Cajun.
Thanks for the advice. Its hard for me to go into a Cancer Ward of a Hospital, I lost two really good, close friends to Luekimia (misspelled).
One of them was a High school Art teacher I had. We found out we both have intrests in antique and classic cars. We became friends kinda, he brought pictures of the cars he's restored and had the honor of driving before. He got to drive several rare cars, a Tucker, 1932 V-16 Cadillac Phateon, even has pictures of him driving a Duesnburg. He sold Antiques and made alot of friends.
Anyway he became a freind of the family, and was invited to my graduation party, christmass family parties, him and my grandpa would sit for hours talking when my Grandpa came down to NC to visit. He called us one day and told us he wouldnt be able to stop by or talk much for a while, he had somethings he had to have taken care of
A month later we heard from him and he told us he had cancer. He had to get kemotherapy, he fought so hard. He didnt want us to see him suffer, he wrote to us. The last time we heard from him was in a letter he wrote saying that he was giving up, he couldnt handle it anymore. He thanked us for bieng his good friends, even called us his family.
He died 3 months later. I read the obituals in the paper for some reason ( I never did, never will again ) and there was his name, and his picture.
I was the only one of his students to go to his funeral, other than that, there were just teachers there, and one of his friends. He had lost close to 70 lbs before he passed. He was like a grandfather to me.
I made a freind with a guy who was in my JROTC class, he had started half way through the year. Found out he had Luekimah also, and it had went in remission.
He died before graduating.
I just wish that such good hearted people didnt have to die in such a painfull and terrible way.
Okay, I got off the subject there. Sorry about that. My post is kinda a little to long so I guess I'll end it now, I'm having trouble typing anyway.