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kcor.tylerandjacksmo...		#21	[-]
Jun 11 12 7:33 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Want to add sympathies for you and the others who feel this loss directly, and add that I too appreciate the message you've sent to us in your announcement. Strength.
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ScareBear		#22	[-]
Jun 11 12 9:01 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Thanks, friends. Carrie
Chesterbelloc		#23	[-]
Jun 11 12 9:26 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	My prayers and condolences, Scarebear. Check out my movie collection at: http://www.dvdaf.com/search.html?where=larryw7&init_form=where_0_larryw7*mode_more
M F Berry		#24	[-]
Jun 12 12 1:16 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Your words have brought me to tears, Carrie. As I've mentioned earlier, the horrible thing called pancreatic cancer also took my dear, dear Mom last fall ... and all I can say is that everything you said about it is true. I hate the very words. We were also able to keep Mom at home with the help of Hospice, and as you said, it is most definitely not like in the movies. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family ... it sure sounds like you have strong family ties, and that more than anything will help you all get through this. with heartfelt condolences, Mark Berry
Krick Wurkheiser		#25	[-]
Jun 13 12 1:58 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I never really experienced a loved one's death first hand, I'm not sure I have the proper level of empathy. For what it's worth though, I can't say I feel your pain but I wish that I could, I'm sorry to hear of this and I give you and your grandmother my best wishes. She isn't suffering anymore, try to think of all the good times you had together - it sounds like you were lucky to have known her. Rest in peace.
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Geezermonster		#26	[-]
Jun 13 12 1:37 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Very, very sorry to hear of your loss, ScareBear. Cherish the memories.
ScareBear		#27	[-]
Jun 13 12 8:14 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Thank you, my friends. Mark, I'm sorry about your loss and will keep you in prayers. You know, being with her was like being at a birth. Family was around. We had nurses in and out. There was laughter and tears. We didn't know when the moment would come... It was hard seeing her there on the bed, her body literally twisted in pain. Even through the CADD pump and the meds and the pain she made a few jokes will she was coherent. We had all helped her with...indignities, yet she insisted I pull the door to her room and the curtain closed before I helped her take out her dentures to clean. She had such a green thumb, as her niece said, she could grow flowers "off a dead stick." When she traveled down to the city the hospice was in, the same city in which my sister lives, my nephews dying cabbage plant re-invigorated. The only flowers in bloom along the small hospice walkway were the ones just under her window. We took several pictures. The nurses, the doctors, and the tech were absolutely amazing. God bless the other families... many of family members were helping one another. A woman whose father was dying approached me and asked me what I needed to help with my baby while we were there. We were offered food and blankets by others. We didn't know each other's names but we held each other in comfort and quietly made each other coffee. Sometimes in the family room we bonded with nameless, kind souls over episodes of "The Price is Right" or "Pawn Stars." The psychologist there brought her traveling harp and played for whomever asked. I cannot sing the praises of this hospice enough. Thanks to all of you. Just you typing "I'm sorry" bolsters and comforts me. Never doubt the power of little kindnesses. I send love and hugs to each of you!!! Carrie
BGrade		#28	[-]
Jun 14 12 1:52 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Reading your post, Carrie, moved me almost to tears and I felt compelled to write something, but I don't really know what to say. It reminded me somewhat of my time with my late stepfather, although he didn't go with cancer, fortunately. Your grandmother sounds like a lovely person who deserved far better than that which she ultimately received. All the best to you, your family and to the memory of your dear grandmother, may she rest in peace.
JessieLilley		#29	[-]
Jun 18 12 11:35 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Carrie, I'm so sorry to learn of your grandmother's passing. I remember when cancer took my own grandma - a wonderful, funny and loving woman - and you're right. It's messy, undignified and gawd-awful for all concerned, especially the patient, and no matter how much you do, it can never be enough. Would that I could console you in some way. But I can, and do, hold her and your family in my prayers for awhile. Yes, I do pray. Odd, isn't it? May the wind be forever at her back. Jessie Lilley Editor-In-Chief, Mondo Cult
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