[Home-on-the-range] Many heart felt thanks!

[James H. "Jim" Canaday M.A. N6YR]

Dear Donna,
I am so glad that all of the cancer is gone!  hurrah!

God grant you strength and healing.
jc

At 05:27 PM 6/11/2010, you wrote:
>Dear NFB family,
>
>It has been a rough and rocky first half of this year.  As a lot of 
>you know I help care for my grandmother for almost 13 years.  It was 
>my honor to do so.  Some of you had the pleasure of meeting her over 
>the years while we lived together.  When you were introduced to her 
>I probably said something like This is my Grandmother Dorothy 
>Magness and you would have said something like its nice to meet you 
>Mrs. Magness and she would have said " Oh call me grandma everyone 
>else does".  Grandma passed away April 14, 2010 at the age of 
>95.  It was a peaceful passing for her.
>
>A few days after returning from Granma's funeral I received test 
>results from a biopcy  and was told I had skin cancer (melanoma) and 
>would need to have surgery to remove it and possible chemo following 
>the surgery.  I was not able to share this with my biological family 
>at the time because my mother's husband (David) was dieing of 
>Lukemia and I could not lay my worries on them at the time.  So what 
>I did was turn to my NFB family with my troubles.  You were there 
>for me some of you listened to me and then prayed for me, some of 
>you cried with me and some of you laughed with me.  There is no way 
>to put into words how important this was to me at the time and will 
>always be in my heart as a treasured memory.
>
>On May 19, 2010 David passed away.  I left to join my mother in 
>their home in Arkansas.  Again I must thank you for your thoughts 
>and prayers for my mother and our family during this time.
>
>I arrived home Sunday June 6, to prepare myself for outpatient 
>surgery on Tuesday June 8th.  I am propped up in my recliner with my 
>foot on a pillow to keep the swelling down.  I am hobbling 
>around  but getting better every day.  I received a call from the 
>doctor yesterday who informed me that I do not need to worry any 
>more he was able to get all of the melanoma and all I have to do is heal up.
>
>I am sending out this message to Thank You! For your thoughts, 
>prayers, cards e-mails and phone calls.  It is truly the love and 
>concern from family and friends that make these life struggles 
>easier to bear.
>
>Donna
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