Comments on: The language of cancer http://rufreeman.com/2009/06/the-language-of-cancer/ Author & Activist Thu, 17 May 2012 18:27:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Derek Bridges http://rufreeman.com/2009/06/the-language-of-cancer/comment-page-1/#comment-2963 Derek Bridges Thu, 31 Mar 2011 15:53:22 +0000 http://rufreeman.com/?p=588#comment-2963 That's a lovely post, Ru. You're so right about gratitude--it should inform all of our days. I wish I didn't have to be reminded of that fact. That’s a lovely post, Ru. You’re so right about gratitude–it should inform all of our days. I wish I didn’t have to be reminded of that fact.

]]> By: Ru Freeman http://rufreeman.com/2009/06/the-language-of-cancer/comment-page-1/#comment-2962 Ru Freeman Thu, 31 Mar 2011 14:34:20 +0000 http://rufreeman.com/?p=588#comment-2962 Derek - Your friendship and belief in me and my words - even when no words are being written! - is a real gift. I am through the surgery and the treatments and now on the long-term medications. There is a part of my psyche that will never be the same, but when I think of people like Tessa's mother about whom I wrote the month before I found out I had cancer, I feel that gratitude should be the emotion to inform my days. Not that I don't have bad days, but I do realize that in the midst of all these things that happen to us, there is much to be grateful for. Here's that post - http://rufreeman.com/t/motherhood/ Derek - Your friendship and belief in me and my words - even when no words are being written! - is a real gift. I am through the surgery and the treatments and now on the long-term medications. There is a part of my psyche that will never be the same, but when I think of people like Tessa’s mother about whom I wrote the month before I found out I had cancer, I feel that gratitude should be the emotion to inform my days. Not that I don’t have bad days, but I do realize that in the midst of all these things that happen to us, there is much to be grateful for. Here’s that post - http://rufreeman.com/t/motherhood/

]]> By: Derek Bridges http://rufreeman.com/2009/06/the-language-of-cancer/comment-page-1/#comment-2961 Derek Bridges Thu, 31 Mar 2011 14:21:32 +0000 http://rufreeman.com/?p=588#comment-2961 I've started and deleted this comment a few times because each attempt seems so small or trite, especially following your eloquence. I'm not one to pray so I'm left saying stuff like, "I'm thinking of you" [that's no slight to Barbara above!] or "I'm pulling for you," but those sentiments don't come close to capturing what I want to express. I met you at Bread Loaf 4 years ago and you've been so kind to stay in touch with me, to be a friend, and I've been enriched by your intelligence and kindness, not to mention by your literary wizardry. Okay, I'll go trite: I think the world of you and I desperately want you to be okay. I’ve started and deleted this comment a few times because each attempt seems so small or trite, especially following your eloquence. I’m not one to pray so I’m left saying stuff like, “I’m thinking of you” [that's no slight to Barbara above!] or “I’m pulling for you,” but those sentiments don’t come close to capturing what I want to express. I met you at Bread Loaf 4 years ago and you’ve been so kind to stay in touch with me, to be a friend, and I’ve been enriched by your intelligence and kindness, not to mention by your literary wizardry. Okay, I’ll go trite: I think the world of you and I desperately want you to be okay.

]]> By: cancer hats http://rufreeman.com/2009/06/the-language-of-cancer/comment-page-1/#comment-731 cancer hats Tue, 15 Jun 2010 01:08:32 +0000 http://rufreeman.com/?p=588#comment-731 If you have cancer or think you have cancer ask your doctor about the BRCA test which tests a gene associated with hereditary cancer. If you have cancer or think you have cancer ask your doctor about the BRCA test which tests a gene associated with hereditary cancer.

]]> By: Sara Stowell http://rufreeman.com/2009/06/the-language-of-cancer/comment-page-1/#comment-105 Sara Stowell Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:24:11 +0000 http://rufreeman.com/?p=588#comment-105 Remember when I was singing across campus at you... Ru Ru se fue para el norte, no se cuando vendrá, vendrá para el cumpleaños, de nuestra soledad - Ru Ru left and has gone north, I don´t know when she´ll come back. She´ll come back for the anniversary of our solitude. There are things that are inexplicable, as you say, and their are people who go through them with aplomb, as you are, but there is no remedy for the solitude you must feel, in spite of our best intentions to let you know how much we love you. Holding my breath till tomorrow. Sara Remember when I was singing across campus at you… Ru Ru se fue para el norte, no se cuando vendrá, vendrá para el cumpleaños, de nuestra soledad - Ru Ru left and has gone north, I don´t know when she´ll come back. She´ll come back for the anniversary of our solitude.

There are things that are inexplicable, as you say, and their are people who go through them with aplomb, as you are, but there is no remedy for the solitude you must feel, in spite of our best intentions to let you know how much we love you.

Holding my breath till tomorrow.

Sara

]]> By: Mary Akers http://rufreeman.com/2009/06/the-language-of-cancer/comment-page-1/#comment-104 Mary Akers Tue, 09 Jun 2009 01:37:04 +0000 http://rufreeman.com/?p=588#comment-104 Thank you for this, Ru. Kind, honest, clever Ru. Thank you for this, Ru. Kind, honest, clever Ru.

]]> By: Barbara Casey http://rufreeman.com/2009/06/the-language-of-cancer/comment-page-1/#comment-102 Barbara Casey Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:08:19 +0000 http://rufreeman.com/?p=588#comment-102 Ru,what can I possibly say after you have said it so eloquently? Thinking of you and will help w/H or anything else you need. May tomorrow be. Barbara Ru,what can I possibly say after you have said it so eloquently? Thinking of you and will help w/H or anything else you need. May tomorrow be.
Barbara

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