[Magdalen] Prayer request summary update

[Jay Weigel]

Yay! Great news!

On Sun, Apr 19, 2015 at 6:12 PM, Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Well, that is outstanding news!  Carry on the good work!  here's to
> sunburn and walking by the ocean and feeding the birds and enjoying what I
> fervently hope will be a decent summer to make up for the awful winter.
>
> Marion, a pilgrim
>
>
> On 4/19/2015 4:29 PM, Eleanor Braun 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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