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What great news! Go celebrate! Fayelne

Just sent in mine! Faylene

Healing wishes sent the Dukes way! Faylene

Hi Shirley, One of the sites I perused for treatment validity was www.quackwatch.com if you read the article at http://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRel ... acs71.html it mentions laetril. I have also read about Dr. Day, but do not have the bookmarks anymore. ( If you type Dr. Lorraine Day into the search at the top of quackwatch.com you will get some articles on her) Second and third opions are handy. If your Dad is strong and willing to fight, go for it. Everyone responds differently. He may do really well with chemo, and the onc was right, he can always stop treatment , or change if it does not agree with him. Him wish you and your Dad much luck and sucess in the journey. I will keep you in my prayers Faylene

Norme, You and Buddy will be in my prayers. I'm glad you reached out to hospice. They are so helpful and intuitive, I'm sure they will be a blessing. I'm praying for better days. Faylene

Find out who your anesthesiologist will be. Then ask to speak with him/her the day or two before surgery. Explain your situation. Many will let you drink clear fluids up to 6 hours before surgery, especially since this procedure is usually done with sedation and not a general anesthetic. Good luck, Faylene

Hi Cathy, I'm having trouble as well, putting a tribute to my Mom in the Wall of Memory. I just can't seem to find the words I want to use. I am one step closer though, as I scanned, cut and resized a photo of Mom that will work. Hopefully the words will come soon. Faylene

Carleen, You both will be in my prayers. Hoping your trip brings you and the Keith the answers you want. Take care of yourself Faylene

Denise, I'm praying too. Faylene

Shelly, So sorry to hear the news. You and your dad will be in my thoughts and prayers. Faylene

From one "Fay" to another, I'm sending prayers for good news. Faylene

Way to go Connie, I am so pleased for you. Keep up the good reports! Faylene

Add my prayers to the list. Faylene

I too am saddened and shocked. Another great one is gone. My sincere sympathies to Sam's family and friends. You will be in my thoughts and prayers. Faylene

Positive thoughts and prayers going up. Faylene

Kim, So sorry to hear the news. May your memories and faith sustain you. You and your family will be in my prayers. faylene

Deb. Sending my sincere sympathies over the loss of your Dad. Your love for him will sustain you . Faylene

Wonderful news. Blessings to you and your family over the Christmas season. Faylene

It's wonderful to see you posting in this forum, especially with such great news. God bless you, may he touch your lives with gladness and warm your hearts with love. faylene

Hi Teri, Before my Mom started chemo we went wig shopping. She wanted one as close to the style and color of her own hair. It was quite an adventure, I even got her to try on some unusual ones! We orderd one from a shop that catered to cancer patients. It was quite expensive, but her medical covered most. (By the way, she never did lose her hair......nor wear the wig!) When she was to undergo a new chemo program we shopped again, but this time from a mail order cataloge. They were much cheaper. They also have an on line site www.paulayoung.com. Check them out. Faylene

I'm very happy for the both of you. Season's best! Faylene

Hi, This will also be our first Christmas without Mom. I'm not sure exactly how you go on.....just that you do. I have children who still see the excitement and joy of Christmas, so it is for them that I continue on. It certainly won't be the same, just a "new" norm starting. I will be there to support my Dad, who will be experiencing his first Christmas without his wife in 50+ years and put on a brave face for my family and hide my sorrow. I wish you strength through this journey. Faylene

Anne, I am so sorry for your loss. It has been exactly 7 months since my Mom's passing, and not a day goes by that I do not think of her, but now I am able to do it without tears. May your faith sustain you through the next part of the journey. Faylene

At an airport I overheard a father and daughter in their last moments together. They had announced her plane's departure and standing near the door, he said to his daughter, "I love you, I wish you enough." She said, "Daddy, our life together has been more than enough. Your love is all I ever needed. I wish you enough, too, Daddy." They kissed good-bye and she left. He walked over toward the window where I was seated. Standing there I could see he wanted and needed to cry. I tried not to intrude on his privacy, but he welcomed me in by asking, "Did you ever say good-bye to someone knowing it could be forever?" "Yes, I have," I replied. Saying that brought back memories I had of expressing my love and appreciation for all my Dad had done for me. Recognizing that his days were limited, I took the time to tell him face to face how much he meant to me. So I knew what this man was experiencing. "Forgive me for asking, but why is this a forever good-bye?" I asked. "I am old and she lives much too far away. I have challenges ahead and the reality is, her next trip back will be for my funeral, " he said. "When you were saying good-bye I heard you say, 'I wish you enough.' May I ask what that means?" He began to smile. "That's a wish that has been handed down from other generations. My parents used to say it to everyone." He paused for a moment and looking up as if trying to remember it in detail, he smiled even more. "When we said 'I wish you enough,' we were wanting the other person to have a life filled with enough good things to sustain them," he continued and then turning toward me he shared the following as if he were reciting it from memory. "I wish you enough sun to keep your attitude bright. I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun more. I wish you enough happiness to keep your spirit alive. I wish you enough pain so that the smallest joys in life appear much bigger. I wish you enough gain to satisfy your wanting. I wish you enough loss to appreciate all that you possess. I wish enough "Hello's" to get you through the final "Good-bye." He then began to sob and walked away. My friends and loved ones, I wish you ENOUGH!!! They say, "It takes a minute to find a special person, an hour to appreciate them, a day to love them, but then an entire life to forget them." Faylene

Count me in! Hey maybe you could both make a quick trip to Canada! I do live in the province that is called Friendly Manitoba you know!! Too bad the weather is the same ans Minnesota! Blessings to all, Jay, you have the youth to sustain you. Faylene