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Eight years ago I lost two very important people in my life at nearly the same time. My Grandmother passed away July 20th, 2007 at the age of 90. She was but a few miles away from the hospital my Dad lay in, clinging to life in an induced coma, after a radical operation called the Whipple Procedure. Dad didn't make it, and he passed on August 11th, just 3 weeks later. Life throws curves to us all and Dad was always my rock; he always gave it to me straight. Nan was my pillow, she would tell me I could do it because she had faith in me.