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mamacze · 08-15-2010, 07:20 PM

Dear Christine, Deborah and Danielle,
I logged on tonight at the urging of a friend and I am stunned by this kick-in-the-gut news about your Joe. I thank this kind man for helping me climb out of the deep dark bucket of despair when I was first diagnosed with metastatic disease ... 6 years ago. I wish fervently I could have done something for him.
In the corner of my mind is a memory of the year I joined Joe and Christine at an ASCO conference. I was struck by the kind concern Joe had for Christine; asking doctors for their opinions, Joe was ever hopeful and optimistic...and clearly in that deep kind of love with Christine often yearned for but not so often achieved.
I loved hearing Christine's story when we had the good fortune of being warmly welcomed by both Joe and Christine at dinner, when I flew from Connecticut to Seattle for the vaccine trial. Who could ask for more hope than that?
Joe; you are in the loving arms of scores of Her2 angels; I have no doubt they are all tenderly escorting you on this labor and delivery into new life, with joy in their hearts.
Christine, Deborah and Danielle: such a wrenching loss for you; Joe who stood shoulder to shoulder with Christine; indeed with all of us; only to have him torn from your life. Is there condolence for you knowing how much he was loved by so many?
May God's love help you find peace as you mourn the loss of this man who clearly loved you all so very much.
Love Kim from CT

08-15-2010, 07:20 PM	#85
mamacze Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Madison, Connecticut Posts: 638	Re: Joe passed on this evening Dear Christine, Deborah and Danielle, I logged on tonight at the urging of a friend and I am stunned by this kick-in-the-gut news about your Joe. I thank this kind man for helping me climb out of the deep dark bucket of despair when I was first diagnosed with metastatic disease ... 6 years ago. I wish fervently I could have done something for him. In the corner of my mind is a memory of the year I joined Joe and Christine at an ASCO conference. I was struck by the kind concern Joe had for Christine; asking doctors for their opinions, Joe was ever hopeful and optimistic...and clearly in that deep kind of love with Christine often yearned for but not so often achieved. I loved hearing Christine's story when we had the good fortune of being warmly welcomed by both Joe and Christine at dinner, when I flew from Connecticut to Seattle for the vaccine trial. Who could ask for more hope than that? Joe; you are in the loving arms of scores of Her2 angels; I have no doubt they are all tenderly escorting you on this labor and delivery into new life, with joy in their hearts. Christine, Deborah and Danielle: such a wrenching loss for you; Joe who stood shoulder to shoulder with Christine; indeed with all of us; only to have him torn from your life. Is there condolence for you knowing how much he was loved by so many? May God's love help you find peace as you mourn the loss of this man who clearly loved you all so very much. Love Kim from CT __________________ 2001 - Stage 0, lumpectomy, radiation, tamoxifen 2004 - Stage 4, mets to 4 lobes of lungs and liver, lumpectomy, er/pr -, her2 neu+++, Herceptin and Navelbine then Herceptin only. 2005 - Breast Ca vaccinations with the Tumor Vaccine Group in Seattle 2011 - Still Herceptin only and NED 2011, June - STOPPED Herceptin and kicked up my heels! 2012, February - 1 small tumor came back to haunt me in my lungs - back on Herceptin only, tumor stable. 2015, November - tumor on lungs removed (Segmentectomy), back on Herceptin only Received U of W vaccine clinical "booster" Vaccine 2022 On Herceptin and NED continues - WOOT WOOT!