death of a friend...

[Is_907]

after my grandmothers death a year ago caused by Amyloidosis i thought i'd have all the inspiration to Fold i'd ever need...

about a year ago a friend of mine that i knew through Jedi Knight editing was diagnosed with brain cancer. he had a successful surgery a few days after diagnosis and 90% of the tumour was removed...
he had two or three more surgeries and on tuesday, 9the of december, at 4:15am he passed away.

ironically, his last post on the forums at Massassi.net was about the make-a-wish foundation and he mentioned the fact that through prayers and continued treatment he had been making a recovery...
that was in August of this year.

this inspires me to Fold on... and to remeber how fragile life is.

Adam Sliger was 18 years old... he was a great artist, he had so much talent and a great attitude through his cancer ordeal that inspired many in the communities he was a part of... but i suppose there's a reason for God taking him so soon.

~Is

 

[Tismedt]

Life is soo fragile. Sorry to hear about the lose of your friend. A friend of ours 18 yr old daughter just passed away yesterday from brain cancer so I know how you feel. The lose we just had has also inspired me to fold on. Hopefully we will see some of the fruits of our efforts. Even if one life is saved or one persons desease is cured it would be a great thing.

Fold On Friends

Our efforts will not be in Vain

 

[nut581]

My Grandmother just passed away 3 weeks ago from an abnormal blood disease (kemolase or something like that, where the blood cannot get rid of cholestrol naturally, but had to be helped with drugs and dialysis), and She had taken the drugs her entire life, but going for them like crazy in Her last 5 months that these drugs finally hit Her kidney where one finally lost it's functionality after the 3rd month, and the other one was nearly the same when She passed.. If She didn't take the drugs, the cholestrol would have clogged her already 90% clogged artery, so that would mean sudden heart attack.

I fold so the others hopefully wouldn't have to go through what She had.

 

[Chris]

Threads like this bring a tear to my everytime, sorry to here of the loses guys. This is the sort of thing that inspires us all to fold and to fold harder and harder, it also makes you look at yourself and realise just how lucky you are just to be alive.

-Chris

 

[nikhsub1]

... but i suppose there's a reason for God taking him so soon.

~Is

This is what we have to believe... I am sorry for your loss, and my thoughts and prayers go out to all the knew and loved him. As I always say, even if FAH only has a .000001% chance of finding cures, folding will ALWAYS be worth the effort.

 

[Is_907]

thanks guys... it's encouraging to know we're all doing this for the same reasons.

Tismedt: i'll be praying for your friends family.
nut581: that sounds very similiar to what my grandmother had (amyloidosis) which allowed the amyloid proteins to build up in her kidneys, liver, and eventually it would have reached her heart and brain.

 

[Audioaficionado]

... but i suppose there's a reason for God taking him so soon.

~Is

It was cancer that took him. That's why we need to keep F@H until things like cancer are understood and then stopped.

 

[matrixzen]

A friend of mine passed away last friday of cancer. He was 19 years old. Things like this can cause one to see how short life is and we should do something worthwhile while we are here. *sigh* I'm sorry to all those out there who have lost someone they were real close to. Well we can look forward and help those who are on the edge. FOLD ON!

 

[lennytiger]

I feel for all you guys I really do, I won't go into graphic detail but I lost my dear friend in a similar way.

What chance do we have of finding cures for these terrible life threatening illnesses?

 

[Vertical_Zer0]

Chances are high, all of you. Just don't ever give up. There is nothing we can do about those we have lost but to prevent the loss of more life. Imagine the feeling of waking up one snowy sunday morning to see the news headlines: "International Distributed Computing Community Defeats Cancer, Alzheimer's..."

Imagine how good that will feel. I say "will feel". Because it WILL happen. Know this. And hold onto that thought.

 

[NovaShine]

Life is a precious yet so fragile thing, im glad everyone is so interested in preservation of life.

Im sorry for all of your losses, may they rest in peace. Amen.

 

[PhoenixMDM]

I'm sorry to hear that. It's sad to hear how close he was to recovery, and then have him go like that...

Did he die from the brain surgery itself, or did the cancer spread and get him that way (metastatic site)?

 

[Is_907]

from what i understand he had 2 more surgeries after the initial one last year and the last one was back in august...
in the end the tumor was twice as big as it was at first =/

thanks for all the encouragement, guys... i can't wait for that headline

 

[bubba gump]

Dang....threads like these, like Chris said....really bring a tear to your eye....such sad moments in your lives...wow.

Fold on people, we shall live to see that headline.

Fold and Frag on
Brian