By now, you would have met Adrian Sudbury! He joined you at the beautiful shore in the early hours on 20 August 2008!
You'll be wondering how I got to know him? Well, it was in February 2008, there were nights when I couldn't sleep, so I surfed the net and I chanced upon Adrian's internet diary that chronicled his fights with an aggressive cancer of the blood cells. From then onwards, I kept on reading his blog because what he went through reflected similar 'battles' of yours- I could 'see' and sense your fights coming alive again through his fights - sad that both of you lost your fights to cancer eventually, you were 24 then (22/1) and he was 27 (20/8) in 2008!
This is a picture of Adrian Sudbury, taken from Mirror.co.uk news. Do enter this website to read more details - Reporter's tragic story of his own battle with cancer.To get a video clip of him, go to Blogging his last days!
When I read his blog on 7 and 12 August on these pecularities ...I had this overwhelming sense of panic and deep breathing. It was so strange...dotted with incidents of dropping off to sleep, random drowsiness, disorientation and distraction... becoming increasingly challenging to construct...drugs are constantly put into my body throughout the day...on a mixture of painkillers, anti-anxiety and anti-sickness drugs, I was gripped with great fear! You displayed similar characteristics before your passing! You even asked for iced water like he did for your last few days! I knew that his days were drawing nearer!
Adrian mentioned that "I worry more about how my family and friends will cope with my death than facing it myself." It's very true that we find it very very difficult to cope with the death of loved ones. Even though you have left us for the past 7 months, the pang of pain is still raw!
Adrian, I admire your courage. Through your blog (his blog won an award - Best Health Blog 2007), I get an insight into the working mind of a person who knows that he/she is going to leave the world for good - I could feel her/his fears, anger, reservations, dreams, etc.... In the midst of enduring great pains and and facing death, you did not sulk or drown in sorrow or self-pity but resolved to do something great to save the lives of other people who face similar situations.
The following quotes show the determination of your fighting spirit to champion for the goodness of mankind:-
"But I have one more mission - I want to raise awareness about bone marrow donation."
"There are 7,000 people waiting for one, but people don't realise that these days becoming a donor is not much different to giving blood."
"If in the time I've got left I can get more people to give life to others by becoming a bone marrow donor then I'll feel my life has been worth something."
May your eternal life be blessed and blissful always! We miss both of you very much!
My condolences to the family, relatives and friends of Adrian Sudbury!
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