[Dialogue] What's happening with Janice

[Phyllis Hockley]

Dear Janice,
Thank you so much for sharing. I send healing energy in the morning to 
those in need. Your name is written on a candle that I will light for you 
as I send healing love. God's loving spirit be with you.
Peace, Hope and Love,
Phyllis and Len


  At 02:57 PM 5/11/2013 -0500, Wanda Holcombe wrote:
>Dear Janice
>Healing energy & connectedness being sent your way. Thanks for sharing 
>your health challenges so we can walk & be with you in spirit community.
>
>It is good to know you have supportive local caregivers to help you 
>through this journey....
>
>Grace & Peace
>Wanda & George
>
>Sent from my iPhone
>
>On May 11, 2013, at 11:46 AM, "Janice Ulangca" 
><<mailto:aulangca at stny.rr.com>aulangca at stny.rr.com> wrote:
>
>> From Janice Ulangca
>>
>>Dear ICA friends,
>>
>>Since January I've experienced increasing tiredness that's become 
>>extreme. At first I chalked this up to local projects that were rewarding 
>>- and challenged everything I had to give. "Or maybe it's just old age 
>>catching up with me!" But something else was going on.
>>
>>Thursday I saw an oncologist, who went over results of tests with me. 
>>Almost a week of tests came in April, after a mammogram followed by a 
>>breast biopsy March 28 indicated large B-cell lymphoma cancer. The bone 
>>marrow biopsy, PET and CT scans did not indicate widespread cancer, which 
>>is a relief. The oncologist says that this is stage 2 - more widespread 
>>than stage 1, but not as much as stages 3 or 4.
>>
>>Now I'm due to start chemotherapy Wed. May 22. Each 21 days I'll spend 
>>most of the day at Lourdes hospital in Binghamton in the oncology center, 
>>receiving chemo and antibodies (don't know what they are yet). June 12, 
>>July 3, and July 24 will finish the chemo. Two more sessions with 
>>antibodies only on August 14 and September 4.  A good friend went with me 
>>Thursday, and we were laughing about this typical fall question: "And how 
>>did you spend your summer vacation?!"
>>
>>People do respond to chemo differently, veterans tell me (and so did the 
>>oncologist). Weakness is common - sometimes does not appear until after a 
>>few treatments. What - more than I'm already experiencing?! Good grief! 
>>(as Charlie Brown would say).
>>
>>Thoughtful friends have already gone with me to some of the tests and the 
>>oncology visit. Their support is wonderful. So gratitude for blessings - 
>>especially through people and Spirit - really lift me with caring. And I 
>>have to say - such a beautiful time in this part of the world. Walking 
>>through the neighborhood, with lilacs in bloom, trees covered with pink 
>>or white blossoms, bright yellow forsythia bushes everywhere, flowers in 
>>front of many homes, birds singing their hearts out on behalf of the next 
>>generation - seems the world is exploding with beauty that points to the 
>>Sacred all around us.
>>
>>Much affection to you,
>>
>>Janice
>>
>>Knowing nothing about the lymph nodes before this diagnosis, here's what 
>>I found on line - skip unless interested:
>>Lymphoma is a disease of a part of the immune system, the lymph nodes. 
>>Normally, the lymph nodes serve as "sentries" of our bodies defense 
>>against disease. When bacteria or viruses enter the body, the cells of 
>>the lymph node divide to fight it. However, sometimes the cells in a 
>>lymph node begin to multiply without any reason, and make a tumor ... 
>>Lymphoma causes a lump or mass, and may also cause the patient to be 
>>tired, weak, prone to infections, or have a fever.
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