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Bernice and I visited Jan today. When I was told that she had less than a year to live, I automatically chose eleven months and 27 days. Clearly, two months would be nearer to the reality. I won't go into the details of her current condition, but even though she was having a particularly bad day she repeated how much visits mean to her. Ms. B and I will be there every week for as long as Jan can tolerate our silly selves. We did get a smile or two out of her and Ms. B brought her favorite comfort food.
To all of the people that comforted me and/or gave excellent advice, I would like to ask one more favor, if it suits you. Jan has always loved silliness and surprises. Should you run across a clever card or postcard in the next month or so, I would be so grateful if you sent it on to her. Using your TFP screen name, coupled with postmarks from everywhere would certainly be a surprise.
I feel so very trusting of the TFP members here, and yet I am not comfortable with posting her name and address in an open forum. If anyone is interested, please pm me and I will gladly give you her mailing information.
Thank you all, for walking me through this, especially those who have shared the pain of loss of another or the loss of personal health to cancer.
Pen
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