I HATE CANCER!!!!!!!

[iJenny]

Who doesn't, right? But I'm just so angry right now and its all directed at this ugly, vile, disgusting disease

Here's the story...

So the Bloom family is a family that I grew up with in my parent's neighborhood. I babysat for their only child, Kyle, when I was a teenager and we've all kept in touch over the years (they all still live in the same neighborhood w/ my parents).

Well, about five years ago they adopted an 11-year-old girl named Lundra. Her parents died in an accident and she had no living/able relatives to take her in. So, Tom and Kim adopted her. She's an AMAZING girl. She's 16 now and babysits for my boys and she just this PERFECT teenager. You know the kind. Happy, well-adjusted, kind, friend-to-all. She's just totally fallen into place with this "new" family. She considers Tom and Kim to be her "mom and dad" and calls them such. Its like they helped heal the wounds of the loss of her birth parents.

And then last month Kim (her mom) got sick. They thought it was food poisoning, but then they found it. Pacreatic and liver cancer. It was like one minute she was a little sick from what they thought was a bad hamburger and the next minute, she's dying of a very untreatable form of cancer.

So this sweet precious girl has already lost TWO PARENTS in a horrible tragedy. And now that she has another set of parents, she's going to lose one of them again?!?!? How is this fair?!?! How is it fair for ONE child to lose THREE parents in less than six years!!?! I'm furious. I'm sick of cancer taking imporant people out of this world for what seems like no damn reason. Lundra already lost a mom. Where does cancer get off taking her new mom!?!? And before she even graduates high school!!

I'm just sick over all of this. And I just can't seem to shake the anger. I'm angry for Lundra who is losing a mom... again. I'm angry for Kim who won't be able to see her daughter graduate high school or get married, or any of that stuff a mom dreams of seeing her daughter do. I'm mad for Tom who hasn't had enough years with the love of his life and is facing raising two young-adults on his own.

Ugh. I can't even talk about this anymore. I have to try to get some sleep. I"m sorry for all the rambling. Its just all so senseless to me... I just don't understand.

[ditzyscrap]

Awwww, I'm sorry! Cancer is a horrible, awful disease...I hate it too!

[Laura_A]

Awww, man, that's terrible. I'm so sorry!

[CA Dreamer]

I am so sorry. I hate cancer too. Especially pancreatic cancer. Seems that too many people get that one and the prognosis is so poor by the time of diagnosis. Poor Lundra. It really is so unfair. Triply unfair for her to have to go through this. (((hugs))) to you too. It sucks.

[Tracie Stroud]

I am so so sorry. That really sucks, there's just no other way to say it. HUGS!!!

[crystalbella77]

OMG! That totally sucks big time. I am so heartbroken for the entire family. I can't even imagine!

[HeatherKS]

I'm so, so sorry Jenny. You're right, that does just seem so unfair. *hugs* to you.

[breakingbrie]

Oh, I'm so sorry for their family, and anyone touched by them! I can't imagine how hard it is going through this! They'll all be in my prayers, and (((hugs))) to you Jenny.

[AddictedScrapper]

Ohh it breaks my heart reading your message I HATE cancer so much too, it's taken so many of my family members, so much so I don't even think I could count them all. So sad and maddening that there is such a disease in this world that can do this to wonderful individuals and their families. {{HUGS}} to you and to them!

[Becca Bonneville]

Oh Jenny!! I am so sorry hon! I can totally understand your anger! It isn't fair! I will keep everyone in my thought and prayers!! ((big hugs)) to everyone!!

[joelsgirl]

That is so terrible and unfair.

[Paula Duncan]

I am right there with you on this one!! I have lost 3 grandparents, a great uncle and an aunt lost her breasts!! I hate it too!! {{{HUGS}}}

[babycake]

Oh thats awful! I really feel for you and the family............cancer sucks! I just hope they can gather enough strength to get through it.......... there will be tough times ahead. You guys will be in my thoughts and prayers x

[~Julie~]

I am so sorry Jenny Cancer is a horrible disease. I lost my grandfather to cancer in 2001. I will be thinking of you and your neighbors. {{Hugs}}

[makabe]

I am soooo sorry. This is such a sad story that makes me ANGRY, too.

I work for the American Cancer Society and am sending you a PM.

[pbumbaca]

Oh Jenny, I am sorry for you and for that whole family. I have lost too many relatives to cancer too the closest to me was my nana. But I also know many survivors, my FIL and my good friend. I have a friend dealing with Breast Cancer right now going thru chemo before her double mastectomy. It's such a terrible disease and I wish they would hurry up and find a cure!

Please everyone make this sad story from Jenny a push for you to donate whatever you can when you can to the American Cancer Society or sponsor someone doing cancer walks. And remember, every little bit helps.

Hugs Jenny!

[Penny Springmann]

Jenny, it does suck! (((Hugs))) to you and the entire family!

[ZaCola3]

Awwww Jenny girl...I'm so sorry...Big Hugs toooo you!

[newfiemountiewife]

That is so sad, and so unfair! That poor girl. Life really does suck. Many ((hugs)) all around and many p and pt for their family.

Cancer sucks!

[ColleenSwerb]

::Sigh:: Jenny, I'm SO sorry to hear this. And I completely understand your anger and frustration. That story just breaks my heart.

[nikkiARNGwife]

I'm so sorry to hear this. My prayers are with her and her family.

[junebug]

i wonder about unfairness like that too! its not fair and you have a right to be angry and to express it. the world is a cruel place. that poor girl. i feel for her. I never understood it when stuff like this happens. i'll keep them in my thoughts for sure! {{hugs}}

[mommy2aria06]

So sorry to hear that!

[Nikki Epperson]

Hugs Jenny! I know first hand about cancer taking the wrong people and 2 of the most important people in my life!!!

And that poor girl!!!

I'm so sorry!

[lovely1m]

That is terrible. I am so sorry to hear it. I lost my grandfather to cancer and just two weeks, I was there when a friend found out his aunt died of cancer. You are right, it does suck. I will pray for them.

[tanbanan]

Jenny, I'm glad that you went off and can vent to us! Cancer is horrible and it doesn't care who you are or who you leave behind. I am a survivior, but still feel the need to look over my shoulder and I've lost several close friends WAY to early in life!

Please give this sweet family hugs from me and I will keep them in my thoughts and prayers. And, hugs to you too!

[Jennifer]

I'm so sorry about this...my thoughts and prayers with the family. ((hugs))

[KristinCB]

I'm so sorry

Cancer is awful.. we experience it last year with darcy's step dad passing.. it was always one of those things that I just never realized how truly horrible it was until we saw it first hand. I don't think i'll ever be able to forget those last couple days with him in the hospital.

I watched the stand up to cancer special on tv the other week and the statistics really really scared me.

[rach3975]

What a sad situation for all of them. I once knew a 5 year old who had lost both parents (car accident and cancer), gone to live with his grandparents, and then had to go into foster care because his grandmother was dying (cancer, IIRC) and his grandfather didn't feel he could raise him alone. All of this in less than 2 years. It breaks my heart that some kids have to suffer so much!

[cindys732003]

Oh my gosh that is so sad So sorry for that family and that girl! Cancer is just awful!

[LibbysMommy]

Oh that is so heartbreaking and unfair. I hate cancer too. So scary. My prayers are with Lundra and Kim and the rest of the family.

[digideb]

Oh wow! I'm sitting here just bawling! We thought we were going to lose my mother to cancer, thankfully she's now cancer-free! But, I know that pain that just the thought of losing her brings! I'll definitely be praying for the Bloom family! (((HUGS)))

[Chels85]

aww... i'm so sorry to hear that! i understand how you feel.

[kscwgirl]

That is just awful Jenny, I'm so sorry. So unfair.

[lizzyfizzy]

poor dear sweet lundra!! my heart aches for her. I CANNOT IMAGINE THE TORMENT THIS FAMILY IS GOING THROUGH...esp that sweet girl!! cancer seriously knows no boundries and knows no mercy! it takes any and all! i just wanna scoop her up and take her to the happiest place where nothing can ever harm her again. i am seriously praying for this sweet family and especially that sweet angel who has gone through stuff in her short years that no human should have to go through in a lifetime!

[Jennilyn]

Cancer isn't fair is it...my grandfather is dying of lung cancer at the moment. He really doesn't look well and I don't think he'll make it. My mom says this won't be a very happy Christmas.

((hugs)) to you and Lundra, as well as her family!

[lauren grier]

that is absolutely heart breaking .. one of the blows my grandmother was dealt was liver cancer.. It is an evil vile disease..

[Mama-to-Elle]

I am very sorry that Cancer is causing such pain to that family and to you.. it is such a horrible disease.. I will keep them in my prayers... and (((hugs to you)))

[crystalbird]

So sorry to hear this! I'll keep them in my thoughts and prayers. (((Hugs)))!!!

[tuneskids]

((hugs)) Jenny, to everyone. I hate it too, too many people are being taken far too soon.

[sugarink]

I totally feel your anger and pain. I lost my mom to cancer and so many other close friends and relatives. It's such horrible thing to see someone you care about, suffer from it whether it's affecting them physically or to someone close to them. I pray every day that the dreadful disease never affects me, my DH, or my children. I can only hope it doesn't. I will definitely keep your friend in my thoughts and prayers...

[Joan]

Oh, I'm so sorry, Jenny. My grandmother died of pancreatic cancer when I was a child, and it was horrible. My heart goes out to anyone struck by it. They've made progress in a lot of areas since then, but pancreatic cancer remains as terrible and untreatable as when my grandmother had it, and is such an unfair fate for anyone.

[DawnMarch]

yes, cancer SUCKS! I have a photography client (single mom with FOUR kids -- triplets and an older girl) who lost her Mom (who was so involved in helping with those kids) to pancreatic cancer over a year ago. A few months after her mom died, her father was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. That is just so horribly unfair. Sorry to hear about your friends!

[rochelle789]

I'm so sorry you are all going through this, especially that young girl, who has been through so much already at such a young age. Cancer is an awful awful disease and you have every right to be angry! My thoughts are with the family.