I suppose as cf patients we are supposed to be use to losing people...when I was 12 I lost the only other person that I new that had cf....I thought that I tooo wasn't going to make it thru my teen years my cousin Tabitha was 14 and had passed away very very suddenly...almost as sudden as mel...the pain that I wasn't able to understand then I somewhat do now. A big reason that it hurts sooooo much to see the cf community losing soldier after soldier is because it brings to light just how f ing real this dmn disease is and there's no other way to put it...I truly hurt losing mel just like everyone else, this site has helped me deal, mel helped me deal, with new diagnoses but this site has showed me so much saddness at the same time. I have seen more people pass away since the end of october from cf than I knew. That is a hard thing to accept. I realize we will all pass away but with each person it gets harder and harder.
GOOD BY MEL. REST AND MOST OF ALL BREATHE IN PEACE
Joshua A. Benjamin
