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Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 2:02 am
by cup o' noodles
Oh my god! I'm so sorry!
I've never had anyone close to me affected by a disease as such, but a lot of people in my family have had cancer at least once in their life or already have it, so I know what it's like to lose a loved one to a disease. *hugs* I wish all the best to you, your family, his family, and anyone that so much as met him. I know how much it hurts.
*hugs*
I lit a candle and called several of my friends and asked them to. I didn't hang up until I was positive that all of them did.
Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 3:03 am
by weetziebat05
Ahh damn... I'm so sorry girl.
My ultimate goal in life is to become a biomedical engineer and get to work on cures for cancer and AIDS/HIV... and it seems like the closer I get to my goal, the more people I at least know of fall ill with what I want to someday treat.
I'll go light a candle. My prayers are with you and your friend.
Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 2:57 pm
by Sad Panda
Really, thank you all so much for your kind words and for lighting the candles. You have no idea what it means to me.
Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 6:36 pm
by MrsCop
damn I'm so very sorry, Panda. We need a cure for this (and tons of other diseases) and we need it a century ago.
Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2006 8:39 pm
by MrsCop
Panda I'm sure you've heard this before, but I'm keeping it on my YT channel .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpwKG_022BI I'll keep praying.
Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2006 11:51 pm
by sboat
that's terrible. I am very sorry.
however, not to be a downer, but the virtual candle charity deal was that for every candle lit Bristol-Myers would donate $1 to HIV/AIDS research, but only for the first 100,000 candles/dollars. That number was reached long ago (which is great!) so they aren't currently making any donations.
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/charity/lighttounite.asp
BUT it's still a great thing for awareness, etc., and maybe BM will decide to make further donations in response to the incredible number of people who have participated.
And I still lit a candle anyway.
Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2006 11:59 pm
by Jewelybug
Panda :* ILU... and I am so sorry to hear what you and your friend are going through. Best wishes.... we are all here for you.
Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2006 6:22 am
by evaB
Oh, Panda. I'm so sorry. That's got to be so hard, especially around the holidays. Youre in my thoughts.