[nfb-talk] More bad news: Round 2

[Sarah Baughn]

Joseeph, my blog centers around my feelings about cancer, and it is the 
companion to a support group I hope to be able to form someday.
Sarah
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "T. Joseph Carter" <carter.tjoseph at gmail.com>
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Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2011 6:53 AM
Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] More bad news: Round 2


> Thanks Sarah and everybody,
>
> I actually have been blogging over at http://spiritsubstance.com/ since 
> this whole thing began.  (Allergy warning: May contain God.)
>
> I didn’t include a link with my original message because, although I am a 
> blind person fighting cancer, the blog isn’t really about the blindness. 
> It actually isn’t even about the cancer, really.  It’s more about what I’ve 
> been learning in the process about myself, about life, and about the world 
> around me.
>
> I looked around last year and never really found anything quite like it, 
> so I started writing.  I don’t know if it’s ever really helped anyone, and 
> I’ve never gotten any comments on any of it before, but I’ve also never 
> really promoted the blog either.
>
> I’m certainly up for reading another with a Christian focus, though!  My 
> address on this email is a Google account.
>
> Joseph
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 07:47:19AM -0800,  Sarah Baughn wrote:
>>Joseph, I am praying for you.  I have started a blog wihch will later be 
>>the companion to a support group which I hope to expand and make global in 
>>the future.  The support system is called Frees, which stands for Friends 
>>and Relatives Encouraging Survivors.  It is a Christ-centered system, and 
>>if you have a Google account, you can read the blog, and if you give me 
>>the email address to send it to, I will send you an invite which will 
>>allow you to become an author of the blog, and let you post entries. 
>>Check out the blog, which was formed just yesterday, so there won't be 
>>much there yet.  It's at http://freesgroup.blogspot.com.  Dave, I am sorry 
>>this is so long, but I felt it was important.
>>Sarah
>>----- Original Message ----- From: "T. Joseph Carter" 
>><carter.tjoseph at gmail.com>
>>To: "NFB Talk Mailing List" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>Sent: Friday, January 28, 2011 2:55 AM
>>Subject: [nfb-talk] More bad news: Round 2
>>
>>
>>>Hey everyone,
>>>
>>>Three weeks ago I felt some pain in my leg, the opposite side from the 
>>>tumor in my back/side.  A scan showed something very small, but 
>>>definitely solid.  The doctor removed it and did a biopsy, given my 
>>>history. Preliminarily, it looked like another sarcoma, so they cut some 
>>>margin tissue out as well.  It was so small that a week later, I’ve all 
>>>but recovered from the surgery.
>>>
>>>I’ve waited to write to everyone until the pathology report came back, 
>>>and it did tonight.  It was a sarcoma, and the margins are clear.  This 
>>>will mean another round of radiation, and I suspect I’ll be told Tuesday 
>>>that chemotherapy is not considered optional this time around.
>>>
>>>The last time around, my whole life was put on hold for several months. 
>>>That was mostly because I was still recovering from surgery during the 
>>>radiation.  I don’t know how I’ll react to chemotherapy, but I’m told 
>>>that generally it isn’t going to be pleasant.
>>>
>>>Metastasized soft tissue sarcomas have a statistically high mortality 
>>>rate.  One study says 73% within six years.  They are considered to be 
>>>stage 4, but people can and do survive them.  My lungs were clear in 
>>>October; it’s a good sign if they still are.  And though we cannot prove 
>>>the negative, it is possible that this new tumor resulted either from 
>>>metastasis of the original to this and only this location, or that it is 
>>>what they call a second primary tumor.  Either of those make the clear 
>>>margins very important.
>>>
>>>We’ll know more after Tuesday, hopefully.  I’m praying for the best, and 
>>>would welcome prayers from others as well.
>>>
>>>Thanks everyone,
>>>
>>>Joseph
>>>
>>>
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