Prayers and support needed

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Hi all! I have been reading but not posting. I want you all to

know I am thinking about you but I am pretty stressed out.

First...It seems like my life never gets on that even keel and stays

there...I wish it would just even out and stop there for a while but

it doesn't. It seems lately(the last couple years) it has been

pouring on me continually. I keep seeing that sun at the end of the

rainbow but it is so far away and keeps moving farther away.

I need prayers for my Father. After I visited him in June for a

surprise Father's Day Gift to him, he went to the doctors because he

was losing his memory. He thought - maybe the beginning of

alzheimers or maybe he was having those little strokes(he had dizzy

spells and he has high blood pressure)...but it was none of those...

He has a brain tumor and it has been diagnosed as cancerous. It is

in an area of the brain that is inoperable. They have told him that

he will be able to have radiation treatments and that they hope to

be able to get rid of the tumor with that but ... he may never

regain his memory.

At this time, he can't drive, he can't dial a telephone(he sees the

numbers but when he goes to push that number he can't seem to be

able to push the right one)(he thinks he is pushing the 5 for

example and sometimes he hits it but most times he hits one of the

other numbers)...

He wants to move back to his home in Florida but at the present time

the doctors won't let him go. My brother says the doctors that he

is seeing in NY are better then the ones in Florida and that he will

get better care but I know he wants to go back to what he considers

home. He is living in a Camp Ground on Conesus lake at the present

time in a small travel trailer.(the trailer is very pretty and set

up very nicely) The weather has been terrible so he hasn't been

enjoying himself by being able to go out on the lake with his boat.

He is going to sell his trailer and boat because he doesn't think he

will ever be able to enjoy them again.

He sounds so scared and was feeling very sorry for himself. The last

time we spoke he said he was going to try to stop but I can't blame

him. He knows that something is wrong...and is able to tell you

that but he doesn't know if it can be corrected. I would be scared

too I told him but heck Dad you can forget all the things you don't

want to do now and get away with it...I told him - heck - you can

forget who Doris is if you want to(Doris is his 2nd wife)...

He remembered me the other day when we talked but he didn't remember

that I had been to visit him in June. He doesn't want me to come to

NY as that would make him feel worse he says. So for now, I am just

praying for him here in Oklahoma and hoping that the radiation will

get rid of the tumor and that his memory will come back. He is 76

and has a very good life. He has never been seriously ill in his

life. He has worked hard his entire life and is comfortable but not

anywhere near rich but not financially strapped either.

I need your prayers for him. I know how powerful prayer can be and

I want him to be comfortable for the rest of his life here on

earth. I know the prayers from this group are wonderful and not

ignored. I thank you in advance and am saying prayers of gratitude

for your help and support.

God bless,

Althea