My dear friend, Thanks for the good news. You are still an
inspiration for me and for lots of folks. We shared our battle
against the big C fourteen years ago, little did I know at the time,
how much friendships were part of the cure. There you were in
California, and me here in good old Jersey. . . reaching out in our
fear and panic. . . we found each other. . . oh yea, and though we'd
never had met at the time (14 yrs. . . whre does time go), we have
become like sisters. . . and as you know I rejoice for you. . . keep
up the good work. . . that ole Artie Ritis. . . won't get you
either, just slow you a bit. . . I've got it too. Keep smiling. .

Love to you . . . and to all our sisters and brothers. . . who will
discover life is good. . . all we have is the "now" of it. . . and
tomorrow has its own joys and challenges. . but together we can
rejoice in the friendships we've made. THANK YOU again and again for
you! and that guy. . named Dan. . . Love you more than I can say.

From my house to ours. . . and every place in between. . .with love,

Evie in NJ



--- In cancer_survivors_gathering_place@yahoogroups.com, "marlapence"
<marlapence@...> wrote:
>
> I know that a while back I aked all of you for your prayers and
> thoughts while I went through a bunch of tests to see if the pain
in
> my back was a recurrence of the breast cancer that was supposed to
> take me out 14 years ago, and I don't remember if I ever posted the
> results of those tests. If I did, stop reading now and don't be
bored
> by it again. And thank you for all you did for me.
>
> For those who may not know, the spots that showed up in my spine in
> the nuclear bone scan were determined, finally after an MRI, to be
> tiny blood spots. Apparently some small blood vessels ruptured
(don't
> know why) and that's what we saw. And the intense pain I was
having
> is caused by arthritis....which for me is extremely aggravated by
> cold, damp weather. We never have that kind of weather here in San
> Diego, except for this year.
>
> So thanks for your prayers, your notes and good thoughts. The
cancer
> is still in remission and we celebrated that. Now, if I can just
come
> to terms with the arthritis in ways that doesn't include the
> controlled substances they're prescribing for me.
>