a fact, that doesn't make it easier.

:sniff:

Damned dogs.