The Colon Club

She was a posting member here and some of us read her cancer blog as well. I will miss her, she was 42.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/22/obituaries/julie-yip-williams-dies-writer-of-candid-blog-on-cancer.html

Julie's blog

https://julieyipwilliams.wordpress.com/

What was her nic on this forum?

I read some of her blog posts and see that she's a fellow tennis fan.

She has an incredible story with her life cut short and a couple of kids.

Cancer is cruel stuff.

Sorry to hear that Julie passed.... She was pretty remarkable and I urge people to have a read of her Blog posted above. I think her story will become well publicized and help to get people screened and hopefully more donations and research dollars allocated to this killer.

RIP Julie!

GrouseMan

I'm deeply saddened by this news. Not that it was unexpected but that it even had to happen. She was such an inspiration in so many ways. Overcame so many obstacles in her relatively short life.

42, so young.

These news hit me hard.
I have followed her blog since my diagnosis. I exchanged a few emails. I prayed for her.
I saw her from distance in MSKCC in mid January and started to run to meet her. She was being called for labs. I stopped in the middle of the short distance and turn around as I did not know what to say to her. All words seemed superficial and inappropriate.
She did a lot to raise awareness and fought for cure. Exactly as GrouseMan, very wisely as always, said.
Still she is working for that, for us.
Thank you, Julie!
I will pray for her and her family.

Absolutely heartbreaking.
She was a beautiful writer and beautiful soul.
May her children always remember her, and her husband find moments of beauty and happiness in his life.

Heartbreaking news.

I have followed Julie’s blog and appreciated her inherent gifts of expression as a writer. Julie’s blog and its narrative gave me valuable perspective and resolve in facing my own health challenges. Although I never met Julie, I considered her a friend of afar.

My thoughts are with her two daughters and husband. Julie’s spirit remains with them.
- Karen -

So sad to hear of her passing but not unexpected. I also followed her blog and felt inspired by her and felt she had a great gift.

RIP warrior.

Very sad. I found similarities with her: both young, both diagnosed in our 30s, both lawyers.
She was a beautifully talented writer and I’ll miss reading her wisdom. Sending love and comfort to her husband and young girls. I’m greatful for all the awareness and money she raised to fight this disease.

Sad. Julie wrote wonderfully. We connected once for a long talk over coffee in Brooklyn. Discussed similarities and differences, being in palliative care, identity, and being lawyers and parents with this loathesome, incurable disease. Hurts to see her go.

So sorry to read this, I too have read a few of her blogs. And I too believe her book will be well publicized. I suspect this upcoming book will be a legacy for her family and kids.

My thoughts and prayers go out to her kids and and family.

Lee

So sad to hear this news even though it was expected. I just recently started reading her blogs and will now wait to read her book.

Prayers for her husband, daughters and family.

Such a loss. Julie was an incredible advocate and spokeswoman for the CRC cause. I can only imagine the impact her writings will have when published.

My thoughts and prayers are with her husband and young daughters.