I feel so damn ANGRY at this disease. So helpless. I hate it! My own ride with myeloma has been easy by comparison, but now I've personally known thirteen people, shaken their hands and spoken face-to-face, people like Stacy, who have gone down before this merciless killer. All of them died too early, and Stacy's death is a particular tragedy.
Some people say that new treatments for myeloma might eventually turn it from a uniformly fatal disease into a chronic one. That's a great goal, but we're not there yet, not when a young wife and mother of two cannot be saved by the best medical care on earth. There is a lot of work to do.
Stacy, we love you and we commend you to the hands of God. We will most certainly miss you here.
| Stacy, second from left, with her mother and two daughters: |  |
I remember reading about a request for donors for possible allogenic STC for Stacy and I wish, wish, wish I was younger. This disease makes me furious, too. It is totally unreasonable that these young people are getting MM - why? Sometimes being a cheerleader when the players are being sidelined and taken out is too hard to bear....
ReplyDeleteDon, I agree with every word you said. Thank you for saying what I seemed unable to do.
ReplyDeleteLet us hope that there is some bigger picture that finds Stacy in a much better, happier place.
Wishing peace to her family in this difficult time.
Don: I join you in the deep sadness at the news of Stacy's passing. My heart breaks for her children and her parents. I also echo your anger at this maddening disease. Farewell, Stacy.
ReplyDeleteDon, What you wrote about Stacy was just what I was feeling. I loved that girl like a granddaughter.I am also ANGRY because I feel that they are not in a hurry to get a cure for cancer because they make so much money on the drugs---why hurry? God, I hope I am wrong about that. I am so happy that you are doing so well. Marilyn Smith
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