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<P><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">From:</FONT></B> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">owner-meeting@kent.net on behalf of Larry Hughes[SMTP:LHUGHES@TRIAD.RR.COM]
<BR></FONT><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Sent:</FONT></B> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Friday, October 15, 2004 1:02:15 PM
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<BR></FONT><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Subject:</FONT></B> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">meeting: And update on Carol
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Good early
morning from Santa Cruz, CA<BR><BR>Again, I apologize for a form letter, and for
the weakness of Juno that<BR>won't<BR>allow me to hide everyone's e-mail address
on the header. Some of you<BR>will<BR>be hearing this for the first time, others
have asked to be kept<BR>informed, and<BR>I'll try and address as much as I can,
briefly.<BR><BR>As most of you have heard, my wife Carol has been diagnosed with
breast<BR>cancer. Like any who have heard that word spoken over yourself, or
the<BR>one<BR>you love the most on this planet, it has been an emotional roller
coaster<BR>for<BR>these past few weeks. I have been amazed at the number of
e-mails I've<BR>received - from all across the US and Canada, Europe, the
Caribbean, the<BR>U.K., and many other places. We cannot thank you enough for
your words<BR>of kind encouragement and promises of prayer.<BR><BR>The final
pathology reports were phoned to Carol from her Radiologist at<BR>Duke
University Medical Center, yesterday afternoon. Under the terrible<BR>"umbrella"
of the word cancer, there are some bright spots, and I want<BR>you<BR>to know
this so that you better know how to pray.<BR><BR>Carol's particular type of the
disease is called Globular cancer. It is<BR>some-<BR>what rare...one in ten
breast cancers are this form. It is very<BR>slow-growing.<BR>In her case, there
are four things they look for, and all four are good<BR>news.<BR>The lesion has
not grown up to meet the underside of the skin, it has not<BR>reached the
nipple, it does not involve the milk ducts, and is far from<BR>the<BR>chest
wall. All good, praise the Lord! The prognosis of the Radiologist<BR>is<BR>still
excellent. I phoned my older brother Lindsay when we got this news<BR>yesterday.
He's a medical doctor, and he completely concurred with the<BR>doctor at Duke,
that all of this is encouraging news.<BR><BR>Next for Carol will be a complete
workup at Duke - MRI, multiple scans,<BR>blood work, etc. Surgery will follow,
and then some length of Radiation<BR>Therapy treatments. At this point, there
doesn't seem to be much (if any)<BR>involvement of the lymphatic system, but
further tests and the surgery<BR>itself<BR>will reveal more on this. Based on
those findings, there will be some<BR>form<BR>of chemotherapy...it may be as
simple as taking a pill per day for five<BR>years,<BR>or it may be more
involved. We'll keep you posted as we learn more.<BR><BR>Again, we cannot thank
you sufficiently for your prayers on our behalf.<BR>We<BR>beg you to keep them
ascending! Obviously we'd love complete physical<BR>healing, but as well, we
need your prayers for emotional and spiritual<BR>strength<BR>as we face this new
journey. I'm to fly home tomorrow, landing around<BR>5:30<BR>in the evening...in
time to take my baby to dinner!<BR><BR>Please keep praying!<BR><BR>With
love,<BR><BR>Alan</FONT><BR></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>