Julie B, a lady with super kind heart, cheerful and always on the go. She was my co-worker at the travel company I was working at. She was always on my side whenever my wicked boss of the West starts to give me crap. I always had a good time with her at and outside of work. Till this day, I still think of her.
You see, Julie passed away in October of 2003 of cancer, pancreas to be exact. She was once a smoker but quit 10 years before she was diagnosed with cancer. I myself was a smoker then. She detest seeing me and her boyfriend with a cigarette in our mouths. She will start telling us what cigarettes will to us because she said her years of smoking cigarette is killing her now.
When Julie was out of work for a couple of days, I thought she was out on vacation or just took a few days off to help out her mom but when days became weeks, I started to call her but no one picked up the phone. I then asked her boss, Naomi. She told me about it. Julie was in the hospital and doing her cancer treatment. I was so shocked. I asked was it mesothelioma cancer (her dad died of that cancer), she said no, it was cancer of the pancreas. The doctors gave her at least 6 months to live. We both thought that she had mesothelioma from her days of growing up in the town where working in the asbestos factories were the job of the town folks.
There is this book written by Paul Kraus, Surviving Mesothelioma: A Patient’s Guide, survived the cancer by going holistic. Julie did the same: drinking juices, taking anti-oxidant supplements and going full vegetarian. The author, Paul, survived the prognosis and so did Julie, however, the cancer cells conquered her after 1 year of her diagnosis. She died a day before her 43rd birthday.
The above book is a true story of a man who survived the cancer and I would suggest this poignant book if anyone is going through cancer or knows someone with mesothelioma cancer.
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