On Wed 09 Nov 2005 11:53:55a, Ken Davey wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> Michael "Dog3" Lonergan wrote:
>> "Ken Davey" > looking for trouble wrote in
>> :

>> You're BACK!!! Did I miss your posts or is this the first post? How
>> did it go?
>>
>> Michael
>
> Well..since you ask - and Thanks for the card..
> I had 80% of my stomach removed and that is healing up nicely.
> However; as is the norm with this type of cancer, it has spread.
> My next move is to Vancouver for a chemo course - about five weeks - one
> session per week.
> Hopefully that will get underway next week.
> All the information I have been able to obtain suggests that there is no
> cure - only a delaying (and supression of symptoms) is possible.
> I am truly sorry to be laying this bad news on you and the group but rest
> assured, I am not about to start whining and sniviling about my fate.
> I do have resources; and many friends that amount to an internationally
> extended family and I intend to have a hoot with the time I have left.
>
> Love.
> Ken.

Dear Ken,

I knew of the results of your surgery, but not of the prognosis. I am
deeply sorry to hear that. You've already made a great comeback from the
surgery. It's not unthinkable that you could beat the odds. I'm counting
on that!

--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
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