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It's happening again. Shit, shit, triple shit...

Lately, everything's been going pretty good. Spent the evening at Jackie's, baking cookies. Come back and find I have missed calls from my mother on my cell phone. I call her back.

Turns out that my assistant band director from high school, a woman who was wonderful to me and who I always felt very close to, is ill. This isn't new news, exactly--she was diagnosed with cancer last year. What is new is that they've changed the diagnosis a little.

It's terminal.

Great. Just fuckin' great...sorry. I shouldn't be swearing like that. But dammit, it's just like what happened to Erik. They beat it, it comes back, they fight it, it comes back, they get rid of it, and then it takes over and KA-BOOM, someone you've known for ages is gone. Wham, bam, thank you ma'am.

Maybe I'm naive, or maybe I'm just trying to cling to the last couple shreds of child-like innocence, or hell, maybe I'm just in denial, but I just don't understand. I don't understand why things like this happen--to good people, to people I know. I don't get it, I don't pretend to. But I hate it. Death--the ultimate equal opportunity employer. Fuck it.

I'm going to sleep. Maybe when I wake up, I'll feel better. Because right now, I really feel like shit.

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Date: 2005-04-01 04:34 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kaitodoushi.livejournal.com
Wait, what?! Oh no! Are you serious! Oh my goodness... That really sucks. ;_; It's not fair! Why does it always have to be the nice people?!

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Date: 2005-04-01 06:25 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] spirit-sage-333.livejournal.com
Hugs, it are ok dear. I know its not fun, but these things do happen. Cancer is one of the scariest things of our time, and it sucks when someone gets reoccuring sickness. At least you have time to visit the person and share your love with them, rather than a sudden loss. Cherish the time that is there rather than regretting the inevitable.

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Date: 2005-04-01 03:44 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] themonkeymaiden.livejournal.com
Thanks for letting us all know, Lindsey, I had no idea and I'm glad you told me. I don't understand it either... IM me if you ever want to chat.

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Date: 2005-04-01 04:30 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ravag3r.livejournal.com
remind me never to tell you if one day I find out I have cancer...

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Date: 2005-04-19 07:52 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] blink1-82.livejournal.com
Well I hope things are getting better for you, Things happen for good reasons.


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