The Colon Club

Dear all, I decided to post this, because I haven’t seen a message here about vilca11, and I don’t know if anyone is aware of her passing. It’s been more than a month already. We were “virtual” friends and exchanged e-mails, less frequently recently. Her husband Marek replied to my last e-mail. Vilca11, Stella, was a courageous fighter who never complained. She tried all kinds of treatments, including non-traditional ones, and she shared her experience generously and honestly for others. Her home was in Equador, in Vilcabamba. She once told me that one of her neighbors, probably a hippy (Vilcabamba is popular among hippies), who knew about Stella’s terminal disease, approached her with a smile and asked if she was ready yet for the most exciting adventure of her life. I like to think that she is travelling somewhere now, free of pain and suffering, in a place that is even more beautiful than her lovely Vilcabamba. Her husband Marek and her daughter Rita who supported her till the very end are heartbroken and missing her so much. I will always keep her in my thoughts and prayers.

Godspeed, dear Stella. She was a friend, we emailed very often a couple of years ago, we emailed less lately, I lost contact with her some months ago --she knew time was near.

daisydaisy wrote:I like to think that she is traveling somewhere now, free of pain and suffering, in a place that is even more beautiful than her lovely Vilcabamba.

I want to imagine the same, daisydaisy. Since we talked about Buddhism, years ago, and we often exchanged music, I will share these in her memory:
May all sentient beings have happiness
and the causes of happiness;
May all sentient beings be free from suffering
and the causes of suffering;
May all sentient beings never be separated from
the happiness that knows no suffering;
May all sentient beings live in equanimity,
free from attachment and aversion.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XP-f7wPM0A

My dear sweet Shining Star, Asteri mou,
adventuresome brave Stella
across the other end of the sky
ascend like the morning star
Godspeed on your travels.

I met Stella Last year when she received the bad news at MSKCC that things were progressing. She was a spitfire for sure! She will be missed. Prayers for her family as they deal with this loss.

RIP my favorite Russian

Carry her on waters calm and gracious
to the island of Eternity.

Carry her on currents of mercy,
waves of joy.

She is a sacred, spirited vessel.

I know, even after 20 years of working/living in the USA,
I still have a Russian culture mentality.
So, just wonder what we see differently.

Vintage Vilca11 from July 2015
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Thank you daisydaisy, I too share your, and others' sentiments.

Please let her family know that she had many friends here,
touched by her presence and deeply saddened by her loss.

Respectfully
CRguy

This is so sad, may she rest in peace. Stella was a fighter for sure, undergoing any and all kinds of treatments that might help, and she was very knowledgeable and sweet.

I am sorry.

I am genuinely saddened to hear of Stella’s passing. She was an amazing woman who touched the lives of many here on this forum.

I am not a regular poster on this forum and yet Stella reached out to me with several thoughtful PMs. Her warmth and kindness was genuine. Her PMs were the “medicine” that I needed the most. Stella was generous in giving of herself to others, even when her own health was deteriorating.

The world has lost a bright light with Stella’s passing.

Blessings to Stella’s family in their loss,
Karen

We corresponded a few times as well. A Very interesting woman to say the least. She never had a disparaging thing to say about much of anything except this damn disease! Hopefully she has met my wife and introduced herself in what ever afterlife there may be and have found much in common.

RIP my friend.

GrouseMan

I had the chance to meet Stella in MSKCC. I also talked to her on Skype and we exchanged emails. She was the warm light on this forum, very smart Russian Armenian, who had been through a lot, but never lost her spirit. I am so grateful to her. She was my kindred spirit.
I received the last message from her at the end of July this year. She had ascites at that time. I was afraid to email or call her again. I desperately did not want to hear this news.
RIP, Stella!

So very sad. May she rest in peace.

I was always drawn to Stella's brilliant and interesting posts. She will be missed by many.



Ann

May you rest in peace, dear Stella.