[Dialogue] Fwd: Thanks & update

[Charles Hahn]

Hi Ellen,
Thanks for passing this along.  It is very revealing.  What did
finally kill her, or do you know/
Charles Hahn

On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 10:47 AM, RICHARD HOWIE <rhowie3 at verizon.net> wrote:
> Dear Beloved Community around the world.  Here is a message that Janice
> Ulangca sent to Dick and me on July 25, which I hope all of you will be
> comforted by.  Throughout this challenge in her life she remained a SPIRIT
> WOMAN!
> Love to you all, God's Grace & Peace,
> Ellen Howie in Altamont, NY
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> From: "Janice Ulangca" <aulangca at stny.rr.com>
> Date: July 25, 2013 6:12:19 PM EDT
> To: "Dick & Ellen Howie" <rhowie3 at verizon.net>
> Subject: Thanks & update
>
> Ellen, thanks for your birthday call and your original art birthday card.  I
> had lunch with friends that day and another lunch on the following Sat. so
> felt well celebrated.
>
> My treatments are going well, the oncologist said when I saw him before
> Chemo Four last Tuesday (July 23). The previous Tuesday I had a mid-course
> CT Scan. They inject dye, then have you lay down and go through the scanner.
> When the oncologist discussed the results, he said the breast mass which was
> very big can no longer be seen, and lymph nodes growths under arm almost
> gone. These were the only places that a full body scan in May found cancer.
> Each chemo starts a new cycle of needing to do nothing but respect the "war"
> inside, and kind of creep around taking care of myself between naps, then
> gradually a little more energy until next cycle starts in 21 days. I have 2
> more chemo cycles - total of 6 - then 2 injections of antibodies, whatever
> they are - each of these 3 weeks apart. This will take me up into Oct. Does
> seem long. And since I don't find the energy to do much in the way of
> exercise, I can feel myself getting a bit weaker with each cycle. It will
> take some time to rebuild strength - there's a special group for cancer
> survivors at the Y where I had been going.
>
> This is a good time of year to go through this intensity - lots of fresh
> food at farm stand just a mile down the road - & farmer's mkt. when I can
> get there on Sat. Much better than snow on the ground! I much appreciate
> friends giving me rides to the hospital for the chemo - could drive there
> fine but driving back would be another story.
>
> Hope your summer goes well, and family's doing fine.
>
> Best to you and Dick,
>
> Janice
>
>
>
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