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I am finally catching up on my reading of the "Liferaft" group, which is the GIST support group. It was bittersweet. A wonderful gentleman, who has been fighting GIST for about 15 years now, has declared the battle over. He is checking into hospice care - Gleevec failed him and then the three 'new' drugs did too, and his body is worn out. He weighs all of 145 pounds... his teenaged son is heavier than him.

I am saddened that he is being forced to move on. At the same time, it brought home to me again how profoundly lucky I am that Gleevec has been working for me and that my risk of a new tumor is so very slight. And then I feel guilty to be rejoicing in my health while someone else is failing in theirs.

Life isn't easy.