Ritzy, I am so sorry your friend, Jim, has gotten such devastating news. Please know that he will be in my thoughts and so will you, who among his friends, will have to find the strength to be supportive through such difficult time.

On it, ritzy. Sending you strength and big hugs!

Please pray for Jim. Has cancer that has metastasized (just found today), complete kidney failure and they are not sure what else.

Great news Ann!
Limbania, aggressive is good at this stage of events! Get it going!
Praying for all other needs too, of course.

Thanks for the updates ladies. Still praying for everyone here.

Just catching up here. Thankful for those who have good news and will be praying for all the needs.

Lotti, that's wonderful news!

Great news Ann, will continue to pray for frank and all others that need a bit of assistance.

Update on my dad: no real medical news, had a series of scans last week but couldn't tell me any results. However he is feeling much much better and planned to start working on the farm with my brother this week. A happy side-effect: the psoriasis that he's been battling the past four years seems to have cleared up...

Ann that is wonderful news. Will continue to pray for Frank and your granddaughter.

Ann, so happy about your husband's biopsy results! Will continue to pray for Frank.

Some good news from the Rowland front. DH had his appointment this morning at the awful hour of 7:30 a.m. We went prepared for a whole day but the doctor told us that there was no cancer in the spot biopsied. Thank the LORD!!!! So within two hours we were home again. Apparantly there was some kind of a foreign substance under the skin that caused the irregular shaped lesion on his back. Maybe from crawling under the motorhome or the car etc. Anyway we can now leave the Rio Grande Valley as planned and start our summer "adventures".

Not much news about the former son in law except that he and our daughter had a long talk on Saturday and she is feeling much more comfortable with the course of his treatments and the things the doctors are doing to work with his problem. There are at least three very qualified doctors working on his case and trying to figure out the best treatment for the cancer at the base of his tongue. Unfortunately and expectadly, our wonderful granddaughter is pretty "freaked out" by the situation. But with time and more information, she may settle down and be able to deal with what is happening.

Continue to keep Frank (the former son in law) in your prayers and send up Thanks for DH's good report. God is Good, All the Time. All the Time. God is Good. Hugs and prayers for all who need them, Ann

Limbania, it sounds as though they are treating your cancer very aggressively, so that's a good thing. You will get past this. In the meantime, I'm glad your MIL is coming to help you. Hugs, Robin

thinking of you and praying for you all!

Margarita, praying for you too feel better soon and your doctor to give you the right treatment.

RGold wrote:
Thank you Robin!

I'll have 8 chemo sessions in total. One every 2 weeks. Number four, tomorrow, Monday, April 22, is the last with two different drugs applied the same day but not mixed. Starting number 5 will be another drug, one only but the dripping is very slow, takes about five hours between blood test, medication to help with nausea and the chemo. Taxol is the name of the drug and because one of the side effects is peripheral neuropathy, tingling and numbness in the extremities, hands and feet particularly, it has to be applied very slowly trying to prevent that as much as possible. This of course besides all the other niceties (side effects) chemo causes.

DMIL is coming from Alaska today and will be staying 9 days, she'll be leaving on a Tuesday and DH will be arriving the following Friday on time for chemo #5 (DH works in the north coast of Alaska on a 2 week on/2 week off schedule). The first week after chemo it's been the hardest and she'll be here for that. Marty (DMIL) is a very caring, thoughtful and generous lady. I'm very lucky having her in my life.

Thank you all for your prayers and support.