Bl**dy cancer

Soutra I'm so sorry that you've lost a dear friend and I can understand your anger.

so sorry for your loss Soutra of what sounds like a lovely friend

Soutra so sorry for the loss of such a good friend this terrible illness shows no boundaries your friend sounds so inspirational

I too am sorry for your loss - none of it ever makes any sense at all, and all we can do is be thankful for her friendship, for the good things of her life and for the happy memories that you will take with you and share with others - so she will live on in your hearts. .

I do not think that one should underestimate the sorrow of losing a friend - sometimes friends know us better and feature in our lives more than our own families.

I'm so sorry to hear of your devastating news, very, very sad Soutra

I would be devastated if I lost my best friend too.

I am always struck that animals can get cancer too. So, sadly, I dont think that the best nutrition there is, is a guard against every health issue.

I should have said total guard.

soutra I'm so sorry to hear about your friend. mishap is so right, losing a dear friend is just as painful, if not more so, as losing a family member. After all, you chose to be friends. I hope you can remember the happy and silly times you had together

Heartfelt condolences, soutra. The curse of cancer doesn't seem to care who it affects. I've given up trying to make sense of it. Too many funerals recently and all cancer victims

Sorry to hear that Soutra I agree it is a nightmare of a disease. I have lost many people to it too, as I'm sure we all have. I had a friend who sounds a similar sort of person to your friend. She died at 52 from ovarian cancer. She led a really healthy lifestyle. She was very slim and active. Her diet was extremely healthy - lots of fruit, vegetables, vitamins etc, no alcohol, no smoking. In fact I knew two ladies who led similar lifestyles and were both dead from cancer at 52.

Soutra

It does seem so very unfair.

Dear Soutra I know how you feel. (((hugs)))

So sorry that you've lost your dear friend, Soutra. I can understand how bereft you feel.

Oh dear Soutra you are having a tough time of it lately losing yet another friend to cancer

Soutra It does seem so very unfair, doesn't it, when the mid sixties seem like the prime of life, with so much still to enjoy, for many of us.
I agree with mishap about the role and importance of friends in our lives.

So sorry Soutra - thinking of you today.

I'm sad for you, Soutra. Losing friends is something you never get used to. They will always be part of your life even when they aren't here any more.

Sorry to hear of the loss of your friend *Soutra.

sorry to hear about this lady but as I too suffer from colon cancer I am scared it will be me next. whenever I hear about this disease killing another person I am scared. the hospital staff act like its nothing and keep offering us different kinds of treatment but they know it will kill us in the end.scary

ethel it all depends on the type of cancer, its amenity to treatment and how quickly it was diagnosed /treated. Every case is different.

One of my friends had bowel cancer 15 years ago and is absolutely fine.

Sadly for Soutra's friend it was a particularly rare and aggressive type. I nursed and lost a friend who was 42 from such a type of cancer and it was heartbreaking.
I just take some comfort in knowing her as a close friend, she taught me so much about friendship and I have wonderful memories.

I feel for anyone who's lost someone from this awful disease but many people are surviving and cured, or living well with cancer that can be kept controlled.

x

Oh dear! what a sad thing to happen for you Soutra friends are so precious, and losing one is a loneliness all of it's own. How fortunate you were to have her as a friend, and have happy memories of your friendship over the years. Take care

So sorry to hear that, Soutra, it's much too young to have to go isn't it.Being healthy doesn't seem to make a difference with cancer, but does with other things, like hypertension, stroke, heart attack.At least your friend had a happy and active life.

So sad, Soutra.

We recently lost a friend to a similar kind of cancer. Hard as it is, try to focus on the good times. It seems so unfair, doesn't it, but who knows, if she hadn't led such a healthy lifestyle, perhaps you would have enjoyed her friendship for an even shorter time.