Bernie, I'm so very sorry to hear this. Please know that Sally is in my
prayers.
hugs,
Linda in Eagle, Idaho
----- Original Message -----
From: Bernie<mailto:[email protected]>
To: Bernard Pelow<mailto:[email protected]> ;
TMIC<mailto:[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2011 4:56 PM
Subject: [TMIC] OT - Asking for prayers
To All TMIC family;
I need all the prayers for my childrens mother, my ex-wife Sally. We are
very good friends and have a better relationship than when we were married.
Here is a short version she wrote explaining what has been happening to her.
many of you know she was diagnosed with Stage IV breast cancer years ago: here
is her latest condition. She needs all our prayers to survive this for any
length of time.
Thank you and Sincerely,
Bernie
Have been on a couple of different oral chemotherapies since first
discovering the cancer in 2005 - Arimidex for a long time, 'til it apparently
stopped working (when I had the double mastectomy in late 2008), and Xeloda,
which also did not work. This week I'll have my second round of Taxotere.
Couple of weeks after the first round, my hair started falling out, so now I'm
shaved bald!
I've lost about 80 pounds, which is skinniest I"ve been in about 30 years!
I look normal to myself because spent greater portion of my life closer to this
weight, but my appearance is apparently shocking to those who haven't seen me
in awhile.
I get short of breath easily and my voice is hoarse most of the time.
I've already outlived the median life expectancy of 3 years for my diagnosis
(stage 4 breast cancer), so plan to keep it up as long as I can! Chemo makes
me tired, so I sleep a lot.
It's a funny kind of limbo...
Now I see why didn't want to write this - it's depressing! How does one
write about cancer in an upbeat way?
Anyway, I don't spend time wringing my hands & moaning. Enjoy myself doing
what I want each day and I get lots of rest!
That's all for now.. Pray for me and keep my in your happy thoughts.
