[Home-on-the-range] Many heart felt thanks!
James H. "Jim" Canaday M.A. N6YR
n6yr at sunflower.com
Sat Jun 12 00:43:17 UTC 2010
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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