[nfb-talk] Asking for prayers

[Sarah Baughn]

Yes, I suppose word did get to me at the right time.  Funny how God 
provides, isn't it?
Sarah
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "T. Joseph Carter" <carter.tjoseph at gmail.com>
To: "NFB Talk Mailing List" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 17, 2010 7:45 AM
Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Asking for prayers


> Sarah,
>
> Word got to you at the right time, I had my surgery on the 8th.  They 
> lobbed a big chunk of my insides out, somehow put me back together without 
> making me look too lopsided unless you look very closely *laugh*, and the 
> pathology report has since come back indicating the margins are clear.
>
> I don't know if they check all of the margins at the microscopic level—if 
> they do, that's a lot of tissue to look through—but it's either pretty 
> good news or the greatest possible news.  I'll see my doctor on the 4th to 
> find out more.
>
> Thanks again for all the prayers and support,
>
> Joseph
>
> On Thu, Jul 08, 2010 at 10:34:38AM -0700,  Sarah Baughn wrote:
>>Joseph, I am so sorry to hear this, and I'm also very sorry that I have 
>>been delayed in my response to this, but you can count on my prayers.  I 
>>was down in Louisiana at that time, but now am home catching up on email, 
>>and will include you in my rosary today.
>>Sarah
>>----- Original Message ----- From: "T. Joseph Carter" 
>><carter.tjoseph at gmail.com>
>>To: "NFB of Oregon mailing list" <nfb-or at nfbnet.org>; 
>><nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2010 2:00 AM
>>Subject: [nfb-talk] Asking for prayers
>>
>>
>>>Hi everyone,
>>>
>>>Word's already circulating to some extent, but I wanted to wait until 
>>>they had done some tests so we know what we're dealing with.
>>>
>>>I won't be attending national convention this year, because I found out 
>>>on 6/21 that I have an unusual cancer called a sarcoma.  Being me, it 
>>>would figure that this particular cancer is quite rare, even among other 
>>>sarcomas.  The good news is that there is no metastasis (spreading to 
>>>other organs) which is one of those things that cause them to start 
>>>giving you survival statistics.
>>>
>>>The other bit of good news is that being the rare sort of cancer that it 
>>>is, it's located in fat tissue.  Even though it's a 7 cm tumor of what 
>>>they call intermediate grade, because it hasn't spread it's not the kind 
>>>of thing that would become life-threatening with modern cancer treatment.
>>>
>>>Being in fat tissue, obviously there will be surgery to remove the tumor 
>>>and some surrounding healthy fat tissue.  There will probably be 
>>>radiation and a pretty good chance of chemotherapy as well.  People react 
>>>to these differently, but aside from my weight I'm actually very healthy, 
>>>which works in my favor.  (I did of course suggest that the doctors could 
>>>remove extra fat tissue during the surgery, you know, just to make sure 
>>>they got it all!)
>>>
>>>The question remaining is what order do we do the things that we are 
>>>likely to do?  Emerging research says that chemo before surgery might 
>>>give me a lower chance of recurrence in the future, but the chance might 
>>>already be so low that giving me some relief might be in order.
>>>
>>>I see a medical oncologist tomorrow after OHSU's sarcoma conference meets 
>>>to discuss cases like mine.  My surgical oncologist has already consulted 
>>>at least one other sarcoma specialist from Baltimore.  So really, I have 
>>>a team of experts in this kind of cancer treating me, and they are 
>>>consulting with other teams.
>>>
>>>Even so, this is pretty serious, so I welcome your prayers.  I'll miss 
>>>you guys (and the wardrobe update of blindness-related T-shirts of 
>>>course! *grin*
>>>
>>>Joseph
>>>
>>>
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