Gelda ....

[mrs.chappie]

Please does anyone know how Gelda is?

[20SilkCut]

I rushed over as i saw Gelda's name....thought it was her posting... but sorry, no ...i have not heard anything - just seen some people asking after her last week. I do hope all is ok with her.

[mrs.chappie]

I hope so too, 20SC. I do think that if she was well enough, she would post to let us know.

[sqad617]

Gelda is almost certainly not alive.

[mrs.chappie]

Sad to say it sqad, but I think you are right.

May God Bless such a lovely lady.

[sqad617]

MrsC I wrote a sort of epitaph about her a fortnight ago....I will try and find it for you.

[20SilkCut]

Whatever the case, she will always stay very much alive in my memory of her on-screen. A strong, resilient lady, who kept on battling her illness. Maybe she will surprise us yet, or at least someone may let us know for sure.

[mrs.chappie]

Let's hope so.

[sqad617]

Mrs Chappie


At this moment we are absorbed or otherwise by the death of a pop icon and also a well loved actress of films and TV. Not knowing either of them, my reaction is momentary sadness, but life goes on for me as normal.

However there is one person for whom I do feel true sadness, a woman that I have never met, but someone who has disappeared from the website of AB���.that woman is Gelda.

There is little doubt in my mind that Gelda is dead and I base that on the weeks of absence from Answerbank and two years of posting of her fight with cancer whilst giving advice and hope to other sufferers. I first met Gelda on AB some two and a half years ago when I replied to a questioner who wanted to know the chances of survival of her uncle who had cancer of the lung and secondary deposits in his bone. I replied giving her the 5yr survival rates as issued by the National Cancer Register and I was immediately attacked by this Gelda woman who said that statistics should not be relied upon and that one should always give sufferers hope and not statistics.

A few confrontational posts followed between myself and Gelda, but eventually we became friends and she had been right all along. She suffered with her disease with fortitude and throughout this difficult and painful time of her life,gave reassurance to others through her own experiences.

This shows the frailty and brittleness of the internet when someone can disappear from our screens��illness?, just fed up? or indeed may have died?

I am an Atheist, but Gelda, if you are looking down, you have NOT been forgotten and I am sure that I speak for many on AB when I say���."you have been missed and thank you for all your help to other sufferers"

sqad617 Sun 28/06/09 07:12
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[mrs.chappie]

A lovely post, thank you sqad. It has reduced me to tears. I never realised how much I could become attached to folk over a website.

[Schutzengel]

Sqad, I fear you may be right. A lovely, brave, and courageous lady, who many of us felt an attachment to. If it is that her ordeal is now over, she will be remembered by those of us who cared. The last conversations we had with Gelda were mostly about her little foxy, and the pleasure it gave her to actually see foxy's little cubs. I'm so glad that she had that happiness. Schutz.