Dear Nanc,
This letter is why you are my mom. Life is hard, and when trouble comes, I
like my mom to be the toughest person in any room she enters.
Thanks for what you did with the picture. What a wiz you are getting to be!
I like it much better.
Your daughter in NY,
Martha
-----Original Message-----
From: NLPOST@AOL.COM <NLPOST@AOL.COM>
To: mol-cancer@lists.meds.com <mol-cancer@lists.meds.com>
Date: Thursday, March 11, 1999 3:15 AM
Subject: Re: [MOL] I want to introduce myself/back to Nita........
>Hi Nita,
>My hubby is 73 and I am 59, he was dx'd March 24, 1998 with SCLC, was found
>cancer free Nov. 7, 1998. He goes for his 4 month check up next Mon &
Tues.
>He is still doing very well.
>
>You don't get cancer off your mind, you face it head on and deal with it,
you
>get in the drivers seat and take control. You don't let it beat you, you
beat
>it. You don't dwell on when it's coming back, you plan ahead, and know
what
>you will do, and that is you will beat it again.
>
>I have Lupus, Asthma, Arthritis, 3 leaky valves in my heart, I'm not
jumping
>for joy having any of these things either, but I'm stuck with them. When
I'm
>sick I am really sick, my immune system sometimes gets like people on
chemo, I
>deal with it and I fight back, I was down in bed and so depressed and
wanting
>to die from the pain at times, I small children at that time, so I decided
to
>fight with every thing I had, I prayed, I won, and I have won many battles
in
>my life. I don't have cancer, but if I did I would fight that too.
>
>When you start feeling sorry and afraid for yourself, is when you kick your
>own butt. Any battle for your life no matter what the illness is, is not
easy
>and without pain, and your life is worth the fight. Love yourself and
you'll
>heal yourself. I believe your body can heal itself, if given a chance.
You
>have to stay away from stress, crying, feeling sorry for yourself, feeling
>scared, dwelling on leaving loved ones behind.
>
>Don and I have talked long ago, if the cancer comes back, what would he
want
>to do? His answer was, when the time comes, he'll again face it head on
and
>take control, and fight until he wins again, and again. I have 5 children,
12
>grandchildren. My 82 year old Mother lives with us and was supposed to
have
>died almost 5 years ago, she is doing good.
>
>What you do is, love like you've never loved, live every minute to the
>fullest, do for others, do things you enjoy doing, stay possitive, and get
a
>death grip on hope and never let go of it. Just know that your cancering
>journey is a bouncy rollar coaster ride. We are here to help you over the
>bumps and to reach the top of the hill. We are here to love, hug and a
>shoulder to cry on. We are here to let you vent, and then help you pull
>yourself together again.
>
>I don't think there is anything more on earth I would want then MOL Angels,
>you my dear have found the most comfortable place to be, right here in this
>MOL Forum. God bless you and hang in here. Ask anything you wish, someone
>will answer you.
>Love, Hugs & Prayers to you and yours,
>Nancy Postema, better known to MOLs as (Nanc) (:-)
>
>Mol Photo Album: http://www.angelfire.com/mi/molers/index.html
>
>In a message dated 3/10/99 9:26:13 PM Eastern Standard Time,
nitab@erols.com
>writes:
>
><< Subj: [MOL] I want to introduce myself
> Date: 3/10/99 9:26:13 PM Eastern Standard Time
> From: nitab@erols.com (Nita Goldstein)
> Sender: owner-mol-cancer@lists.meds.com
> Reply-to: mol-cancer@lists.meds.com
> To: mol-cancer@lists.meds.com
>
> Good evening. My name is Nita, I'm 46 and was diagnosed 4 weeks ago
> with met. breast cancer in the lungs. I have a 4 year old and a 50 year
> old! I started on taxotere 1 1/2 weeks ago and have been tolerating it
> well. (well, except for one major steroid crash!)
>
> I find this frightening because doctors don't talk about cures, rather
> they talk about "managing." I would love to hear some success stories
> and stories of hope. I worry for my little girl. (Although she can't
> wait til I lose my hair!) How do you get cancer off your mind?
>
> Thanks for your replies.
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