From: "Dr. D. Kossove" <doctordee@telkomsa.net>
To: <Ben516@AOL.COM>
Subject: in case you missed this
Date: Saturday, January 10, 2004 12:59 AM

Date:    Fri, 9 Jan 2004 16:56:55 -0500
From:    Ben Benedict <Ben516@AOL.COM>
Subject: Re: coping with LMS

It was weird.  I never got angry about getting cancer.  Sad, yes.  Scared, absolutely.  I think it because I was diagnosed right after 9/11.  A friend of my brother's died at WTC.  A really good friend of mine lost his brother there too.  And a couple of guys with whom I went to HS also died in the attack.  All in their 30s, as was I.

I felt lucky compared to them.  It sucked to have LMS, but at least I had the opportunity to put up a fight.  And I knew that if I didn't prevail, at least I would have an opportunity to say my good byes.

Ben
Long Island, NY

In a message dated 1/8/2004, k.leduc@SNET.NET writes:

On this I compared myself to others who were worse off than me.  I just reminded myself of all the other illnesses out there - ALS for example, that I would not want to have.  Of the children who have such awful illnesses. At least I was a grown woman.  It took work to get to a calmer place and to put life in perspective and most of all it took time which I have been fortunate to have.

Kate
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