| T O P I C R E V I E W |
| suzyhomemaker |
Posted - Mar 28 2008 : 2:59:32 PM
Hi, ladies. I am feeling a bit blue her right now.
I saw a reiki worker, and I felt things move out of me. unfortunately, the spot is still there on the liver. I am making choices soon about treatment options.
I spoke with my Medical Oncologist. I want to try the drug Avastin. It is being used in many trials on all sorts of tumors with some promising results. What they offer me now is known not to be very effective (how's three extra months with very little quality of life sound to you?) Needless to say I am willing to try Avastin and see how it works for me. There are studies that say it works a bit better with conventional chemotherapy, but I am thinking of just trying it by itself.
Hopefully, I will have very little side effects and can be a "normal" mom with my kids this summer. I just really want to be present and camp with them, sew, sit in the sun, walk outside, play a bit i nthe garden.
Just feeling like I need some prayers and hugs from all of you this weekend. I am so tired of depressing Friday news.
Country girl in NE PA |
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| blueroses |
Posted - Apr 03 2008 : 10:27:04 AM
Clare,
I'm praying for you.
"You cannot find peace...by avoiding life."
Virginia Woolfe |
| jpbluesky |
Posted - Apr 03 2008 : 06:41:57 AM
Clare - continuing to pray for you. So glad you are doing the juicing and dietary things. I think they make a hug difference in healing. Love you girl!
Farmgirl Sister # 31
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| therusticcottage |
Posted - Apr 03 2008 : 12:08:47 AM
Clare - you are at the top of my prayer list and I am on my knees before the Lord on your behalf. I pray that He will give you the guidance you need to make the best decision, I am praying for your healing, and asking for strength and courage for you and your family. We all love you so much and are so inspired by you! {{{hugs}}}
Kay
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| sunshine |
Posted - Apr 02 2008 : 5:38:11 PM
hugs from me and the girls we love you
have a lovely day and may God bless you and keep you safe
Farmgirl Sister #115
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| Past Blessings |
Posted - Apr 02 2008 : 2:51:32 PM
Clare,
My love and prayers are with you. What a special and inspiring woman you are.
Hugs & blessings,
Brenda
Past Blessings . . . Celebrating Life as it used to be . . . when people loved God, loved their families and loved their country. |
| napafarmhouse1885 |
Posted - Apr 01 2008 : 6:36:35 PM
lots of hugs and lots of prayers from a farmgirl in napa!
best,
napafarmhouse1885
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe |
| Tina Michelle |
Posted - Apr 01 2008 : 10:15:59 AM
hugs and prayers to you.
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| nut4fabric |
Posted - Apr 01 2008 : 09:25:19 AM
Clare You are always in my prayers, I will be saying extra ones today!!!! Stay positive!
Hugs, Kathy |
| amyartgirl |
Posted - Apr 01 2008 : 08:37:25 AM
Clare....Continued love, prayers and many hugs being sent out your way. I hope that this medicine you are going to try works for you along with your whole foods healing diet and the Reki. What a blessing to go and do the important fun things with your family.
Farmgirl Sister #21
Heart of Ohio Farmgirls
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| Marybeth |
Posted - Apr 01 2008 : 08:17:00 AM
Clare, my thoughts and prayers are with you in this fight. MB
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"Life may not be the party we hoped for...but while we are here we might as well dance!" |
| Meg |
Posted - Apr 01 2008 : 07:44:08 AM
Clare,
Sending a big long hug your way.
farmgirl love,
MaryJane's daughter,
Meg
megan@maryjanesfarm.org |
| junkjunkie |
Posted - Apr 01 2008 : 06:57:46 AM
Clare, You are in my thoughts and I'm sending healing prayers your way. Stay strong....you have a lot of support. Judy
"To have life in focus, we must have death in our field of vision." Benedictine monk John Main |
| Annika |
Posted - Apr 01 2008 : 06:20:43 AM
Clare, prayers and more hugs. One more farm sister joining the circle. We will be here no matter what. You are in my thoughts and prayers always.
Annika
Farmgirl sister #13
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| Miss Bee Haven |
Posted - Apr 01 2008 : 05:30:10 AM
Another voice in the chorus of prayers, another pair of hands in the circle around you.
Farmgirl Sister #50
"If you think you've got it nailed down, then what's all that around it?"
'Br.Dave Gardner' |
| KYgurlsrbest |
Posted - Mar 31 2008 : 8:23:17 PM
Clare, thinking of you daily and praying for your strength, and a "chin up". I know, I KNOW, it's difficult, but know that while we are all of us spread all over this country, our thoughts are right there with you each and every morn, noon and night.
Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian.
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| Alee |
Posted - Mar 31 2008 : 8:15:22 PM
Oh Clare! You are such an inspiration! I will keep praying and thinking of/for you.
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
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| Firemama |
Posted - Mar 31 2008 : 8:12:28 PM
Clare I have to tell you, you dont know me from Adam, but I have been praying for you EVERY day. You have so much courage, and you amaze me. I am thinking of you !!
Mama to 2
FarmGirl# 20
Rich or Poor, It Dont matter We're all the same everybodys hungry in a different way....
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| nubidane |
Posted - Mar 31 2008 : 7:56:47 PM
Clare
What can I say?? You absolutely amaze me. You are in my thoughts & prayers every day & although I do not know you.. you are my sister. God Bless You, your precious family & your truly blessed life. Your Farmgirl Sister..Lisa |
| suzyhomemaker |
Posted - Mar 31 2008 : 1:27:54 PM
Tomorrow I meet with the medical oncologist. She mailed me research to review. The traditional choice of cisplatin generally extends life by three months. There are three reported cases of long term survival of recurrent cervical cancer.
The Avastin slowed progression, but it did not improve overall life expectancy. However, those ladies had already had three rounds of serious chemotherapy.
I really would just like a surgery to remove spot from liver and then do Avastin for a bit to see what happens. The doctors are not keen on surgery as they feel it will recur somewhere else anyway (like lung)
I keep praying for the miracle of healing for my body. I keep seeing it immersed in blue healing light. I keep up my affirmations. When I weaken and worry, I then ask God to forgive me and give me back all the energy I lost to worrying about this situation.
I am doing the whole foods and juicing thing. I am also doing supplements and more herbs and more liver support herbs. I am sewing as much as possible while kids are at school. I finished a bed quilt for my son and dropped it off to the machine quilter's home yesterday. I picked up my finished Fall Swap Quilt. She did an all over meander on it. I am now handstitching the binding to the back and will add a label with all you ladies names when that is done. I have mroe blocks from swaps waiting to be put together next. It feels good to hold pieces from all of you in my hands. As I work I think and pray for each of you and ask for your love to fill these quilts. Quilts are my legacy to my kids. Most are not too fancy, but all are filled with love.
I treasure the blanket from MaryJane and my two quilts from you ladies. I lay under them each day. I can't tell you how much love is filling me when I pray and meditate under those. You have all been so good to me. Thank you.
Ok, so now every morning I wake and tell God "Thank you for another day with my family. Please give me the grace to be loving and kind and make a difference today." Of course I pray for healing and for God's will to be aligned with mine, but I know God is taking care of it all. I'm doing my part to make a difference in this situation and that is some comfort.
So please pray for me tomorrow, to hear God's direction on which option to persue for overall quality of life and health. Thanks. Thanks for always being ehre for me.
Country girl in NE PA |
| Lainey |
Posted - Mar 30 2008 : 8:42:25 PM
Clare, I'm still praying for you here. I'm sending more warm thoughts and hugs your way.
(((Hugs)))
Farmgirl Sister #25
http://countrygirldreams.blogspot.com/ |
| corporatefarmgirl |
Posted - Mar 30 2008 : 09:44:19 AM
Clare lots of hugs and prayers are being sent your way. Follow your heart and your spirit on all things.
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| Phils Ann |
Posted - Mar 30 2008 : 05:22:23 AM
Clare, You are daily in my prayers. I agree that you should do what seems right for you. Peace to you as you continue to fight...
Ann
Sairy Hill Thicket
There is a Redeemer. |
| nashbabe |
Posted - Mar 30 2008 : 05:21:46 AM
(((((((Clare)))))))
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| CountryBorn |
Posted - Mar 29 2008 : 1:37:17 PM
Clare, I would try the Avastin too if I were you. I pray so for you every day. I pray for your good health to return and for you to be able to have the life you want with your family. When it comes right down to it, it is always the simple things in life that we treasure most isn't it. I pray that not only will you have the sumnmer you so wish for, but many more summers to come.
Love and prayers, Mary Jane
There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different from the things we do. Freya Stark |
| mennonite farm girl |
Posted - Mar 29 2008 : 1:10:21 PM
Dearest Clare,
May God hold you so close that all of HIS healing powers go inside of you and take care of your health needs. I just sent a prayer to HIM for you.
Ruby
Mennonite farm girl
www.homemadestitches.com |
