Dear Janice, <br><br>I received your news with sadness, hope, and trust. Sadness for your challenging journey with chemo and other means, hope and trust that you will move through the journey with intention, love and connections to the origin of life, family and friends. <br>
<br>May you continue to live in your heart, <br>May you be free from suffering, <br>May you be healed,<br>May you live in peace.<br><br>My dear friend Michelle had recently returned from India where she
participated in a 3 week yoga training. She and I were cleaning up
after dinner one evening last week when she told me about her experience
of a particular song. The experience happened around a fire circle with the other
participants, all of whom were quite tired. She began to hum in her
head, The Song of the Soul. She suddenly realized that the song is one
of awakening and enlightenment. As she told me the story, she and I
began dancing around the kitchen, sing ...Brent's deep base voice
resounded from the dining room where he was cleaning tables and sweeping
the floor ....what sight to behold and experience! Please sing along with the
youtube link and let me know what you think. <br><br> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVyWFFhmx6k">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVyWFFhmx6k</a><br><br>With love and gratitude., <br><br>Nancy<br><br><br><br><br>
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<div><font face="Arial">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
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<div><font face="Arial">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,
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<div><font face="Arial">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?!" </font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial">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). </font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial">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
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<div><font face="Arial">Knowing nothing about the lymph nodes before
this diagnosis, here's what I found on line - skip unless
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<div>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
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