De strijd tegen kanker in beelden

Zojuist heb ik stiekem een paar traantjes weg moeten pinken bij het zien van deze ongelofelijke mooie en ontroerende reportage, die ik zojuist tegen kwam op internet.
In deze reportage legt een man de strijd tegen kanker van zijn vrouw vast. Graag wil ik dit met jullie delen. Deze beelden hebben echt wat met mij gedaan en hopelijk ook met jullie. 

Angelo Merendino

Happy together: Angelo and Jennifer Merendino in July 2006, before Jennifer's cancer diagnosis.

Angelo Merendino

Jennifer Merendino received her diagnosis five months after she and Angelo got married in Central Park.

  

Angelo Merendino

"With each challenge we grew closer," Angelo Merendino wrote on his website. "Words became less important."

Angelo Merendino

"Throughout our battle we were fortunate to have a strong support group," Angelo Merendino wrote, "but we still struggled to get people to understand our day-to-day life and the difficulties we faced."

Angelo Merendino

"At 39 Jen began to use a walker and was exhausted from being constantly aware of every bump and bruise," Angelo Merendino wrote. "Frequent doctor visits led to battles with insurance companies. Fear, anxiety and worries were constant."

Angelo Merendino

"Maybe, through these photographs," Angelo Merendino wrote, "the next time a cancer patient is asked how he or she is doing, along with listening, the answer will be met with more knowledge, empathy, deeper understanding, sincere caring and heartfelt concern."

Angelo Merendino

"We had just been admitted to Urgent Care and Jen was in worse pain than I'd ever seen," Angelo Merendino said of this moment in September 2011. "Doctors worked to find the right medication but it's never fast enough."

Angelo Merendino

Jennifer and Angelo Merendino in September 2011. Angelo wrote on his website that his photographs "do not define us, but they are us."

Angelo Merendino

Women from Jennifer's breast cancer support group hold and kiss Jennifer 10 days before her death in December 2011.

Angelo Merendino

Jennifer Merendino died at 8:30 p.m. on Dec. 22, 2011. Angelo took this photo on Dec. 23 after his wife's body was taken away.

Wil je het hele verhaal zien, kijk dan hier: http://mywifesfightwithbreastcancer.com