On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 23:32:51 -0800, "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.

Whatever it takes!

We're rooting for you and appreciate the updates on your progress.

Sue(tm)
Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!