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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">Wednesday, November 24, 2004 2:07:26 PM
<BR></FONT><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">To:</FONT></B> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Undisclosed-Recipient:;
<BR></FONT><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Subject:</FONT></B> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">meeting: A final update on Carol - for a while
<BR></FONT><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Auto forwarded by a Rule</FONT></B></P>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Good evening,
dear friends -<BR><BR>We arrived back home to Myrtle Beach yesterday
afternoon,<BR>and as the old adage goes, there is indeed no place like
home.<BR><BR>Last evening, the surgeon called who performed the
second<BR>surgery on Carol. The Pathology report came back in, and the<BR>two
surgeons, as well as medical and radiologic oncolgists met<BR>yesterday to
discuss her case and plan her treatment.<BR><BR>Carol's primary abdominal cancer
was indeed endometrial, and<BR>not ovarian. This was wonderful news. Both of her
cancers were<BR>estrogen-caused, and the chemotherapy treatment for both
is<BR>the same! She begins chemotherapy soon back at Duke University<BR>Medical
Center...six courses of chemo, three weeks apart. It will<BR>be a very
aggressive chemo, with all of the residual nasty side-effects.<BR>But, the
surgeon said that they are going for a complete cure. One<BR>amazing and
wonderful byproduct of now learning the similarities<BR>in both cancers, and the
same chemo drugs dealing with both, is<BR>that they have cancelled her
mastectomy! They believe that this<BR>chemo will treat the microscopic cells in
both areas. She will, down<BR>the road, have to finally have radiation therapy
on her abdomen.<BR><BR>So, we will surely continue to value your prayers for
Carol and<BR>the rest of us. I have cancelled my meetings through the end
of<BR>this year, and will undoubtedly cancel some more as we begin<BR>this
18-week course of treatment. When that's finished, there<BR>will probably be a
36-day treatment of radiation therapy, and I<BR>want to be with her as much as I
can throughout it all. Now that<BR>we're home for a few days, I hope to get
caught up on personal<BR>thank-you letters...the Lord has blessed us so much,
with people<BR>and Assemblies sending us gifts as we go through this trial.
Please<BR>know that the encouragement these have brought is beyond words.<BR>We
rest in your prayers and goodness, and His promises. All we<BR>ask is - keep on
praying!<BR><BR>With love and best wishes for a wonderful
Thanksgiving,<BR><BR>Alan</FONT><BR></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>