For our Belle

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RayGirl
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For our Belle

Postby RayGirl » Wed Feb 18, 2015 8:50 pm

One of the fight CRC advocates made this short video from many of our pictures.
Just wanted to share some of Belle's awesomeness

http://flipagram.com/f/PldZz1HhtQ
Stage III Rectal: T3, 3/21 Nodes
dxn:Feb-10
Radiation&Xeloda
7.5 hr surgery
12th FOLFOX Nov-10
Takedown:Jan-11

"Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass, it's about learning how to dance in the rain."

Kathy
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Re: For our Belle

Postby Kathy » Wed Feb 18, 2015 9:57 pm

Beautiful tribute RayGirl. A blue cocktail toast to Belle!

Kathy
Stage 1- resection 9/ 05
Recurrence-2/ 2008 chemo/radiation 5 FU/oxi
APR surgery 7/ 2008- Found spread to liver-Margins not clean
chemo between surgeries
Liver resection and HAI pump-11/ 08 Chemo 6 months
NED 11/08

NED since 11/2008

Kathy
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Re: For our Belle

Postby Kathy » Wed Feb 18, 2015 9:58 pm

Beautiful tribute RayGirl. A blue cocktail toast to Belle!

Kathy
Stage 1- resection 9/ 05
Recurrence-2/ 2008 chemo/radiation 5 FU/oxi
APR surgery 7/ 2008- Found spread to liver-Margins not clean
chemo between surgeries
Liver resection and HAI pump-11/ 08 Chemo 6 months
NED 11/08

NED since 11/2008

bitchslapped
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Re: For our Belle

Postby bitchslapped » Wed Feb 18, 2015 10:14 pm

Thx for sharing. Lovely.

bitchslapped
DSS,35YO,unresect mCRC DX 7/'14,lvr,LN,peri,rib
FOLFOX+Avstn 4 Rnds d/c 10/'14
Stent 9/'14
FOLFIRI+Avstn 10/'14
Gone From My Sight 2/20/15
Me:garden variety polyps + precancerous polyp, diverticulitis
Carergver x2 DH,DM dbl occupancy,'03-'10
DH dx 47YO mCRC,'04-'07, lvr, billiary tree fried x HAI
DM dx CC 85YO,CC,CHF,stroke,dementia,aphasia

lauragb
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Re: For our Belle

Postby lauragb » Wed Feb 18, 2015 10:19 pm

Beautiful tribute. Still larger than life.
RC 3B 7/2011 @ 53
Chemoradiation 5 weeks 8/11
LAR-Hysterect-temp ileo
pCR, 0/23 nodes
Folfox 1/12, Xeloda 2/12 to 5/12
Reversal 5/12
SBO,lysis of adhesions 12/12
NED 11/12, 11/13, 6/16

DarknessEmbraced
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Re: For our Belle

Postby DarknessEmbraced » Wed Feb 18, 2015 10:27 pm

Such a beautiful tribute! She will soar on!
Diagnosed 10/28/14, age 36
Colon Resection 11/20/14, LAR (no illeo)
Stage 2a colon cancer, T3NOMO
Lymph-vascular invasion undetermined
0/22 lymph nodes
No chemo, no radiation
Clear Colonoscopy 04/29/15
NED 10/20/15
Ischemic Colitis 01/21/16
NED 11/10/16
CT Scan moved up due to high CEA 08/21/17
NED 09/25/17
NED 12/21/18
Clear colonoscopy 09/23/19
Clear 5 year scans 11/21/19- Considered cured! :)

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RayGirl
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Re: For our Belle

Postby RayGirl » Thu Feb 19, 2015 6:21 am

Pam did I wonderful job on this video and was able to share it with Belle a few weeks ago.
So many images show how truly full of life she was. I only wish it included a soundtrack of her laugh too, which was so infectious.

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Re: For our Belle

Postby Bev G » Thu Feb 19, 2015 12:18 pm

Thank you for posting this beautiful video. I loved seeing all the photos of her wonderful, extraordinary kids. I got the pleasure of meeting them in DC at Call on Congress several years ago, and they were both absolutely delightful...engaged, curious, fun. I think it was their first trip to DC and remember thinking how awesome it was that Belle brought them with her. What an amazing life Belle provided them (and Stephen, of course). She wove with them an incredible tapestry of life. They will be wrapped in that mantle of love forever. It's incredible that we have these wonderful kids in our advocacy corner. Belle loved them very, very much, and it always showed.

Such a sad day.
58 yo Type1 DM 48 years
12/09 Stage IV 2/22 nodes + liver met, colon resec
3 tx FOLFIRI, liver resec 4/10
9/10 6 mos off chemo, Neg PET&CTC CEA nl
2/11 finished total 10 rounds chemo

9/13 ^17th clean PET/CT NED for now

Bat-Mom
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Re: For our Belle

Postby Bat-Mom » Thu Feb 19, 2015 9:49 pm

A lovely tribute to an obviously lovely person.
54 y/o
10-2013 colonoscopy
11-2013 colon resect
12-2013 stage 3b results are in 4 of 11 LN
12-2013 - 5-2014 folfox
9-2014 cea 1.7 12-2014 CT clear cea 1.7 3-2015 cea 1.6
6-2015 new doc new lab. Cea now 3.9???

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Re: For our Belle

Postby WifeOfMike » Thu Feb 19, 2015 10:18 pm

That was a very beautiful tribute to our Belle.
Thank you for sharing some of her LIFE, family & candid shots with us
She is an inspiration to many of us here
Hugs,
Vicki
Bad Ass WIFE
Hubs: CRC IVA,T3, N0, M1A
Resect/LN Mets 10/12
Folfox4/Avastin 11/12-5/13
Folfiri/Erbitux 6/13-10/13
Stivarga 12/13-4/14
Trial 4/14-/14
Trial 8/14-11/14
HOME Hospice 11/17/14
Guardian Angel 1/1/15
Cost of HOPE? PRICELESS

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Kathleen808
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Re: For our Belle

Postby Kathleen808 » Fri Feb 20, 2015 2:07 am

Thank you for sharing a piece of Belle with us. Beautiful, absolutely beautiful in so many ways.
Kathleen
DH 1/09 3c 51yr rsct
Folfx 3/09
1 l nd 9/09 Flfri Avstn
PET clr 6/10
Folfri Avstn 7/10
ND 10/10
1/11 lng mets Flfri Avastn
ND 2/12
9/12 Flfri Avastn
10/12 grwth lng mts Erbtx Avstn Irintcn
1/13 stabl
9/13 grwth
8/16/14 passed into eternal peace

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Re: For our Belle

Postby stu » Fri Feb 20, 2015 4:00 pm

What a thoroughly decent person. I can not remember a single time here when she offered nothing but encouragement appropriate to the situation , only ever out for her fellow human beings best .
stu
supporter to my mum who lives a great life despite a difficult diagnosis
stage4 2009 significant spread to liver
2010 colon /liver resection
chemo following recurrence
73% of liver removed
enjoying life treatment free
2016 lung resection
Oct 2017 nice clear scan . Two lung nodules disappeared
Oct 2018. Another clear scan .

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Re: For our Belle

Postby Hapa » Tue Feb 24, 2015 2:09 pm

Thanks for posting the awesome pictures. Such a loss....
DH Stage 3 RC


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