Re: Re: Our friend Glo

[Guest guest]

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Thank you so much for the update on Glo. I never got

to meet her but did read some of her posts. My heart

was heavy when I heard about the cancer. My thoughts

have often drifted to her and can understand the

feelings of her family as we just found out Saturday

that my 19 year old son is HIV postive. My heart is

breaking and I only think about Glo's last message to

this group. I hope I can face this with half the grace

and optimisim she is facing her challenges with.

Please let her know she made such an impact on me.

Thank her from the bottom of my heart and my thoughts

continue to be with her. Taking courage from

Glo, Angel

--- Brown sbrown@...> wrote:

> , thanks so much for the update on Glo. She

> and her family are

> in my prayers.

> B., SC

>

>

> > I talked to Glo yesterday and she is having her

> surgery on May

> 21st. They will remove the entire thyroid and

> follow it up with

> radioactive iodine treatment to make sure they get

> it all. They will

> wait to see if that works before they go ahead with

> any other options

> such as chemo. She is on-line researching

> everything she can find

> out about her condition. She sounds pretty upbeat

> but doesn't she

> always. Dave was doing the laundry while she was

> talking to me. She

> has a great husband and support up the wazoo. Her 2

> youngest kids do

> not understand how serious the situation is but her

> oldest son

> is not doing very well with it. I sure know how I

> would feel in his

> shoes. With the involvement of her lymph nodes and

> the cancer spread

> into her chest cavity it is going to be a long hard

> battle to fight.

> I pray that she has enough strength to win this

> battle.

> > Once I worked for the American Cancer Society, and

> one of the

> patients we helped told me one day, " Don't you ever

> worry about

> losing weight, honey, I weighed 300 pounds before I

> got cancer and if

> I had not have had that extra weight I would never

> have survived " . I

> told that story to Glo and she laughed and said

> " Well, I just might

> make it to the cover of people magazine as the

> skinniest fat chick

> with cancer. " She asked me how I was doing, and I

> hesitated to tell

> her how much weight I had lost as I did not want to

> rub it in that I

> got my surgery and she did not(supposed to have her

> WLS the day after

> mine) but she persisted and changed the subject back

> to me

> everytime. She was very happy for me.

> > I just love this woman. She is a once in a life

> time find. I met

> her on-line during our research mode and have been

> in contact

> steady. I pray that God will keep her in the palm

> of His hand and

> keep her safe.

> > Just thought I would update you on what is going

> on. I will let

> you know next month after her surgery is over.

> > Viau

>

>

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