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Ashley has lost her fight

Fb489
Fb489 CSN Member Posts: 69
edited March 2014 in Colorectal Cancer #1
Please read her story, may she rest in peace.

http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/ashleytunstall
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  • Annabelle41415
    Annabelle41415 CSN Member Posts: 6,754 Member
    #2
    Terrible
    This is just terrible. What a devastating journal to read and so young. May her family be comforted by the love she shared with them.

    Kim
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  • geotina
    geotina CSN Member Posts: 2,111 Member
    #3
    Ashley
    I follow Ashley's journey and receive updates. Last week her mom posted that things were not good, the cancer had spread, and Ashley was so very weak.

    I am so very sorry. I always had a hard time wrapping my mind around a 20 year old with colon cancer and now her death.

    I am so very sorry.

    Tin and George
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  • jillpls
    jillpls CSN Member Posts: 238
    #4
    she is at peace
    I am so very sorry to read the news. it's just so sad to hear of someone so young having to go through this. It makes me mad and want to fight even harder. I know God is in charge and that is comforting, but please try to find peace in all what you have had to watch. God bless you and thank you for sharing.
    Jill
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  • sfmarie
    sfmarie CSN Member Posts: 602
    #5
    This is so sad
    I do not understand this aggressive cancer in people so young. It is just too sad.
    May her family find peace and Ashley is now no longer in pain.
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  • dianetavegia
    dianetavegia CSN Member Posts: 1,942 Member
    #6
    Just heart breaking! Age
    Just heart breaking! Age 21....
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  • KathiM
    KathiM CSN Member Posts: 8,027 Member
    #7
    It takes my breath....
    so very tragic!

    Kathi
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  • tootsie1
    tootsie1 CSN Member Posts: 5,044 Member
    #8
    Oh, dear.
    That is just the saddest story. I ache for her family.

    *hugs*
    Gail
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  • Eltina21
    Eltina21 CSN Member Posts: 173 Member
    #9
    Ashley
    My prayers are with you and your family.
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  • Sonia32
    Sonia32 CSN Member Posts: 1,071 Member
    #10
    I read her story
    Just so tragic and at such a young age. But my surgeon told me the youngest patient he had with colon cancer was 17. So this disease as with all cancers is not just for the over 50's, wish doctors would realise that and not just brush off young patients if they come in with bowel problems as being IBS.
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