Fw: Re: Fw: bea

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Hey,  Forgot to say thanks to everyone for prayers & well wishes !
         After 8 days  on chemo., Mom was feeling good about her
progress.I reported to the Dr. some foot swelling , he recommended
ceasing  chemo. until we see him next. So she's a little disappointed to
stop.....Of course Mom always prefers traveling herself but not up to it
right now. More on that later. Hope Marie is doing well.  Take care
                                                                         
Jan

From: "http://www.juno.com/~bhavaniowl"; <http://www.juno.com/~bhavaniowl>
To: http://profiles.yahoo.com/janslotfl
Sent: Wed, June 30, 2010 5:22:15 PM
Subject: Re: Fw: bea

Dear Jan-
Thanks for more details.  I just received an e-mail from Bea a couple of
days ago and wrote her again today.  I asked if she would want a visit
from me since we had talked about visiting this year anyway.  So let me
know what you think about me traveling down there.  It might just be me
as Richard is doing a lot more working lately.

When I got her e-mail message she sounded like she knows what this lV
stage cancer really means and yet she seemed to be relating in pretty
good spirits considering.  She mentioned that You and Caleb were taking
good care of her!!  

Thanks for keeping us posted.
In love,
Margaret(Bhavani)

On Wed, 30 Jun 2010 14:50:06 -0700 (PDT) Jan Church <http://profiles.yahoo.com/janslotfl>
writes:

----- Forwarded Message ----
From: Jan Church <http://profiles.yahoo.com/janslotfl>
To: susan barber <http://www.zoomtown.com/~robsue2>
Sent: Wed, June 30, 2010 4:20:23 PM
Subject: bea

    Dear Family,
    You may have heard of Bea's hospitalization earlier this month. The
following is a synopsis of the events....After a colonostomy that the Dr.
wasn't happy with , he ordered a C T scan (Wed. 6/2). This showed
irregularitites in & around the descending part of the colon , most
likely stage 4 colon cancer.
    We were sent to the hospital for possible surgery... Where several
teams of medical specialist started a process of consultation & discovery
, biopsies , etc. Surgery was eventualy ruled out at that time (Fri.
6/4)... And she was sent home with chemo. information and decisions to
make .
    More time   soul searching , brain storming , meeting with Oncologist
, and looking at options . Mom decided to try the less aggresive oral
chemo. Xeloda , 2 wks . on 1 wk. off , seeing Dr . every three weeks. She
started the chemo. Wed. 6/23rd.
    She's still tired & overwhelmed from these events and condition , but
seems to be regaining her mental/physical balance....

P.S. e-mail is probably her preferred form of communication              
                                                                         
             Yours Truely
                                                                         
            &a mp;a mp;n bsp;                                     Jan
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