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Adrienne was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Disease in 1996 at age 9. She had multiple relapses, two bone marrow transplants, and a range of chemos and radiation therapies, and passed away on October 1, 2009. We are heartbroken.
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About Adrienne
- Adrienne
- Adrienne was very much like others with Hodgkin's Lymphoma, the most common cancer in teens and young adults. What was unusual is that she had it for more than half her life and ultimately, it took her life. Hodgkin's is curable for about 80% people, but Adrienne was one of the 20% for whom a cure was elusive. She considered herself lucky since treatments had been there for her with each relapse but she ran out of treatment options and her body just couldn’t take any more. As she said, "Though I’ve now had cancer for most of my life, I no longer plan my life around it; instead, I try to plan cancer around my life." We hope you can take inspiration from her and how she lived her life.
2 comments:
Dear Alison and Adrienne,
Thinking of you and hope you will feel much better very soon.
Healing thoughts are with you.
Gitte
In denmark
Glad you have a new plan in motion to start treatment to relieve Adrienne's symptoms and fight the cause. Wish we were closer to CMc and COH to give you hands-on-support. Please let me know if you will be in CA for the holiday.
As always...much love and HUGE supportive ((HUGS)) to you both. I will PM you my phone #.
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