Congratulations, Kathy. This is wonderful news. Cathy Kathy Kunz wrote: > Hi All--- > > This is just to let all and sundry (hey, Bonnie--who's this sundry fellow?) > that as of Jan. 26, 2000, yours truly has been diagnosed as CANCER FREE. > Second look surgery performed that day, consisting of a laparotomy to > inspect one area on diaphragm and larger incision to collect 50 other > biopsies and washings showed negative findings on all counts. Granted, this > gets me up only to the 50% group (50 % sttill free after 5 years) but I'll > take it. The doc is happy with it because he says, all along, everything > went better than he thought it would, boding well for the future. > > I want to thank everyone again for all the prayers, kind thoughts and > expressions of concern. With support like that, I could face my weight in > tigers, and speaking of weight, I have to pare off about 10 lbs. of "build > yourself up" that they recommended during chemo--never did get nauseated, > never lost my appetite. Au contraire! And sitting here taking 750 messages > off yesterday and today is not aerobic. But it's great to be back. > > Kathy Kunz > mailto:[log in to unmask]