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Title: RIP Sally Ride Post by: Sjofn on July 23, 2012, 02:35:10 PM She was a huge, huge hero for me when I was a wee lass, and I am pretty bummed she's passed away. Fuck you, cancer!
Here (http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/07/23/157250870/sally-ride-first-american-woman-in-space-is-dead) is the NPR article about it. Title: Re: RIP Sally Ride Post by: Trippy on July 23, 2012, 02:39:27 PM Wow, very sad.
Title: Re: RIP Sally Ride Post by: Chimpy on July 23, 2012, 02:42:58 PM RIP.
Title: Re: RIP Sally Ride Post by: Sjofn on July 23, 2012, 02:43:09 PM Yeah, I am pretty sad about it. :heartbreak:
First woman in space (a Russia lady, Valentina Tereshkova) is still alive, though! Title: Re: RIP Sally Ride Post by: ghost on July 23, 2012, 03:09:34 PM Wow. What a stunner, not only because a great lady died but also because it shows how fucking old I'm getting. Pancreatic cancer sucks. She was lucky to make it 17 months. It's definitely in the "do not want" category.
Title: Re: RIP Sally Ride Post by: Lantyssa on July 23, 2012, 04:46:55 PM Fuck you, pancreatic cancer. Fuck you. :cry2:
Title: Re: RIP Sally Ride Post by: Selby on July 23, 2012, 06:36:27 PM Pancreatic cancer sucks. Yup. Pretty much fatal. My grandmother died from it =(Title: Re: RIP Sally Ride Post by: ghost on July 23, 2012, 08:43:12 PM Most of the time it's pretty much fatal immediately. Of the cases I saw in medical school they usually had a less than 6 month window of survival. It's usually very far advanced when detected.
Title: Re: RIP Sally Ride Post by: Fraeg on July 23, 2012, 10:00:32 PM Most of the time it's pretty much fatal immediately. Of the cases I saw in medical school they usually had a less than 6 month window of survival. It's usually very far advanced when detected. I lost two friends to it in 2011, one was only 40 years old. Bad bad stuff. Title: Re: RIP Sally Ride Post by: Lantyssa on July 24, 2012, 06:49:16 AM Yeah, I'm far too aware seeing as my dad is Stage 3.
Title: Re: RIP Sally Ride Post by: calapine on July 25, 2012, 10:58:18 PM My mother died this september from stomach cancer. I held her in my arms at the hospital, she dozed off and ten minutes later she suddenly stopped breathing. Just like that. :/ :/ :/
Title: Re: RIP Sally Ride Post by: Lantyssa on July 26, 2012, 06:42:56 AM I'm sorry, hon.
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