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A Photographer Captured His Wife's Fight With Cancer (Original Post) Gravitycollapse Mar 2013 OP
I didn't know her.......so why am I crying? CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2013 #1
I haven't cried this much in a while. Heart breaking. Gravitycollapse Mar 2013 #2
Same here. I can hardly see my computer screen... CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2013 #3
I'm crying too...cuz I have stage 4 cancer and I'm gonna end up like that. Evoman Mar 2013 #4
I'm so sorry, Evoman. Suich Mar 2013 #6
I'm sorry Evoman liberal_at_heart Mar 2013 #10
Oh, Evoman! Le Taz Hot Mar 2013 #12
{{{{Evoman}}}} n/t Helen Reddy Mar 2013 #16
Heart breaking..I went through this with my SIL HipChick Mar 2013 #5
We went through this twice DFW Mar 2013 #7
Thank you for your post. liberal_at_heart Mar 2013 #8
This was my aunt Prism Mar 2013 #9
... OneGrassRoot Mar 2013 #15
Ok, so that is fucking heartbreaking... Firebrand Gary Mar 2013 #11
Devastating. K&R riderinthestorm Mar 2013 #13
so powerful Demonaut Mar 2013 #14
Poor poor lambs Helen Reddy Mar 2013 #17

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,534 posts)
1. I didn't know her.......so why am I crying?
Sun Mar 31, 2013, 02:27 AM
Mar 2013

These pictures are so damn beautiful. She fought the good fight. And her husband captured her wonderfully.

Damn.

Too young, way too young...

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,534 posts)
3. Same here. I can hardly see my computer screen...
Sun Mar 31, 2013, 02:32 AM
Mar 2013

What they had is so important.

They had love.

Without that, life isn't worth anything...

And that love survived the death of her body...

I believe her soul lives on and loves him.



Evoman

(8,040 posts)
4. I'm crying too...cuz I have stage 4 cancer and I'm gonna end up like that.
Sun Mar 31, 2013, 02:42 AM
Mar 2013

The picture with her and her four friends really hit home for me. How much longer until I end up like that? I'm already bald, and weak from chemo.

It breaks my heart that my gf may see that last picture in real life.

Suich

(10,642 posts)
6. I'm so sorry, Evoman.
Sun Mar 31, 2013, 03:17 AM
Mar 2013

I have no idea what to say...

I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers.

liberal_at_heart

(12,081 posts)
10. I'm sorry Evoman
Sun Mar 31, 2013, 04:57 AM
Mar 2013

I don't want to sound preachy. You have every right to feel however you want, but your friends will be okay. They will be sad and they will miss you but they will be okay. Think and meditate on those good times, good memories. Hold on to them tight. Try not to let thoughts of tomorrow creep in.

DFW

(54,302 posts)
7. We went through this twice
Sun Mar 31, 2013, 03:54 AM
Mar 2013

We lost one of our best friends to breast cancer at age 36. She was smart and beautiful. There are no words.

On the other hand, my wife went through this twelve years ago. The whole cycle: operations, chemo, then the radiation.
Nine months of hell.

And she beat it. Never give up.

liberal_at_heart

(12,081 posts)
8. Thank you for your post.
Sun Mar 31, 2013, 04:28 AM
Mar 2013

Breast cancer has hit my family hard. I lost my grand mother and my mother and I carry the BRCA1 gene. We don't yet know if our 18 yr old daughter also carries it. Those are beautiful pictures.

 

Prism

(5,815 posts)
9. This was my aunt
Sun Mar 31, 2013, 04:43 AM
Mar 2013

She was diagnosed with cancer when I was 12. She moved in with us and stayed in my bedroom while I slept on the couch. When she first moved in, she was just my aunt, sick, but then people got sick. It was ok. A year and change later, we had gone through all the stages, and then she was gone.

Watching someone go from the height of health to a memory in a short time is the hardest thing imaginable.

Firebrand Gary

(5,044 posts)
11. Ok, so that is fucking heartbreaking...
Sun Mar 31, 2013, 04:58 AM
Mar 2013

My heart weeps for our species, when will we begin to fight the wars that need fighting. I agree with my friends, this is beautifully done... but sad.

Demonaut

(8,914 posts)
14. so powerful
Sun Mar 31, 2013, 10:37 AM
Mar 2013

so sad, It took strength and courage to be the subject in these photo's

and to be the photographer

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