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Carla: Both of your posts to Sandy were inspiring -- to all of us, I'm sure. Love, Kathy
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From: Christine White [SMTP:christine.white@sympatico.ca]
Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 1998 5:40 PM
To: mol-cancer@lists.meds.com
Subject: Re: [MOL]Carla
Carla,
That was a truly lovely letter to Sandy.
HAPPY ONE YEAR NEW DAY!
Hope you are celebrating.
Christine
At 12:23 AM 04/11/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Sandy, I am truly sorry to see that your father has NSCLC and is in much
>pain. Oh how I wish I could tell you how to deal with it, but I can't.. I
>can only share a little of my heart with you...
>
>I am a NSCLC survivor. Today is my one year anniversary of surgery from
>having my right lung removed. I have been calling it my one year birthday,
>for I am one year new...
>
>Now the first question that you will ask is if I am cured. The answer to
>that is no. There is no cure for cancer known right now, however I am a
>survivor and I am grateful for that each and every day..
>
>I was so stunned when I first found out that I had a tumor.. I was just
>determined that it would not be malignant, but it was. I thought of it as
>going into an operation where I would wake up and be fine and then I found
>out that the percentages were 30-40% for my living 5 years. Well, that is
>when I got moving..
>
>I read alot of books and the easiest and most concise for me to begin with
>was Greg Anderson's "Fifty Essential Things to Do When the Doctor Says it is
>Cancer." I also read Bernie Siegal, Anne Frahm and many more.. In fact, the
>reading is ongoing for me.. I read every single day.
>
>The most important thing for me was my faith.. The more I thought about it,
>the more I realized that though I have a really good oncologist, he is not
>God. I believe that I will not be called home until God is ready for me and
>then nothing will stop me from making that date. While I am here however, I
>am working with supplements and other alternative medicine areas to help in
>my survival.
>
>I really searched my heart and lifted up prayers to God asking for direction
>and this was where I found my peace. I did not have chemo as follow up
>therapy to the surgery. I am not an advocate of turning down treatment, it
>is just that God put it in my heart not to. Now, whether that was because
>it wouldn't have done any good, or because I didn't need it.. is yet to be
>revealed to me, but I did have as much peace as one can have once they have
>begun on the cancer journey.
>
>You notice that I say journey.. Cancer is not like getting a sickness and
>then getting well.. Atleast not as of this day. Cancer is the beginning of
>a change in our lives.. I have often described it here as a roller coaster
>ride; one day slow and easy and the next downhill fast, around a corner and
>then through a tunnel of darkness... The cancer journey is very much like
>the most frightening roller coaster ride you will ever be on.
>
>You did not give any of the details about your father other than NSCLC stage
>IV. What type does he have? Sqamous, adeno-carcinoma? What if any other
>organs has it been found in? Any lymph nodes? When was he diagnosed and
>what previous treatment has he had? I know that there are many here who
>would be happy to help you to understand it better and obtain more research,
>but more details would help...
>
>As I close, allow me to send you a hug..from someone who understands the
>cancering journey. God Bless you and please feel free to email me at
>blessu@worldnet.att.net direct, or on the mol line... One thing I need to
>tell you is that your father is the one who will have to make the ultimate
>decisions about his treatment and his feelings must be respected...
>Carla
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: SThorn4263@aol.com <SThorn4263@aol.com>
>To: mol-cancer@lists.meds.com <mol-cancer@lists.meds.com>
>Date: Tuesday, November 03, 1998 2:00 PM
>Subject: [MOL] non- small cell lung cancer
>
>
>>If anyone out there is listening i need support in coping with my fathers
>non
>>small cell lung cancer he is in stage 4 and just put on i.v. morphine today
>at
>>cleve. clinic please feel free to e-mail at sthorn 4263 sincerely sandy
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