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Wonderful wonderful news...Makes all that waiting worthwhile doesn't it ??? Now you and Karen need to go and celebrate. God Bless us All!! Francine

Dearest Norme.. Your load as well as Buddy's are so very very heavy to bear. You are an exceptionally strong woman who continues to fight fight and fight some more. One who refuses to give up and keeps looking for that silver lining. I am in constant admiration before you and call upon God's blessings for you and Buddy that he may support you and continue to love you both and look over you in all things. Good night Norme...sweet dreams... Francine

Wanted to thank all of you who responded with much affection to my previous update e-mail. I KNOW I wouldn't be going thru this with as much faith, hope and even (for the most part) ease as I am with your support. From the bottom of my heart...THANK YOU Now I must admit to being more apprehensive as I go into my second chemo on Tuesday. See the doctor on Monday...having some blood work done and then sit down with him to discuss in more depth what happened to me and why. I do know that he is considering a new dose of taxotere. We might stay with both cisplatin and taxotere but with reduction in the second. He said that the taxotere was the culprit. And I thought it was a virus... As you can see we have some explaining to do. As I mentioned, i now go forward with more apprehension that before but I'm sure in time that will dispel. Will update you all mid-week or so. Till then, my thoughts and prayers are with each and every one of us. God Bless Us All!! Love Francine

First off..can I just say how heartwarming it is getting back here and finding that you've been missed!! Thank so very much for your concerns and your request for updates. Here goes: I was going along my merry way (well maybe not so merry) when last Saturday afternoon Gilles could not get any reaction out of me. Couldn't wake me up at all....nor could my daughter..best they could get out of me is a raggedy ann imitation with eyes mostly rolling around in my head. Was brought to ICU severely dehydrated..very low WBC 0.3 as apposed to 5.8 yesterday. High fever and all veins having shut down. My oncologist who came by same day was very sympathetic and told me that I had come within minutes of losing my life *sigh*. The next 5 days were taken up with re-establishing vital signs and getting me back on the road. Was well enough come Thursday for my radiotactic surgery (which by the way was NO walk in the park).. Got thru that without complications and made my way home (but not before massive intake of potassium/magnesium/antibiotics etc). I'm shaken up and still haven't totally absorbed this near miss and am in need of loads of rest but heh...worst is over for now guys!!! You have all been sooooooooooo great..ur the first thing i ran home to. I rise and set along with your board, i just don't know what I would do without you. Thank you all from the bottom of my heart most especially to those who grew concerned and voiced it. You know who ur ) Ta Ta for Now, Francine

And looking great!! Glad to see you back.

Hey Bob!! Don't know if you are aware of this, but i've just come off of 10 days of WBR. It went rather well...very few side effects. Some memory loss, loss of my hair (scalp only) and of course quite a bit of fatigue and nausea. In my case this will be followed up on the 15th by Radiostatic Surgery. Their line of thought is that WBR will get rid of anything that might be out there but microscopic in nature and the stereotactic surgery will zero in on the two lesions they did find and obliterate them . Stay tuned...will update on the Stereotactic Surgery once completed. Hang in there Bob.. God Bless us All!!

Heather, Congratulations on the very wonderful news you and your mother have received. Its news like this that make our very difficult voyage bearable and whenever one of us starts to lose a little faith, we can point to Heather and just say......... Look Her mom did it! God Bless us All!!

Rich.. As one of your friends north of the border, would my signature on the petition be of any worth?? Your Congress may feel that I should more properly adress myself to My Parliament. What thinketh you Rich

What wonderful news Don and Lucie!! Many thx for sharing it with us, especially now in view of the bad news hitting us from all quarters. I for one needed something positive to end a most difficult week. God Bless Us One and All!!!

DAMN IT BOB....THIS IS NOT/NOT SUPPOSE TO HAPPEN. YOU ARE OUR SOURCE OF HOPE, OUR BEACON OF LIGHT!! YOU WERE THE ONE WHO NOT/NOT GOING HAVE TO MOVE FROM STAGE WHATEVER TO WHATEVER..DAMN IT BOB I'm furious that this has happened to you. I have just finished 10 sessions of whole brain radiation and will undergo radiotactic surgery on Monday which will put an end to my treatment of 2 small lesions to the brain that they found (as in your case) If you have an questions, no matter how trivial, please feel me to query me.. God Bless Us All...and most especially Bob and his lovely family.. Francine

Hi Debi... You are right..haven't been on much lately and when I am i have JUST enough energy to catch up but not enough to take it further. But since you ask............I feel lousy tyvm I just finished today my 10 days of whole brain radiation, followed by stereotactic surgey on Monday the 22nd. It has completely drained me of all energy (am sleeping 20/24) and sore scalp, nausea, some (allright..lots) of confusion. Happy it it also over and am looking fwd to some rest before we then embark on the chemo journey. Thx Debi for enquiring about me.... Appreciate it and want to take the time to wish you and yours a Blessed Xmas and a Very Happy New Year. Francine

Don.. With all my heart, my prayers will be going up pretty much in a steady stream for Lucie.. God Bless Us All!!!

Hi Tami... In the case of mets to the bone, I had experienced quite severe pain in the upper back area for some 6 months it was are diagnosed. In the case of mets to the brain, here again I experienced pretty much constant headaches, trouble walking (unsteady gait), and some nausea which came and went. Hope this proves helpful. God Bless us All!!!

Dear Anne, How very sad to hear of your mom's passing. The silver lining in all of this (if there is such a thing) is that she didn't suffer too long a time and is now in heaven where she feels no pain..only peace and love for eternity. Now the road ahead will be a difficult one for you and your family. I pray to God that he will walk this difficult road with you..guiding you and supporting you all the way. God Bless Us All!!

Whatever I can do...just let me know.

Welcome back Carleen Thx for the update. I confess I was a tad worried about u all. But things seem to be looking up and I thank God for that. Take good care of yourselves.

Good news Lynne that he is home. Holding each other while watching movies..even better God Bless us All..

Thank you Dean. I would appreciate very much knowing how you are faring in your battle with this horrible disease. Now I can. God Bless You and Yours..

So very very sorry Lori. God Bless u and yours

LOL Ry and Debi. Dave, I'm so very happy for you. Enjoy the good times!! God Bless u and yours

Ry.. Excellent idea! I have already told my husband about this site. He has my username and password and if i should get really sick or land up in hospital, he will let u all know. Hope others will do same. We do worry, as Ry said, about how u all r doing when we haven't heard in so long. For instance, after that poignant and desperate post from Carleen some time ago, I haven't seen anything from her at all.. I'm worried

Best of luck Sandy..Am sending up prayers right now.

I'm so very sorry Flabet for the loss of your husband. As Don said, please stay with us and let us be of comfort to you if we can. God Bless us All..

Hi Dean... WOW!! Must have been a very hard decision, but if it feels right to you and your wife, then that is all that really matters! I want to send my very best wishes for the road ahead and to let you know I will continue to include you in all my prayers. Also, I would really like it Dean if you could keep me informed of your progress. I will be rooting for you big time!! (Hope that isn't too presumptious of me to ask that..if it is..then just disregard ..

Great great news!! Enjoy it God Bless us All