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I believe it is also called a VATS procedure...is that right?

Welcome, Cecil! Good to see you here.

Praying Lilly!

Depends on my mood...I really like Ginny's menu items.

Jean, I'm soooo sorry. He was the same age as Charlie...way too young. My condolences to you and your family.

Need to consider getting together in her memory. It's time we met fellow LCSC friends in person. She was so generous to invite us to all come over as a part of the get-together we were planning last year. She will be missed.

((((Carleen)))) I understand and I feel much the same way you do...grief is tough.

Peggy, Remembering you this week, at this difficult time. Hope you are doing ok. Take care.

I missed your recent postings. I am so sorry for your loss and the loss of the kids and her husband. I hate this disease and just devastated by her passing. My condolences and prayers to you and all her family and friends. I'm in tears as I type this...I hate cancer.

Kasey, This is devastating. I'm so sorry for your loss. I hate this disease. My prayers are with you and her family.

(((((Randy)))))

Praying!

Missed this one too. I had a similar scare with a large ovarian cyst...and a few others, too. My C125 was not elevated though and BC pills made it go completely away. I went to an gyn onc too and was glad that I did. The first gyn was ready to rip everything out...that wouldn't have been cool. Hot flash, hot flash!! Praying that this turns out to be benign for you too. Take care and keep us posted.

So sad....

(1) The end of the FY (Sept. 30th)--not so much overtime for a while. (2) My daughters getting married (someday) (3) Retirement so I can work on the Breath of Life Support Foundation full-time. We had our 3rd LC support group meeting tonight and had 4 participants and 4 support (facilitators, etc.)

Where have you been Bruce and how are you doing? Any Dollywood visits this year yet?

Me too. I pretty well hate the month of April except for April 1 (when my daughters were born). I lost a brother April 25th, my husband April 16th, and my mom April 6th.

http://www.new.facebook.com/ext/share.p ... r5K&ref=nf Singer-songwriter Kenny Rankin dead of lung cancer By JOHN ROGERS - Associated Press Writer LOS ANGELES -- Kenny Rankin, a brilliant pop vocalist and highly regarded musician-songwriter whose stylings ranged from jazz to pop to the world music influences he picked up as a child in New York, has died of complications related to lung cancer, his record company announced Monday. He was 69. Rankin died Sunday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Mack Avenue Records spokesman Don Lucoff said. The musician, who first gained acclaim as one of the guitarists on Bob Dylan's landmark 1965 album, "Bringing it all Back Home," had been preparing to record an album of new material when he became ill a few weeks ago. Recording sessions scheduled with producer Phil Ramone were canceled as his health began to deteriorate. This 2006 photo released by DL Media shows Kenny Rankin in Los Angeles. Rankin, a brilliant pop vocalist and highly regarded musician-songwriter whose stylings ranged from jazz to pop to the world music influences he picked up as a child in New York, has died of complications related to lung cancer, his record company announced Monday June 8, 2009. He was 69. "That he was still at the top of his game is one of the saddest parts of his passing for me," Denny Stilwell, president of Mack Avenue Records, said in a statement. "He performed the new material in our office over the last few months and his voice was still in its finest form - he sounded absolutely amazing. Our hearts and prayers are with his family." Rankin wrote and recorded the pop standard "Peaceful" and also wrote "In The Name of Love," which was recorded by Peggy Lee, and "Haven't We Met," performed by Carmen McRae and Mel Torme. His own "The Kenny Rankin Album" was recorded live in 1976 with a 60-piece orchestra. Rankin, who signed with Decca Records while still in his teens, once said his music career really began in the fourth grade when he sang "O Holy Night" in a school Christmas play and his teacher walked up to him afterward, patted him on the head and said, "Kenneth, that was lovely." "She set me on the path in music that I find myself on today," he said. After signing with Decca in the late 1950s he released a handful of singles before moving on to Columbia Records, also the home of Dylan. There, he took part in the recording of "Bringing it All Back Home," the album in which Dylan moved firmly from an all-acoustic folk music sound to an electric mixture of pop and rock 'n' roll. Soon after, he made his first appearance on "The Tonight Show," where he impressed host Johnny Carson so much that Carson contributed liner notes to Rankin's first album, 1967's "Mind Dusters." Other albums included "Family," "Like a Seed," "Inside and "Silver Morning:" He would go on to appear as Carson's "Tonight Show" guest more than 20 times. His supple tenor voice on such recordings as "Spanish Harlem," "'Round Midnight" and the Beatles' "Blackbird" and "I've Just a Face" also won him the respect of fellow musicians as a singer's singer. Mack Records said he so impressed the Beatles' Paul McCartney that McCartney asked him to perform "Blackbird" when he and songwriting partner John Lennon were inducted into the Songwriters Hall Of Fame. Rankin spent much of the past 20 years touring, although he returned to the studio in the mid-1990s to release a pair of albums, "Professional Dreamer" and "Here In My Heart." He also released a Christmas album in 1999. Born in New York City on Feb. 10, 1940, Rankin was raised in the city's Washington Heights neighborhood, where he said he grew up listening to a broad spectrum of music, including Afro-Cuban, jazz, Top 40 and Brazilian. He is survived by his son, Chris Rankin, daughters Chanda Rankin and Jena Rankin-Ray and a granddaughter. His record label said funeral arrangements are pending.

Reminds me of people's reaction to me being a widow. They aren't doing the talking behind my back, etc. etc., but they have disappeared so they don't have to deal with the awkwardness of it all. Very sad. Sorry you are having to go through this in addition to your separation.

Angie, So good to see you! Of course we oldtimers remember you. I have thought of you often being a fairly close neighbor. My baby will be a junior this coming year and my oldest is starting grad. school in July. Wow! How time flies!! Glad you are back. I'm not active like I use to be either...it's just hard to be encouraging sometimes when you've lost loved ones to this disease. Take care and stay in touch.

Yes. This sounds like GREAT news to me!!! I'm thinking its a certain variety though since it says 20,000 per year.

((((((Sue)))))) I get it! Vent all you want...it helps. Praying for the suspicious stuff to go away right now!!!!!

AURORA, Colo. (CBS) Researchers in Colorado are involved in a worldwide effort that's making big breakthroughs in the fight against lung cancer. The doctors involved are at the University of Colorado Cancer Center and they say they may have uncovered a treatment for the deadly form of cancer that kills 20,000 Americans every year. Although not a cure for cancer, a procedure called an ALK inhibitor could well be a way to control it. Medical oncologist Dr. Ross Camidge is among the researchers who stumbled onto the ALK inhibitor which, in a clinical study, makes cancer melt away. Camidge and others call it a once-in-a-lifetime discovery. It takes what has long been a death sentence and turns it into a chronic disease. "After only six weeks of treatment with the drug, this lung looks completely normal," Camidge told CBS station KCNC-TV . "There is no sign of the cancer." The center is among a handful of centers in the world involved in the research. Ila Hegland is part of the study. She was diagnosed with Stage 4 non-smoker's lung cancer 9 years ago and given 2 years to live. She survived on radiation and chemotherapy, then early this year her doctors at the University of Colorado Cancer Center took a closer look at her cancer cells. "By looking at the very genetics of the cancer, you can say 'This is what is driving the cancer in the first place,'" Camidge said. For Hegland, it's a miracle. "I have two small grandchildren. It's exciting to think that maybe I'll get to live to see them grow up," she said. Among the 23 test patients worldwide, she is No. 14 and the first in Colorado to respond positively. "Now we have a subset of patients that didn't have any hope with other medications and they are dramatically responding to this new drug," Dr. Marileila Varella Garcia said. Right now the testing and treatment is free, so doctors say lung cancer patients should see if they qualify. If the trials continue to be successful, Pfizer could develop a licensed drug in about 3 years. This discovery could ultimately help the university and other cancer patients, too. If the study shows personalized treatments are effective, researchers are more likely to receive funding for similar studies.

Deal or No Deal and any HGTV show.

Praying for your friends, Ginny!!