Maya, I just wanted to thank you for your message to Todd and the link to
"The Median isn't the Message", I had read that when I was first researching
for information on adenocarcinoma after I had my lung removed, but I had
forgotten it until you posted it here. I know that it is so hard to go
through this with someone that you love so very much and I am sorry that you
too are having to experience the Cancer journey with your father. I have
found that I am changing all of the time as I go further on my journey and I
am grateful for the changes I see in me. I have learned to love and be so
much more open with people, I have learned not to push to be the best all of
the time (achieve the unachievable), I have learned to find enrichment and
beauty in each and every day. I will put you and your father in my prayers
and I pray that all of the wonder of life will become yours on the cancer
journey. God Bless you.. Carla
-----Original Message-----
From: Maya Wilson <mwilson@worldfront.com>
To: mol-cancer@lists.meds.com <mol-cancer@lists.meds.com>
Date: Tuesday, March 24, 1998 11:18 PM
Subject: Re: [MOL] sign me up, please
>todd kruger wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>> My mom was just dx'd with andenocarcinoma stage IV of her lung with a met
>> to her liver and bone. She is only 57 years old. We are in shock as she
>> is a nonsmoker with hardly any second hand smoke so speak of. I would
>> appreciate any infor anyone has to offer as she is scheduled to start
chemo
>> on 3/30/98. Is there any hope????
>> ck
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> This is an automatically-generated notice. If you'd like to be removed
>> from the mailing list, please visit the Medicine-On-Line Discussion Forum
>> at <http://www.meds.com/con_faq.html>, or send an email message to:
>> majordomo@lists.meds.com
>> with the subject line blank and the body of the message containing the
line:
>> unsubscribe mol-cancer your-email-address
>> where the phrase your-email-address is replaced with your actual email
>> address.
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>I am sorry you and your family have to experience this. My father was
>dxed 2/98 with nsclc squamous cell stage II. He had surgery 2/23 and
>started chemo 3/23 (yesterday.) His chemo is Cisplatin and VP-16. Do
>you know what kind your mother will be given? I believe there is always
>hope. There are many who are cancer free and live a normal, long life.
>My mother is a cancer survivor also. She was diagnosed with breast
>cancer in 1984. It really hurts to see the one you love so much go
>through this. I don't believe in numbers/stats for people are not
>numbers. In the numbers, there are all kinds of cancers, stages, ages,
>etc. Your mother is an individual as my father is an individual. (I
>keep telling myself that also because I do get down.) Another member
>from another support group I'm in sent me something I enjoyed reading.
>The support group is specifically for lung cancer
>(LUNG-ONC@LISTSERV.ACOR.ORG.) The article is titled "The Median Isn't
>the Message" by Stephen Jay Gould
>(http//cancerguide.org/median_not_msg.html) It talks about people are
>not numbers and the author himself is a cancer survivor. Keep asking
>questions. This group and the other group have been very helpful to
>me. You, you mom and family will be in my prayers.
>
>Maya
>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>This is an automatically-generated notice. If you'd like to be removed
>from the mailing list, please visit the Medicine-On-Line Discussion Forum
>at <http://www.meds.com/con_faq.html>, or send an email message to:
>majordomo@lists.meds.com
>with the subject line blank and the body of the message containing the
line:
>unsubscribe mol-cancer your-email-address
>where the phrase your-email-address is replaced with your actual email
>address.
>------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
This is an automatically-generated notice. If you'd like to be removed
from the mailing list, please visit the Medicine-On-Line Discussion Forum
at <http://www.meds.com/con_faq.html>, or send an email message to:
majordomo@lists.meds.com
with the subject line blank and the body of the message containing the line:
unsubscribe mol-cancer your-email-address
where the phrase your-email-address is replaced with your actual email
address.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
