Dear Sherry,
I would like to join Joicy in an enthusiastic welcome!!! Now just pull
up a chair, kick off your shoes and open your soul to be refreshed,
renewed and rejuvinated by your loving family here on mol! You are a
unique and special gift to us all.
About your question, a call to St. Judes' should be able to satisfy you
as to wheather the treatments already begun will interfere with a second
opinion. My guess is that they will not, but may compromise any
alternative treatment recommended. My second opinion at John Hopkins
only confirmed what Memorial Sloan Kettering doctors wanted to do...so at
least I proceeded with 100% confidence in my treatment team.
You and your daughter will be in my prayers. Please keep us posted and
feel free to vent here with us...we have all been down this path and can
& will help! By the way, how old is Katie? I have four girls that
are my life!...Christine 8, Jeannine 18, and Danielle & Marissa 4. God
Bless.
John
Joicy Becker-Richards wrote:
>
> Dear Sherry,
>
> All I can say is, YIPPEE!
>
> You add something special to the this group, and we really do want to be
> in the loop concerning your daughter's progress. Love, Joicy
>
> Smb1970@aol.com wrote:
> >
> > Okay you talked me into it.. Not to be labeled a turncoat or anything, but I
> > think I'll stick around for a while, you guys/gals (always gotta be
> > politically correct, right? lol) are wonderful... thanks for the words of
> > encouragement and cheer, you really gave me a boost. What's even better, the
> > "boosts" on here are allowed "as needed" and given with understanding.
> >
> > Thanks again for all the information, Ross. By the way, what is the "Album"
> > and how does it work? I think I'm missing out on something here. I'm hoping
> > it's a list of the people on here and what they are dealing with. That would
> > be really helpful to me as a "newcomer" to add them to my own prayer list.
> > The only scanned photo I have of Katie right now is one of her when she was
> > just 2 years old with her brother, but I'll try to get a more recent one
> > scanned soon. I hope all is going well with you - can I ask when you were
> > diagnosed and how it's gone for you? I have learned there are several types
> > of brain tumors, none the same, and of course everyone who hasn't dealt with
> > this thinks all tumors and cancers are the same. They think when we say she
> > had a clean resection that she has been cured. Most of the time I can be
> > hopeful, but sometimes I want to slap them in the face and say "It's NOT OKAY!
> > I may be losing my little girl!" It's so nice to talk to people who know how
> > difficult it can be without hiding behind platitudes. Maybe that's the
> > difference, for everyone here this is reality and you can't hide from it no
> > matter how hard you want to try sometimes.
> >
> > Does it make a difference for the Shriners organization for the second opinion
> > whether or not she has started radiation therapy?... She's actually scheduled
> > to start it tomorrow. Does anyone know what side effects we may be looking at
> > from radiation to the back of the head?
> >
> > With prayers and hope...
> > Sherry
>
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