Hang in there, Deborah.  You are often in my thoughts and prayers.

Carole

-----Original Message-----
From: Deborah Setzer <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Monday, August 19, 2002 7:25 AM
Subject: Progress Report #1


>I can't begin to thank everyone for your generous support, encouragement
and
>prayers.  We made it here to Long Island last night.  My head hurt so bad I
>was in tears.  We went to the Ronald McDonald house where we were told to
go
>and they told us that we would be staying at Variety House instead.
Variety
>House is a part of children's charities and is across the street from North
>Shore Jewish Hospital.
>
>Robert is already over at the doctors office.  He is showing them my
medical
>reports on the positive CA 125.  If it weren't for the fact that I lost
both
>my aunt and grandmother to ovarian cancer, and the fact that I have been so
>very careful to have the test every year, this could easily be shucked off
>by me as a false positive result.
>
>But, since in my own infectious disease doctors words, I do have the
>propensity to BE the odds....... well, you can guess from here.
>
>Robert also promised me that he would work out something with the doctors
>this morning about putting in a central line or a picc line since my veins
>are completely shot from the other 4 hospitalizations and that is one of my
>greatest phobia's at this time... being repeatedly tortured by needles.
>
>I still don't have any more knowledge about why I have been rushed in so
>quickly.  Edith gave me great answers on the phone to that one yesterday
and
>I need to extend her the biggest hug.
>
>Both of us would also like to thank Kathleen, Joan H., Rayilyn and Edith
for
>the supportive phone calls.  It really has helped me tremendously.  The
>notes that others of you have sent are all saved in a file so that when I
am
>up to it, in the hospital, I can read them over and over.
>
>Well, that's is for now.  I just wanted to check in and let you know we
made
>it safely and my tests begin, 32 tests to be exact, in just a few hours.
>
>Hugs and Warm Fuzzies,
>Deborah aka Tenacity
>But for the Grace of God, Go I!
>
>
>
>_________________________________________________________________
>Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com
>
>----------------------------------------------------------------------
>To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to:
mailto:[log in to unmask]
>In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn
>

----------------------------------------------------------------------
To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask]
In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn