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08 November 2009

Will Someone Die Every Time I Do IVF- Part Two

Currently available evidence suggests the answer is yes.
Just two weeks ago, I found out that my friend Virginia (better known as Gigi) was going into hospice. I asked the question "will someone die every time I do IVF" because it seemed ridiculous that, after finding out about my father's terminal cancer the week of my first IVF retrieval, yet another loved one would succumb to cancer while I try to create life.
Gigi died tonight, peacefully, surrounded by her nephew's family.
I'm finding it difficult to access any additional grief. As my mother put it, when the tide is already so high, a little more water doesn't even matter.

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