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GWENDOLYN STREETER OBITUARY

Gwendolyn Ann Streeter (Viken)

Sept. 30, 1948 - Dec. 25, 2022

On Christmas morning, Sunday December 25, 2022, Gwendolyn (Gwen) Ann Streeter gained her angel wings and was reunited with her family that preceded her in death.

It was Alzheimer's that took her from us Christmas Day.

Gwen, in happier times. (dark hair)

And now...on to my sister...

My older sister, Ruth Ann about this time, last year.

Back in 1962, Easter Sunday...St. Ann's Catholic Church, Rosebud Texas.  Ruth Ann is on the far left, Mom, Dad then me.

Then...Larry and I rush my older sister Ruth Ann, to the emergency room Monday, two weeks ago, only to find out she has stage 

3-B Adenocarcinoma of the colon.  

Ruth Ann is going to be 76, February 15th.

I had been begging her to get her colonoscopy for years.  All to no avail.  I'd constantly get the same old tired excuses...

It's none of your business

I will when I get time

Maybe next year

Are You my keeper?

I feel fine

Just stop!

I'll take care of it

Leave me alone

Just stop...just stop

Now she has maybe...3 to 5 years tops?  And this crap has a tendency to come back 2 years after chemo...with a vengeance.

So...we begin.  Her first appointment with the Oncologist will be on the 11th of January.

Her doctor said they will treat her...tolerably...as in, not aggressively.  Hey!  She's elderly!  No longer that 55 year old woman!  

Tolerably.

I'm pissed...At her, at me, for not pushing her harder.

I'm BEGGING you...If you haven't had your colonoscopy yet, GO GET ONE!!!

It starts out slowly.  It's called the "silent killer" for a reason.  One polyp can turn into ten...They need to be removed.  If they are removed, you get to live to a ripe old age...If not?  Your life becomes a nightmare.

JUST DO IT!!

I pray 2023 is better than 2022.  I lost too many that were dear to my heart.  I need to believe...