[Magdalen] Prayer request summary update

[Susan Hagen]

Eleanor,
That is wonderful news!  I am so very glad to hear that you are in
remission.
Susan

On Sun, Apr 19, 2015 at 4:29 PM, Eleanor Braun <eleanor.braun at gmail.com>
wrote:

> "for  sister Eleanor Braun, being treated for ovarian cancer" can be
> deleted.
>
> I finished chemo on March 26 -- slightly postponed so I could get a blood
> transfusion on March 23, because my red blood cells were feeling poorly and
> I was very fatigued.
>
> My sister Pam is here visiting.  She came to be with me for a consultation
> with my surgeon who is one of the top docs at Dana Farber Cancer Institute
> in Boston.  After looking at a CT scan and my blood work, he pronounced me
> in remission.
>
> The reality is that this is a very aggressive cancer, and may well recur.
> The longer I go without recurrence the better.  But I am feeling stronger
> all the time.  Although I tolerated the chemo very well, it does trash the
> blood and fatigue sets in.  Plus the treatment took place during our horrid
> winter, so I couldn't even get out to walk.
>
> Pam and I drove up to Provincetown yesterday, hand fed some birds   walked
> on the beach some, and up the main drag.  Yesterday was the most exercise
> I've got since this whole thing started.  I got sunburned.  It was
> marvelous.
>
> Many thanks for your prayers and support!
>
> Eleanor
>



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