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What wonderful wonderful news!! I am so happy for you. Lucie you are amazing!

Lori, I am so very sorry for your loss. Your mom gave it a good fight and you where with her every step of the way.

Well you just never know and those are some of the symptoms of a stroke. I guess I would just want to check everything out to be safe. But I am praying for her and hope that it is nothing more than bells palsy. My mom had bells palsy at her age and while it scared us all at first it cleared up with no problems.

Glad to hear Lucie is doing a bit better. My prayers continue.

I would worry about a stroke. If it were me I would have someone take her to the emergency room to check this out.

Joanie so glad to see you post. Sorry to hear about your job. Like you said just take one day at a time and just incase you missed what the others have said "rest".

Don my heart aches for you and your family. You all are in my prayers.

Melinda, I am so very sorry for your loss. You are in my prayers.

Glad to hear he is home. My prayers continue.

Congratulations!

Sorry to hear this, he is in my prayers.

Don I am so sorry to hear this. My prayers continue for Lucie and your family. I remember when my mom went in for dehydration and we also found out she had an infection in her blood. I could not believe how sick she got so fast. One minute she didn't seem that bad and we thought she would waite till her doctors appt. the next day and next we were rushing her to the hospital.

My prayers continue for your mom.

So sorry for your loss.

Sending prayers.

She is in my prayers.

So happy to read this

You both are in my prayers.

You all are in my prayers.

Congratulations on your engagement! I'm busy planning my daughters wedding, so I know how thrilled your mom is to be here and help with yours.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/5304910.stm Gene therapy rids men of cancer Mr Origer is now clear of his cancer Two men have been cleared of deadly skin cancer using genetically modified versions of their own immune cells. For Mark Origer, 53, the treatment destroyed his tumour, enabling him to attend his daughter's wedding. The US National Cancer Institute team in Bethesda has also shown it can manipulate immune cells to attack breast, liver and lung cancers. The modified T cells persisted in 15 other patients treated, but their malignant melanomas remained. We've identified T cell receptors that will now recognise common cancers Lead researcher Dr Stephen Rosenberg Q&A: Cancer gene therapy Before the experiment, the patients were expected to only live for three to six months because their disease was so advanced. Tests showed the genetically modified T cells used in the new treatment became specialised tumour fighters, the journal Science reports. Although only two of the 17 people with advanced melanoma who received the treatment were completely free of cancer 18 months later, experts say the results are extremely exciting and proof that this new therapy can work. How it works Dr Stephen Rosenberg and his team isolated T cells from the cancer patients and multiplied them in the lab. FIGHTING CANCER WITH GENES 1 Blood taken from patient 2 T cells infected with virus to carry key genes into them 3 DNA from genes helps cells develop receptors 4 Modified cells injected back into patient 5 Receptors target cancerous cells to be killed Next they used a virus to carry receptor genes into the T cells. These receptors are what enable the modified T cell to recognise specific cancers - in this case malignant melanoma. When the modified T cells were transfused into the patients they began to attack the tumour cells. For at least two months after the treatment, the modified cells made up at least 10% of the patients' circulating T cells. The scientists are now looking at ways to enable greater numbers of the modified T cells to survive. Dr Rosenberg said: "We've identified T cell receptors that will now recognise common cancers." Disease free For Mark Origer, 53, the treatment completely eliminated his skin cancer and another tumour on his liver shrunk enough that it could be removed surgically. These are preliminary but promising results Professor John Toy of Cancer Research UK The treatment meant he was well enough to attend his daughter's wedding last year. Last week, doctors pronounced him completely clear of cancer cells. Another man, aged 39, was able to clear the cancer that had spread to his liver, lymph nodes and lung. Dr Michael Sadelain, director of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Centre's somatic cell engineering laboratory, said: "This certainly is a significant technical advance." But he said the technique would need improving so more patients could benefit. The success of this approach in two patients shows promise, however 15 patients did not respond to the treatment Dr Edel O'Toole, British Skin Foundation spokesman Professor Savio Woo, from Mount Sinai School of Medicine, said the treatment should now be tested in more patients. Professor Robert Hawkins, professor in medical oncology at the University of Manchester, UK, said the results were very exciting. "It seems to be effective, but it does seem to need improvement," he added. Dr Edel O'Toole, consultant dermatologist at the Centre for Cutaneous Research, Barts, and British Skin Foundation spokesman, said: "I think that the success of this approach in two patients shows promise, however 15 patients did not respond to the treatment suggesting that further work is needed to optimise this approach for all patients, which could take many years." Professor John Toy, medical director at Cancer Research UK, said: "These are preliminary but promising results. "It's important to realise that we are not looking at a 'miracle cure' for all cancers." Malignant melanoma is the most serious type of skin cancer with 8,000 new cases per year in the UK and approximately 1,800 deaths.

Truely amazing! Enjoy this time.

Melinda, I am so sorry. I know how hard this is, you and your family are in my prayers.

Congratulations! Here's to many more anniversaries!