Comments on: Little Sister

By: Kim's brother

Kim's brother — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 15:29:29 +0000

Fatty,
Thank you for everything you do! I have been following you for about 5 years. Today I am heading out to see my younger sister for maybe the last time. She has been fighting (like Susan!) for nearly 10 years now, since she was first diagnosed with breast cancer when she was 30 years old. She how has in-home hospice and is no longer on chemo. She is now to the point where she is too tired to get out of bed. She has been an inspiration to me and a great fighter. Your blog has given me a lot of insight and also prepared me for the time I am going through now. Thanks for working so hard and hopefully there will be a day soon when there will be no more posts like this.

By: GJ Jackie

GJ Jackie — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 18:48:30 +0000

Wow. These posts keep me grounded. Thanks so much for sharing.

By: Kim

Kim — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 17:10:53 +0000

I’m the only sister to four brothers – the youngest. Fatty, I lost one of my brothers to cancer in 2011. Not a day goes by that I don’t wish for more time with him and miss him terribly. I took him to many of his chemo treatments and have become too familiar with the ugliness of cancer. Please keep doing what you’re doing. The book will be awesome, and I look forward to reading it.

By: cece

cece — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 15:46:51 +0000

Sitting here with curlers in my hair crying …Lori’s art is fantastic and is part of the healing that occurred at the time. You are very lucky to have sisters and a family like you do…but I am sure you already know that. Please do include Lori paintings in the book.

By: Henrik Wist

Henrik Wist — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 10:54:39 +0000

And here I sit, reading this sequel of posts, one after the other as they appear. Before this installment, it was just Susan’s story (to me, anyway). The day before yesterday, I learned that my wife’s aunt was diagnosed with breast cancer and will have surgery next week. I feel pretty close to my wife’s family and all of the sudden, this series of posts applies much more to me than I would have wished for, ever.

Send some good vibes over this part of the net. Livestrong, everyone.

By: zac_in_ak

zac_in_ak — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 06:46:01 +0000

Eldon

I bought your first book on kindle. I will look forward(with trepidation) for your next book. I lost my uncle to cancer. Everyday I go along then I read something like this and the last time I saw my uncle flashes in my mind. Cancer is ugly and I hope I will be alive to see the cure. Keep it up, I think your book will help us all
Thanks

By: Elisabethvi

Elisabethvi — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 01:10:34 +0000

I haven’t commented before on your posts about Susan’s fight with cancer. None of my immediate family has been affected by this horrible disease and I don’t feel qualified to have an opinion. I’m not sure why I’m drawn to these posts, but they affect me deeply. Your sister is an amazing artist and treasure beyond words for your family. The last painting you posted brought me to tears. And her comment just a few spots up gives us an idea of the gift she was for you at that time. Your words really enlighten those of us who haven’t experienced this.
Thank you for sharing your difficult journey with us.

P.S. My girls LOVE “My Neighbor Totoro.” The mural is fantastic!

By: Invisible Visible Man

Invisible Visible Man — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 01:05:01 +0000

Fat (if I can call you by your first name),

This is a very affecting post. Cancer is such a strange thing to struggle with – particularly because it’s not one disease; it’s so many different experiences. I explained recently to a colleague whose mother is suffering bowel cancer that people regard it as a war of attrition but, at least from the experience of my father’s very rare cancer in the small bowel, it’s a series of skirmishes: the cancer creates this or that crisis that one confronts, before getting on with something else.

I sincerely hope your wife keeps overcoming this illness.

My reaction, however, ties together both cancer and cycling. My father died nearly 10 years ago after a series of skirmishes with bowel cancer (very different from your experience, I know) and he first taught me how to cycle. I relate the experience here: http://invisiblevisibleman.blogspot.com/2012/02/why-family-for-me-is-bit-about-bike.html

All the very best to you and your family,

Invisible.

I guess it hadn’t even occurred to me that some readers might be new enough to my blog that they wouldn’t know that Susan passed away in August of ‘09. – FC

By: dvhansen

dvhansen — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 00:51:13 +0000

Commenting again – i have to say what an experience and, yes, opportunity, it is to read not only your stories but also those comments from others that have gone thru something similar. you are all an inspiration.

By: Dana

Dana — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 00:29:54 +0000

Have read your Blog for several years, for your humor. This work feels like your “pulling” a scab off “bit by tiny bit “. Thank you for amazing writing and the strength to “go back down those dark streets”.