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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Dear Janice,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> Bill and I were shocked to
return from church and find your letter and the many replies from colleagues you
have already received! But why shocked!? Life, after all, is a
combination of growing and giving, suffering and rejoicing. Our prayers
are that this may be a rich time of inward growth and experiencing the communion
of saints, of which you have been a member for a long, long time.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> Our prayers and hopes are with
you, and like the Ballards, we expect this to leave you stronger and more
enriched in serving othersthan ever before.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> We remember with gratitude
particularly your support of us when we were in Brazil for ten years and then
when we were in Colquitt working with church renewal and Swamp
Gravy.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> Blessings on you!!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> Nan and Bill
Grow</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=aulangca@stny.rr.com href="mailto:aulangca@stny.rr.com">Janice
Ulangca</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=Dialogue@wedgeblade.net
href="mailto:Dialogue@wedgeblade.net">Colleague Dialogue</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, May 11, 2013 12:46
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Dialogue] What's happening with
Janice</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>From Janice Ulangca</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Dear ICA friends,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV class=dislike><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
just old age catching up with me!" But something else was going
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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, but not as much as stages 3 or 4. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV class=dislike><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 class=dislike><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 class=dislike><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 all around us.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV class=dislike><FONT face=Arial>Much affection to you,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV class=dislike><FONT face=Arial>Janice</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV class=dislike><FONT face=Arial>Knowing nothing about the lymph nodes
before this diagnosis, here's what I found on line - skip unless
interested:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV class=body>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. </DIV>
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