Ken Davey wrote:
>
> Thanks!!!
> To all of you who took the time to send me a card.
> As I figured - all those cards caught up with me long after I had been
> released from the hospital.
> Not for the update.
> My stomach - the source of the tumor - was (80%) removed.
> I am recovering, without complications, from that surgery.
> As is the norm with this particular type of cancer it has spread.
> The report from the surgeon was that he had removed all the lymph nodes in
> the vicinity of the stomach and 50% of those nodes tested positive for
> cancer.
> Bad news to be sure.
> Next week I check into the British Columbia Cancer Agency for further
> treatment.
> I have been told that I will be receiving both radiation and chemo
> treatments.
> They would not be hitting me with 'both barrels' if they didn't think my
> survival chances weren't good.
> It is going to be a bitch of a ride; but, as bad as that may be, the
> alternative is worse.
> The worst thing about all this is that food has become uninteresting
> I mean - something tasty ain't anymore.
> It is a real effort to feed myself.
> Junk food (dammnitt) seems to be a way to go to keep sufficient caloric
> intake.
> Just about anything I haven't eaten since the operation seems to taste
> good - once!
> The next time I can't force it down.
> I have a fridge full of leftovers that I can't face.
> All that be what it is.
> I will rise above this.
> My apologies to the group for bringing anyone down but I felt that those who
> care should know.
>
> Love to you all
> Ken.
> PS: Please look at the sig line below and go there - not just for me.

You will be in my prayers Ken, daily. You may have heard of a
product called Ensure? That may help keep you off the junk food.
....Sharon in Ontario
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