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Pastimes : Where the GIT's are going -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Ish who wrote (138605)	3/24/2007 7:07:54 PM
From: Naomi	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 225578

That made me recall an executive I worked for in my working days. He quit smoking when he was 39 and 20 years later when he was 59 his shoulder starting paining him. He went to his Dr. and found out he had cancer in his shoulder. He metastasized to the brain quickly and died six months later. I and another worker for the company went to visit him at his home as his wife called and told us he would enjoy our coming to visit. I was shocked beyond belief to see this man in this condition. When I saw him last he was still very healthy looking. He was on morphine but did manage to converse with us for a few minutes. We left there feeling very low in spirit. Cancer is just such a dreadful disease to observe with anyone and worse when they are little ones or young people. We have a 17 year old high schooler with bone cancer in his leg in our cancer group that just joined us and is in treatment. He loves sports and was hoping to get a sports scholarship to go to college. He has a very positive outlook about his illness and a fighting spirit so hundreds of people are praying for a recovery for him. He is very outgoing and active in our group for a young man. He is not now allowed to participate in any sport and going through the tough part of his disease right now. That is when love and support and being able to vent about what is happening to one becomes so important in recovery. Laughing and crying and getting anger off your chest is always allowed there with great understanding.