Hi all it has been a while scence i posted and today i got some bad news><. When i first went to Dana Farber i was priveledged to meet a couple named Len and Mary. Mary had non hodgkins lymphoma and had had a bone marrow transplant at the time i had not had mine and i was talking to people in the waiting area picking their brains about their experiences trying to get myself ready for mine and listening to their experiences to prepare me for wha i would go thru. Len and Mary were from New Mexico and had come to Dana Farber for treatment and when i met them they had just gotten the o.k. to return home it had been 236 days or around there Mary had grafted slowly but was looking good and feeling good enough to go home. Over time at home Mary had relapsed and had come back to Dana Farber for another mini transplant to save her life Everybody wanted so much for this to work Mary had a strength and courage few possess she went thru so much complications would arise and she would fight them and when it looked bleak she would make what seemed to be the turn around we all wanted she did this over and over during the months after her mini transplant and i remember seeing her after one of her bouts where things didnt look good at dana farber looking great laughing and joking and just being Mary a wonderful lady i wish you all had got to meet. Mary lost her battle this week and i got the call from Lenny tonight it is with a very sad heart i write this tonight.Lenny and Mary were married and together 35 years scence college days and i can only imagine the hole her loss has made in his life to lose your best friend and lifelong soulmate at a to young 53 years of age has got to be so tough. Lenny took care of Mary during her fight to live like we would all want to be taken care of if we ever got sick his strength during tough times is a testimate to his love for mary. I am so glad to have met them and am proud to call them my friends and i will miss Mary but she will live on in the memorys of those who knew her and loved her and called her friend she was the toughest woman i have ever met.
scott
