The day before yesterday I began my trek to NJ to visit my sister.  On the way down I stopped in North Bergen to visit a long time friend (now second life friend) Gary.

I’ve known him since he was 16.  He is 41 now, so we go back a long way.  We spent the afternoon catching up at the Chinese Buffett and his condo.  Then I drove down to Brick to see my sister.

I can only describe the way she looks as ghastly.  Even by her own admission, she looks like a corpse that doesn’t know well enough to lay down yet.

I’m really not sure why she did not take her treatment. Even at stage 4 breast cancer, they may have been able to buy her a few more years.  Out of 10 treatments she was supposed to have, she took 3.  The cancer is spreading.  At 76 pounds (61 kilos?), with her eyes sunk into a face that resembles a skull far more than the face I have known, it’s obvious to me (and her) that she dose not have much time.