Dear CArla,
That was absolutely brilliant and beautiful.
God Bless YOu
marty
> ken naehring wrote:
>
> Dear Montel and staff:
>
> I know that you have heard from several members of this (mol-cancer)
> forum and I must say that I am impressed that they feel your show to
> be the best one to contact and make any request of ...
>
> I am a member of the forum who has not written to you, as I knew that
> I would send you a part of my heart and I was afraid that you would
> just throw this email away... The cancering journey that we have all
> entered into was not done by choice. We are people just like you and
> your staff who were busy living our lives each day and planning for
> the future and then one day, we were hit with the news that we might
> have cancer.. What fear lurks in all of our hearts over the word
> Cancer... Let alone if it is happening to us, or someone that we
> love.
>
> We have all had our own experiences and we represent many different
> types of cancer. You know, at one point before I was diagnosed I
> thought that cancer was like a virus.. One germ fit all and it was
> just a matter of where it hit. Now I am more educated and realize
> that it is much, much more than that.. In fact, so much more; that
> though they lump us together in groups of 100 for statistics on how
> long we will live... we really are never exactly the same and
> therefore shouldn't be lumped together..
>
> I sent a letter to Congressman Rob Portman from Ohio and to Senator
> Mike DeWINE about budget and help for this disease that is killing so
> many in our nation. The response from Congressman Portman atleast
> treated me as a human being with real feelings. The letter from
> Senator DeWine was pleased to tell me that "Cancer is a devastating
> illness affecting millions of Americans." Obviously I needed this
> news. I went in for a biopsy last November 3rd and woke up without my
> right lung. I was 44 years old. I feel so much better knowing that
> it affects millions of Americans... don't you??
>
> He also stated that "I have called for the doubling of the budget for
> the National Institutes of Health (NIH) over the next five years."
> Well Montel, I just wrote consoling emails to the loving people on
> this forum who have lost three people to disease cancer. I don't
> think that doubling the budget over the next five years will console
> their families today. It doesn't console me over my cancering
> journey..
>
> Mr. DeWINE also said "I appreciate your taking the time to share your
> position with me." What choice do I have? My position is one of
> choosing life. My position is one of trying to help others choose
> life, while we all wait for cures. My position is the heartbreak of
> saying goodbye to someone you have come to care about, who can't wait
> five years...
>
> I know that some of the others have told you about our forum and I
> won't be redundant. I know that by now you are aware of The March on
> Cancer taking place in September of 1998. I hope that you can put
> your creative staff to work and come up with a program that will show
> your support of this disease that affects millions of Americans, and
> at the same time reach out to those who everyday wake up and have to
> come face to face with their own mortality...
>
> Cancer changes a person, a heart, a mind, a life, a family, a spouse,
> a lover, a friend, a business associate and anyother people who are
> lucky enough to truly get to know people on the cancering journey...
> Those who for today... are cancering survivors and those who are
> praying that they will wake tomorrow... to be one again.
>
> It is said that when you give, you receive much more in return. While
> you are thinking about this, I will return to be a cancering survivor
> on the mol-cancer forum. I know that we are close to losing some
> others and my heart is breaking.. By the way, did I mention that two
> of the three that died had the same type of cancer that I have?
> Adenocarcinoma. Do you know it has become the leading killer of
> non-smoking women, surpassing breast cancer? Saying goodbye to other
> people with Adenocarcinoma that were cancering survivors until this
> weekend is enough to scare someone like me.
>
> Yet I will go on giving others faith and writing to people for help.
> I am hoping to go to New York for the mol-cancer event September 19th
> and then go on to Washington D.C. for the big event on the 25,26th. I
> owned an antique mall and was a council woman for my town. I moved
> and had to leave my council position and have had my store closed
> since last August. I still pay the overhead, for I want to believe
> that I am going to be strong enough to be in business full time
> again.. The truth is probably not the same, but I won't give it up
> today...
>
> Thank you for all of your thoughtfulness and any true energy you put
> into creating a show that would fulfill some dreams... By the way,
> one of the people who wants to come the most is not doing well, but we
> can all believe in miracles can't we....??!!
>
> May God open your heart to us... Carla Naehring
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