This week been a rough one, especially for Julie. A persistent cough and trouble breathing was diagnosed as cancer on Tuesday. Even worse, it turned out as a very aggressive form of breast cancer that has already spread to her lungs and liver. In a week with too much bad news, her brain and heart turned out to be free of detectable tumors. They will check her bones next week.
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Robert,
Thanks for letting us know. We will keep Julie in our prayers. My mom has had breast cancer for the past 1 ½ years. It spread to her liver, lungs and spine. They gave her radiation for the tumor on her spine. For the breast cancer, she has been on drugs designed to starve the breast cancer cells. Seems hers were feeding on the hormones in her body and one way to attack them is to eliminate the hormones and starve the cancer cells. The down side of this treatment is that all of her joints are in extreme pain due to lack of hormones for strength and lubrication – kind of like severe arthritis. So she’s also on extreme pain medication. The up side is that she’s still with us and the recent scans showed no growth of the cancer cells. They still haven’t been reduced though.
I know Julie is a tough lady. Don’t give up – she won’t. Keep checking out treatments.
I’m glad to hear the girls are helping out. Julie will need lots of rest to handle the chemo.
Please tell her we say hi and keep us updated.
Take care,
Cindy
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Subject: Tough Weak .... Julie Has Cancer
Friends, Family, et al
I don't know any easy way to say this ... and I am not much one for sugar coating something. We got really rotten news this week.
This week been a rough one, especially for Julie. A persistent cough and trouble breathing was diagnosed as cancer on Tuesday. Even worse, it turned out as a very aggressive form of breast cancer that has already spread to her lungs and liver. In a week with too much bad news, her brain and heart turned out to be free of detectable tumors. They will check her bones next week.
Julie had her first chemotherapy on Wednesday night. It was tough for Julie ... sick and in pain. But, Julie, through it all, stayed positive and managed to comfort everyone. I was humbled by her grace in handling it all. The girls are home for the holidays. Allison is going to finish her second summer session since UPenn already got their $5K per course fee. Olesia dropped out of her statistics class. She was not really "in-to-it" anyway. Allison and Olesia tried hard to clean the place up. I watered all of Julie's flowers, wished for rain, and wrote a sad poem. Allison has been scrubbing our house down from top to bottom so Julie wouldn't have to do it .. Olesia helped some. It is a lot of them to absorb.
Best case, it is going to be tough for the rest of this year. Julie is scheduled to take chemotherapy once a week for three months. They will then check to see how the tumors are doing and if good, put her on some maintenance chemo ... No cure has been promised, good news will be if the cancer is held in check for a while. The doctor said that he has one patient that has made it six years. Julie said she would like to see Allison get a real job and to see Olesia graduate. I am starting back trying to work on Monday. Getting my concentration back is my small challenge.
Thanks for all the kind words and support for those of you that have already heard and helped this week.
Robert, Allison, and Olesia
P.S. Ashton, our son (a Jack Russel), knowing something was wrong, refused to sleep in our (Julie, Robert and Ashton's) bed this week. Instead he slept in his dog house outside and refused for the most part to eat. He just moaped around the back yard and laid by himself in the shade of our tree. He showered Julie with kisses when she came home today and then slept beside her for awhile. He said it better than the rest of us how much we missed Julie this week.
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It's sad news when someone we love so much is confronted with news such as this. Ginny and I will pray for Julie and for you and your family. If you ever want to talk, I'm in London but you can reach me on my USA mobile (1-865-789-9619) anytime.
Highest regards,
Rick
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Subject: Tough Weak .... Julie Has Cancer
This week been a rough one, especially for Julie. A persistent cough and trouble breathing was diagnosed as cancer on Tuesday. Even worse, it turned out as a very aggressive form of breast cancer that has already spread to her lungs and liver. In a week with too much bad news, her brain and heart turned out to be free of detectable tumors. They will check her bones next week.
I can't express in words how much my heart goes out to all of you at this time. I can't imagine how hard this must be for all of you. My thoughts and prayers will be with you.
Shari
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