Sharing my sadness

Friends,
I just need to share my sadness about the death of a local woman most of you don't know. Her name was Pam Daale,and she was a Denver TV meteorologist. Pam was first diag with BC in 2002. She took her disease and treatment public, and shared every step. I met her at the 2002 Denver Race for the Cure and we discussed our identical diax and treatments. I thanked her for the courage to go through it all in the public eye. I felt it would mean a lot to many women.

In November, Pam was diag with recurrent BC to the brain, chest and nodes. The WBR was difficult, and she was forced to quit her job. Her last diary post in March said that she finally had good news -- her tumor markers were declining. Yesterday, Pam passed over.

She had a challenging life. A horseback accident at age 16 left her paraplegic, but her strong faith led her. She left behind a husband and 2 young children. She was 40.

Thank you for letting me share my sadness. Pam's public presence and her upbeat attitude probably made many Denver-area women hopeful. But today, I'm just very sad.

Love and healing light,

Lisa