u/Altruistic_Device847

I’m writing this a few weeks after my sweet cousin passed. She was diagnosed with Stage 4 in February 2026, seemingly out of nowhere - She was just fine, vibrant and loving her life, deciding she was going to start dating again. One night of severe back pain and everything changed.

It happened so quick, I’m still in shock that she’s gone. She passed almost 2 months after diagnosis… and it was a horrible, awful 2 months. I struggle with why this happened to her so young, why it was so quick, why she was given so little time after diagnosis with not even a chance to try chemo.

This disease is just horrible. I wish this was a hopeful, positive post, but nothing about what happened has any silver lining.