Paul
September 28th, 2008 | by admin |
I was born in a small village in southern Ontario, Canada in 1934 to bilingual French parents (both now deceased) and had 6 sisters and 3 brothers.
I met my dear wife at the office where we were both employed, we were married in 1963, our cherished son Gregory was born in 1964. To complete our life journey, we were also blessed with two fantastic daughters and now two grandsons that we just adore.
The passing of our son’s lovely wife Maureen, our daughter-in-law, with that dreadful disease cancer was very traumatic to us, as you are quite aware, was devastating to our son Greg by the loss of his young wife.
Unfortunately, this was not the first time cancer had come into our lives.
This all started with my brother Jules (eldest) with prostate cancer..he had quite a battle with this disease, surgery of the Prostate Gland then Radiation then Chemo and is still dealling with wth the issues of the after effects from all the procedures.
My sister Margaret the 4th one to be born was diagnosed with Kidney Cancer in 1996 but was fortunate to have been detected at an early stage and has been in remission ever since.
My other sister Marie born just before me was also diagnosed with clavicle cancer and passed away in 1998. I was present at her bedside in the Hospital when she died and if anyone else have ever experienced this (as Greg did) it is not pleasant.
And, the story doesn’t end there, I was diagnosed with prostate cancer, was treated for the disease, and am a survivor.
We will be making a donation to the Canadian Cancer Society on behalf of all the above mentioned.
Regards Paul/Terry
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