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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.
5 comments:
Any thing off your plate right now seems like a blessing. How awful to have to fight for this coverage. Thinking of you in this New Year . . .
Karen, Clare's mom
Glad the insurance issue has been washed down the drain! Hope the tummy ache doesn't continue for long, Adrienne. Thinking of you often.
Susan
At work, they're collecting money for St. Judes. As an incentive for people to donate, someone wrote a sign that asked "Did you know one chemo treatment costs $700?"
I shook my head and thought that if they only knew that $700 is pocket change compared to what some treatments costs!
I'm glad that you're over the insurance hurdle and hope Adrienne is feeling better very soon.
Janet
Adrienne, you are an inspiration.
I'm sooooo glad it got approved! Hang in there Adrienne!
XO
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