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<p>

“Changing lives through fun and physical fitness
Fran Mason, MD, is an oncologist on a mission to shape the way survivors cope.”</p>

<p>“Empowerment through fitness and fun,” is what Fran Mason, MD, and the group at Rocky Mountain Team Survivor in Boulder, Colo., strive to provide for the 500 women cancer survivors in their program.</p>

<p>For over a decade, Rocky Mountain Team Survivor, an affiliate of the National Association of Team Survivor, has given these women a sense of control in an otherwise powerless struggle by offering physical fitness programs and activities at any stage of cancer, cancer recovery or survivorship.</p>

<p>“Team Survivor promotes participation in physical fitness and fun activities. Our signature event, and the signature event for many of the Team Survivor groups, is the Danskin Triathlon,” Mason, medical director of the cancer survivorship program at Pinnacle Center, Boulder, and Rocky Mountain Team Survivor Board Member, told HemOnc Today.</p>

<p>Participants are assisted in the training process and during the triathlon; ‘swim angels’ are available in the water to help.</p>

<p>“We have about 175 survivors who all swim, bike, run and cross that finish line,” she said. “If you put your foot on the starting line, you’re going to make it to the finish line.”</p>

<p>Mason, a board certified medical oncologist, began her physical fitness advocacy in Colorado in the 1990s when she realized how beneficial exercise programs were to her patients. While working part-time in a cancer center, Mason spent the rest of her time lecturing to physicians, nurses, physical therapists, patients and advocacy groups about cancer and fitness.</p>

<p>“I began doing some physical fitness for myself, and then I started applying it among my patients by encouraging them to be more active, to gain the benefits of training, to learn to use a heart rate monitor and to monitor their training progress. I became increasingly dedicated to promoting fitness in a hands-on way as a doctor,” she said.</p>

<p>Despite medically practiced beliefs about the detriments of physical fitness on the health of patients diagnosed with or recovering from cancer, Mason continued to work to change that paradigm in the professional arena. Working with a physiologist and a physical therapist, Mason developed and instructed a class at the University of Colorado called The Clinical Exercise where students were taught the therapeutic benefits of fitness in a clinical setting. Using their hands-on knowledge and experience, the group moved to a clinic to help patients recovering from cancer therapy become strong and regain energy.</p>

<p>Mason and her group performed original research and presented two papers at the American College of Sports Medicine, one that confirmed the benefit of resistance training in patients recovering from chemotherapy and a second that reported a suitable exercise program for patients with stage-IV advanced cancers.</p>

<p>At their clinic, Mason and her group work with patients recovering from cancer therapies to design individualized exercise programs to suit their needs, whether that included resistance training, flexibility or balance training.</p>

<p>“I try to do things that are fun for patients and that make them feel better. My clinic is full of laughter. It is not full of tragic stories, but instead full of people really working hard but having a good time,” she said. “There is really good data and evidence that show that for patients recovering from cancer therapy, a supervised exercise program can lead to improved self esteem, which is really important because it is their body that has let them down in the first place.”</p>

<p>Improving quality of life</p>

<p>Rocky Mountain Team Survivor coincides with the efforts Mason works toward every day in her clinic, but according to her, they go beyond her team’s work.</p>

<p>“Team Survivor is an extension of my work; what I do in my practice is really much more for people acutely going through their treatments or getting better. The Team Survivor group goes beyond that for people who are, essentially, anywhere with their cancer survivorship; they’ve done some incredible things.”</p>

<p>The survivors participate in weekly hikes, snowshoeing outings, yoga classes and weekly gym nights at a local clinic with a volunteer physical therapist. The organization has also teamed up with local survivorship organizations such as Casting for a Cure, a lottery-drawn fly fishing program for women survivors, and the Colorado Therapeutic Riding Center, an equestrian program where three-quarters of the volunteers are survivors themselves.</p>

<p>“These are activities that seem to be suitable for almost everyone, and the women in the horse class told me, ‘I’ve gotten more out of working with these other cancer survivors and horseback riding than I could’ve ever gotten out of sitting in a support group,’” Mason said. “So that is the concept behind Team Survivor — to really encourage participation and healing through physical fitness.”</p>

<p>A perfect example of how much survivors can achieve is Rocky Mountain Team Survivor board member, Diane Groff. Groff is a two-time cancer survivor who has competed in every Danskin Triathlon in one season. She will receive the 2007 Inspiration Award at the 34th Annual Sports Women of Colorado award ceremony in March.</p>

<p>“This is statewide recognition for cancer survivorship and how far you can take that,” Mason said. “We’re not Lance Armstrong here, but by golly, we can do things and inspire other women, and men too, to reach the highest heights.”

</p>

<p>[HemOnc</a> Today](<a href=“Hematology & Oncology News - Healio”>Hematology & Oncology News - Healio)</p>

[epistrophy]

<p>another (very unusual) lung cancer “survivor”</p>

<p>

“Collie’s little battler finally gets his wish”</p>

<p>SHOWING off his new Yamaha Pee Wee 50 bike, energetic six year old Taj Chappell looks the picture of health.</p>

<p>However it was less than six years ago, at just five and a half months, he was fighting lung cancer.</p>

<p>Taj was only the second baby in Australia with the condition and there have been just 52 cases reported in the world.</p>

<p>At Princess Margaret Hospital in Perth, a 15cm x 12cm tumour was removed from his right lung.</p>

<p>Even after undergoing nine months of chemotherapy, the battle was not over.</p>

<p>Following three months of remission, he contracted meningococcal disease. Taj’s mother Melissa said he was not expected to live, but Taj pulled through and amazingly made a full recovery.</p>

<p>Now he does not even remember being sick.</p>

<p>Ms Chappell said it was sad to watch her child do things for the first time in hospital, including enjoying his first Christmas and sitting up, rather than at home.</p>

<p>During Taj’s chemotherapy, Ms Chappell and her other son Mako stayed at Ronald McDonald house.</p>

<p>“It’s good they had it for country people,” she said.</p>

<p>She described Mako as her rock during this trying time.</p>

<p>He attended school at the hospital and both he and Melissa were not allowed to be around other people, to prevent the risk of bringing outside germs into Taj.</p>

<p>“Even a common cold could have killed him,” she said.</p>

<p>Taj is the only survivor from the group of children who were living at the house at the time.</p>

<p>Melissa said since he had been sick she had made a habit of donating to cancer wards.</p>

<p>The family has been invited to visit America in August to take part in studies and meet the families of other children living with cancer.</p>

<p>While Taj has to have check ups every six months, he has now been in remission for four and a half years.</p>

<p>The Make a Wish Foundation, represented by Marissa Curley and Sharon Kerber, along with Warpress workers, presented Taj with his new bike last Thursday at a woodchip mill in Bunbury.</p>

<p>Ms Chappell said the bike was hidden in a truck for him to find.</p>

<p>She said Taj received a gift box from the foundation as a baby and his full wish was left until he was six so he could work out what he wanted.</p>

<p>While he was too young to receive his first wish of seeing wrestlers in America, a wrestling man toy sitting on the bike and a wrestling birthday cake were welcome surprises.</p>

<p>Warpress workers, who frequently fundraise for the Make a Wish Foundation, were able to watch Taj receive his wish.</p>

<p>This was the first time they had been able to witness a wish being granted.</p>

<p>“It was sweet to see the smiles on the men’s faces as they watched him,” Ms Chappell said.</p>

<p>The year one Wilson Park Primary School student is now looking forward to getting in lots of practice on his new motorbike and starting football this year.

</p>

<p>[Collie’s</a> little battler finally gets his wish - Local - General - Collie Mail](<a href=“http://collie.yourguide.com.au/news/local/general/collies-little-battler-finally-gets-his-wish/1216032.html]Collie’s”>http://collie.yourguide.com.au/news/local/general/collies-little-battler-finally-gets-his-wish/1216032.html)</p>

[tobia_e]

<p>Runners (and cancer survivors!):</p>

<p>Two on Lance Armstrong:
[Lance</a> On The Run](<a href=“http://www.runnersworld.com/article/0,7120,s6-243-297--10701-0,00.html]Lance”>http://www.runnersworld.com/article/0,7120,s6-243-297--10701-0,00.html)
[Lance</a> Runs NYC Recap](<a href=“http://www.runnersworld.com/article/0,7120,s6-243-297--11422-0,00.html]Lance”>http://www.runnersworld.com/article/0,7120,s6-243-297--11422-0,00.html)</p>

<p>One on an osteosarcoma survivor (and amputee)
[Find</a> Out How To Raise Money For Amy Jensen from Runner’s World.com](<a href=“http://www.runnersworld.com/article/0,7120,s6-243-297--12494-0,00.html]Find”>http://www.runnersworld.com/article/0,7120,s6-243-297--12494-0,00.html)</p>

<p>One on a breast cancer survivor who inspires other survivors to run as well:
[Active</a> Recovery](<a href=“http://www.runnersworld.com/article/0,7120,s6-243-297--8824-0,00.html]Active”>http://www.runnersworld.com/article/0,7120,s6-243-297--8824-0,00.html)</p>

<p>You ought be on that site, LTS.:)</p>

[ADad]

<p>LTS: Can you sing? :)</p>

<p>

Denise Desimone isn’t a professional singer but has a beautiful voice. Two years ago, that voice was silenced by throat cancer and she wasn’t given much of a chance to live. Saturday night [July 2007] she will show us the power of positive thinking by singing the national anthem at Fenway.

</p>

<p>[wbztv.com</a> - Cancer Survivor Defies Odds To Sing At Fenway](<a href=“http://wbztv.com/local/Fenway.Park.Cancer.2.588428.html]wbztv.com”>CBS Boston - Breaking News, Sports, Weather, I-Team Investigations)</p>

<p>More at her personal website:</p>

<p>[Denise</a> DeSimone Home](<a href=“http://www.denisedesimone.com/index.html]Denise”>http://www.denisedesimone.com/index.html)</p>

[epistrophy]

<p>another haiku by Issa (1763-1828 [not 1872, as I mistyped on some earlier posts]), with accompanying commentary</p>

<p>

that they’re no good at dying
again can be seen…
cherry blossoms</p>

<p>The word “again” (mata) suggests that this is something Issa sees every spring: cherry blossoms blooming and scattering. Like everyone else, the blossoms cling to life. They do not “go gentle into that good night.”

</p>

<p>[Haiku</a> of Kobayashi Issa](<a href=“http://haikuguy.com/issa/]Haiku”>Haiku of Kobayashi Issa)</p>

[dmd77]

<p>My husband (now 9 years out from his diagnosis with stage 4 non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma) also found hard exercise helped him deal with the treatment. He became a serious cyclist and finished a 108 mile ride 2 weeks after his last chemo. It definitely helps.</p>

<p>As for the steroids, they do mask pain, reduce inflammation, reduce the size of tumors, and reduce your need for sleep. Yep, you get moon face to go with them, but guess what the best treatment is for that? Hard exercise!</p>

<p>A friend of mine has a hereditary cancer–he’s had several surgeries for brain tumors–and takes 10 mg a day, every day, of prednisone (corticosteroid)–he finds he’s fine… as long as he gets his hour/day of cardio.</p>

[epistrophy]

<p>and another</p>

<p>

Yesterday I had a great time chatting about the film “The Bucket List” on a show called On Point hosted by Tom Ashbrook at WBUR, Boston’s NPR news station. There were two other inspiring guests and myself. Phillip Krone, 66 years-old political consultant. In 2005, he was diagnosed with gallbladder cancer. In 2006, came a diagnosis of liver cancer and he was given six months to a year to live. Judith Freedman, 59 years-old psychotherapist. In 2002, she was diagnosed with advanced lung cancer and given 6-10 months to live. Both of them have out lived their odds and are still going very strong. High five, hip shake!

</p>

<p>[Kris</a> Carr’s Crazy Sexy Blog!: The Bucket List](<a href=“http://crazysexycancer.blogspot.com/2008/01/bucket-list.html]Kris”>Kris Carr's Crazy Sexy Blog!: The Bucket List)</p>

<p>

To the Editor:</p>

<p>As an almost five-year survivor of advanced lung cancer, I was concerned to read about the 65-year-old businesswoman who decided against any treatment based on the prognosis for her disease. She indicated that since the treatment would be toxic and make her sick, she preferred to live out her last months without it, and she accomplished several important goals before she died 16 months after the diagnosis.</p>

<p>This is meant to be a good story, affirming the importance of dealing realistically with a bad prognosis. But I can only hope that this woman’s doctor also made it clear that he or she could not know for sure what would happen in the future and that even in lung cancer, new therapies are being used effectively to prolong life and to allow, as well, for quality of life.</p>

<p>Judith Freedman
New York

</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/13/science/13mlett.html[/url]”>http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/13/science/13mlett.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

[latetoschool]

<p>ADad, no, I cannot sing, lol, and I only typically do so in church where my voice is hidden with everyone else’s. Or perhaps along to something on my iPOD, but only when no one else is around… </p>

<p>dmd, thank you for that, steroids really, really confuse me. The more I try to understand them the worse it gets. For example, I do not understand how they can reduce inflammation yet cause it at the same time. Plus, clearly, it’s easy to get into a false sense of security here. Yesterday, I spent the entire day shopping - I ended up buying a lot of stuff - anyway, ten hours of shopping, then dinner out, I don’t think I sat down for ten minutes all day; this morning I am off to catch a plane and do three days of meetings, and I now wonder, this could actually have nothing to do with performance status at all, it could be that I am simply propelled forward by the 4 mg/day steroids??? Scary…</p>

[binx]

<p>LTS - Just in case you check this before you fly, I hope you have a wonderful trip. Sorry it didn’t work out to get together in DC; sounds like we picked the one day all year that you just didn’t have it in you. CountingDown was sick, too (hope you feel better CD!) so it was just me and MominVA. We had a nice lunch, great visit, quick tour of the Postal Museum. It is so fun having all these “instant friends” wherever I go. I hope you, LTS, will take advantage of these instant invisible friends wherever your trip might be taking you, if you should need them.</p>

<p>I don’t know when I’ll get back to DC, so am very disappointed to not have gotten the chance to meet up. Sorry to leave so many voice messages, but my signal kept going in and out and I was so afraid of missing your call!</p>

[mythmom]

<p>Haha. LTS: I take steroids for my asthma and I could absolutely not do that or a quarter of what you do. Steroids do help, but they can’t create a fit person out of an unfit one or a basically healthy person (yes I say this.) Unfortunately, it’s my disease that keeps me unfit. Obviously, yours doesn’t. </p>

<p>Brava!</p>

[sunnyflorida]

<p>LTS, 4 mg of steroids is not a high dose as steroid dosing goes. It’s definately enought for the fluid retention/wt gain, but at this does and length of use, it is NOT likely your “propellant.” It might have been in the first 2-3 days, but not likely at this point. So I think it really is your performance status, and what you find when you dig deep enough, rather than the steroids. And having a Sat with no WBR helps (I am guessing no treatment.) And since steroids themselves can have some anti-tumor activity, just shop again when you need to, and complete the treatment the doctors ordered. While shopping can be a chore, it can be fun! Best wishes for your meetings and presentation.</p>

[epistrophy]

<p>and another</p>

<p>

Sometimes cancer takes a long time to run its course, sometimes it strikes fast. Being told you have 30 days to live would be earth shattering for most people, but one man has turned it into a personal mission.</p>

<p>This year, about a half-million Americans are expected to die of cancer, That`s more than 1,500 people a day. And while most of them rely solely on medication, some believe that what is on the inside can make a huge difference.

"People need to hear this message," says Sally May, of Minot. "People need to hear that there`s hope, people need to know that they have choices and that can empower them to live well."</p>

<p>Cancer Recovery Foundation founder Greg Anderson was told that he had only 30 days to live when he was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer. That was over 20 years ago. Now he tours the country empowering people to live by the new cancer pyramid - medical, nutrition and exercise, attitude, support and spiritual, embracing the whole self.</p>

<p>“In addition to medicine, not in place of it, but in addition to medicine there are things you can do in terms of diet, certainly exercise, we believe that the mind affects the body, we also believe that our relationships have an impact on health,” Anderson says.</p>

<p>“If people aren<code>t willing to extend you hope and be a part of your betterment, then you need to readjust your team,” says Sandy Larson, a cancer survivor. “You need to do everything you can to help your spirit, your heart and your health grow. That</code>s important.”</p>

<p>Larson would know. A survivor of colon cancer, she fired her first doctor after he told her and her medical staff that she was going to die that day in the hospital. Now she is now a spokesperson for colon cancer and speaks to doctors on patient relations and working with the patient.</p>

<p>“Cancer does not have to equate with death,” says Rev. Michael Gingerich, of the Cancer Recovery Foundation. “You can survive this and the fact is that we all someday will leave this earth and we don`t know when or why or how, but no matter how much time we have no matter how short it is or how long it is in this life it is important to live it with hope, to live it with joy and to live it well.”</p>

<p>If you would like a copy of the Cancer Recovery Contract visit [Cancer</a> Recovery Foundation:](<a href=“http://www.cancerrecovery.org%5DCancer”>http://www.cancerrecovery.org)

</p>

<p>[KFYR-TV</a> North Dakota’s NBC News Leader](<a href=“http://www.kfyrtv.com/News_Stories.asp?news=17491]KFYR-TV”>http://www.kfyrtv.com/News_Stories.asp?news=17491)</p>

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<p>and another</p>

<p>

“God, family and golf: How Charles Perry defeated lung cancer”</p>

<p>When the Verizon Heritage rolled around last year, the rumbling voice of Charles Perry was silent. For the first time in 21 years, Perry was not there in his knickers, red coat and straw hat, announcing each player as he approached the 9th green.</p>

<p>A year ago, Perry had just been hit by news that makes the chase for a little white ball seem trivial. He had been told he had lung cancer.</p>

<p>As the giddy crowds swelled around the Harbour Town Clubhouse, Perry was in a stone-cold quiet room on the island’s north end, getting a full-blown chemotherapy treatment.</p>

<p>“I am not sure how many more days I can take of this,” he wrote in his diary. “It is depressing. In fact, just walking into the room and seeing eight to 10 people sitting there with deeply sad faces and taking chemo is not a happy sight.”</p>

<p>Those who know the born salesman won’t be surprised to hear what he did next. He sang them a song:</p>

<p>"I get so excited,</p>

<p>I get so excited,</p>

<p>I just can’t hide it</p>

<p>You know, you know</p>

<p>I’m gonna get me some mo’ chemo."</p>

<p>This week, after a year that’s a blur of doctor appointments, needles and nausea, Perry will be back at the 9th hole – announcing, not singing.</p>

<p>He calls it a miraculous gift from a good God.</p>

<p>He’s been through lung surgery, chemotherapy and radiation. He’s battled depression, low white blood cell counts, a violent reaction to chemotherapy that almost killed him, dizziness, a brain scan, loss of hearing, loss of energy, steroids, an endoscopy, a colonoscopy, hallucinations, anxiety attacks and enough side effects to fill a book of small print.</p>

<p>But he didn’t lose his hair, his humor, his voice – or his hope.</p>

<p>“In spite of all this, I am alive and kicking,” he told his diary. “My kick may not be as high or as fast as it used to be, but that happens even if you do not have lung cancer. I feel pretty good most of the time and I believe that I am going to be cancer-free. Jesus Christ is in my heart and soul and is with me always – so how can I lose? I cannot lose, only win.”</p>

<p>Perry started the journey by digging up statistics. He was told that someone his age with Stage 3b cancer has a 25 percent chance to live five years. But his thoracic surgeon, Dr. Carolyn E. Reed of the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, told him he didn’t need to know the prognosis for a complete recovery. She told him he’s a person, not a number.</p>

<p>“I don’t think about it,” Perry said last week. “You know it’s there, but you don’t think about it. If you really thought about it, you’d probably be depressed the whole time.”</p>

<p>Perry’s message is much different. Perry says that it is through his faith; his wife, Patsy; his family; his doctors and nurses; his Providence Presbyterian Church; prayer; and friends that he has made it all the way back to the 9th hole.</p>

<p>Over the past year, he recorded his experiences and feelings in great detail. He’s turned it into a 68-page booklet produced on his home computer: “My Journey With Lung Cancer.”</p>

<p>“I hope the booklet can do two things,” Perry said. “Document my experience and my witness for Christ, and maybe help people who are trying to quit smoking.”</p>

<p>Perry grew up in Winston-Salem, N.C., in an era when nobody questioned smoking. It was sophisticated and cool. In that time and place, non-smokers were almost considered unpatriotic. Perry smoked with great gusto for 50 years, until Jan. 31, 2007, the day before a patch of cancer that didn’t hurt and didn’t even seem real was removed from his lung on a surgeon’s table. He and Peggy, a daughter and son-in-law, all quit cold-turkey on the same day.</p>

<p>He recommends making God your partner in the effort.</p>

<p>“Make up your mind to quit smoking today,” he writes. “Tomorrow may be too late. Do it for yourself and discover the benefits you will derive from not smoking. Just keep on trying. Never, never, never, ever give up.”</p>

<p>Perry now goes in for check-ups every three months, and the doctors tell him things look good.</p>

<p>“They say I’m a cancer survivor,” he said.</p>

<p>He’s had a lot of time to reflect since the last Heritage tournament went on without him.</p>

<p>“I believe that God performs miracles every day,” he writes in his booklet. “And I believe it to be a miracle in what he has done for me, not just this experience, but all through my life.”</p>

<p>Then he recites Psalm 66, an appropriate one for the voice that was singing in the chemo room and is now ready to boom over the din around the 9th hole this week:</p>

<p>"Shout with joy to God, all the earth! Sing the glory of his name; make his praise glorious! Say to God, ‘How awesome are your deeds!’ "

</p>

<p>[islandpacket.com</a> | God, family and golf: How Charles Perry defeated lung cancer](<a href=“http://www.islandpacket.com/opinion/columns/thatsthat/story/304836.html]islandpacket.com”>http://www.islandpacket.com/opinion/columns/thatsthat/story/304836.html)</p>

[epistrophy]

<p>and another (haiku by Issa [1763-1828])</p>

<p>

a corrupt world
in its latter days…
but cherry blossoms!

</p>

<p>[Haiku</a> of Kobayashi Issa](<a href=“http://haikuguy.com/issa/index.html]Haiku”>Haiku of Kobayashi Issa)</p>

[4Giggles]

<p>LTS- you clearly have an unbelievable amount of energy! 4mg will not keep your energy at that level. Your body naturally makes about 7mg (I think) It also really should not give you moon face at that dosage. It will help keep up your appetite, so you may eat more which may put on some weight.</p>

<p>Feel Good!</p>

[mootmom]

<p>Just a reminder to visit the [Golf</a> Digest U.S. Open Contest](<a href=“http://www.gdopencontest.com%5DGolf”>http://www.gdopencontest.com) before April 30th and consider voting for John Atkinson. One vote per day. As of this moment, Atkinson’s total vote count (28673) leads his nearest competitor (9049) by a significant margin.</p>

[epistrophy]

<p>and another</p>

<p>

Elizabeth Hoffmann Milwaukee, WI</p>

<pre><code> I was diagnosed with lung cancer, Stage IIIA (had not metastasized) September, 2003 at age 37. I never smoked, nor was there any family history of lung cancer. Our home, of 15+ years tested at 8.6 pico-Curies [of radon] per liter. I underwent surgery to remove the mass and lower left lobe followed by chemotherapy and radiation. Treatments were completed March of 2004. I underwent regular blood and CT Scans every three months to monitor possible reoccurrence.

But, the cancer returned during the summer of 2006 in the form of fluid in my chest. I was getting out of breath easily and went to see my doctor. A chest X-ray showed fluid in my left chest cavity. I had over four liters of fluid and needed to stay in the hospital a few days over Labor Day weekend to drain the fluid. At that time I was told that I had “weeks or months to live.” A pleurex catheter was placed in my left side so I could be drained at home. I was told that it is rare that a pleurex catheter is ever removed.

Miracles continued when the fluid level stabilized and the catheter was able to be removed in March of 2007. I returned to work full-time at the end of 2006 and continue to work full-time. I also continue to enjoy time with my family, friends and husband (and my golf swing is back). I pray that miracles continue to help me beat the odds.

I am married to a terrific guy for over 17 years. My husband received a chest X-ray that came back clean. We have no children, but are proud Aunt and Uncle to our six nieces and nephews. I enjoy every day and look forward to many more. My goal is to celebrate my seventieth birthday. I will do everything I can to help spread the importance of radon testing so no one else will hear the words, “you have cancer” (due to radon exposure). Enjoy life. Never take anyone or anything for granted.

</code></pre>

<p>[CanSAR</a> | Cancer Survivors Against Radon](<a href=“http://www.cansar.org/]CanSAR”>http://www.cansar.org/)</p>

[SBmom]

<p>Sending you best wishes for a healing week with many joys!</p>

[Faline2]

<p>steroids “got nothing on you” latetoschool…you are the true force field
steroids are only temporary tools that are supposed tor reduce risks for you…</p>

<p>hope this week brings you distractions and satisfactions…</p>

[calmom]

<p>LTS has emailed me that she is traveling with a new laptop and cannot manage to get CC to reset her password, so she can read but not post until she gets back home. She wants to thank everyone for their encouraging posts, especially those of you who have posted info about steroids, which have really provided her tremendous relief over an issue that had her worried out of her mind. </p>

<p>So keep up the posts – and let’s all send positive energy her way so she can wow her business colleagues the same way she wows all of us.</p>