It's been quite some time since my last post. Life could be such a breeze. I went through different upheavals these past two years. I don't know if I want to tackle that now. Perhaps I should. We lost two people in our extended family. An aunt and an uncle. We were close because they were like our second set of parents. In between these time period. They came home to for a brief visit from New York and little did they know that their visit would be permanent; they spent the last two years of their lives here. My aunt was recovering from her lung operation. She had an early stage of lung cancer but she never smoked. She said it was second hand smoke from her office mates back then.
On a Sunday afternoon, my aunt and uncle went to a lunch gathering where they served cholesterol laden food: smoked pork, fried garlic prawns, etc. The following morning, my aunt had a stroke. In the next two weeks, my uncle was having problems with his back and he was in pain. He was diagnosed having fourth stage bone and prostrate cancer. For the last two years of their lives, they were bedridden. As a family, together with my parents and siblings we tried to take care of them the best way we could.
On July 22, 2010, my uncle passed away; this time the cancer has spread to his colon. A week after, on July 29, 2010, we lost our aunt from pneumonia. It was very painful, losing both of them. I still miss them now. I hope that in that span of time they felt that they were loved.
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