Wendy, Gwen is right....your father needs to maintain hope at all times and
you are the one who gives him the hope. Try this site, they have a 95%
success rate. Your friend, lillian
http://www.njb2b.com/siuh/radoncology/lederman.html
-----Original Message-----
From: Gwen Kouts <gwen@donet.com>
To: gROUP <MOL-CANCER@lists.meds.com>
Cc: Jackie Howard <RHTROUT@AOL.COM>; Harold Bright <BRIGHT@tnaccess.com>;
Carl Muncy <c.muncy@worldnet.att.net>; Amie Hurst <Amie@donet.com>
Date: Wednesday, April 28, 1999 6:03 PM
Subject: [MOL] Re: Wendy Bonell
>Wendy, I would encourage you to let your Dad be in control of is decisions
>as long as possible. Hospice is a wonderful organization, however, they
>prepare for death, not life. If your Dad is still trying to prepare for
>life, it could really be discouraging to him to have Hospice. We still
>haven't called hospice in for my sister, Barb.
>Hope is all we have sometimes. Hope and Faith.
>
>Keep your faith.
>Gwen Kouts
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Wendy Bonnell <bonnell@GAMEWOOD.NET>
>To: LUNG-ONC@LISTSERV.ACOR.ORG <LUNG-ONC@LISTSERV.ACOR.ORG>
>Date: Monday, April 26, 1999 5:03 PM
>Subject: [LUNG-ONC] Hospice
>
>
>>My dad, Larry, has SCLC. He was diagnosed last October. He's had 3 kinds
>>of chemo. Now, he has paralysis in his legs. The doctor asked us today
if
>>we were interested in hospice. However, I guess if you enter hospice you
>>can no longer take chemo. My dad is 52 & still has hopes that one day he
>>will get better. Do I let the doctor stop the treatments & begin hospice?
>>If I did that, should I tell my dad the reason why? He has been so
>positive
>>& I think this would just bring him down. I'm torn. Please help.
>>
>
>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>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.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
