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Subject: Healing Circle, please -- From: Paul G. Date: 20 Dec 99 - 09:26 AM My friend J.U. (that's not an attempt at anonymity, its what we all know him by), is now fighting a recurrence of throat cancer. JU is the lead singer and primary writer for the traditional southern string band Upsala. They were just nominated in the first round for next year's grammy awards (not bad for a non-label, self-produced album). JU is on his way from Florida to Chicago today to see a specialist. We understand the recurrnce is in a particularly difficult place to treat, involving the carotid artery. This is one of our own who, along with his family, need every good vibe we can send his way. Thanks, everybody, and blessings of the season to you all. Paul G. |
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Subject: RE: Healing Circle, please -- From: Date: 20 Dec 99 - 09:38 AM I'm so sorry to hear of J.U.'s problems. My thoughts and prayers go with love and healing energy to him and his family. May I suggest you ring the Silent Unity prayer group at 1-800-669-0282 and ask them to pray for him also. Blessings Paul, may the love that surrounded the event of Christmas be with you & your dear friend. Blessings, Reta |
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Subject: RE: Healing Circle, please -- From: T in Oklahoma (Okiemockbird) Date: 20 Dec 99 - 09:43 AM J.U. will be in my thoughts today. T. |
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Subject: RE: Healing Circle, please -- From: Áine Date: 20 Dec 99 - 09:56 AM This is such sad news, Paul G. Please know that prayers of healing for your friend are coming from down here in Texas. -- Áine |
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Subject: RE: Healing Circle, please -- From: jeffp Date: 20 Dec 99 - 10:01 AM This is most distressing news, especially at what should be a joyous time of year. My thoughts and prayers are with J.U. and yourself, too. |
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Subject: RE: Healing Circle, please -- From: Pete Peterson Date: 20 Dec 99 - 11:15 AM Oh NOOOOOOOO, I know JU (and Wanda!) I've already sent some prayers up and will continue to do so. Paul, thanks (what a word, but I'm glad I know about it) for letting us know. I will email them directly. NUTS |
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Subject: RE: Healing Circle, please -- From: Bert Date: 20 Dec 99 - 11:18 AM Hang in there J.U. we're all rooting for you. |
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Subject: RE: Healing Circle, please -- From: katlaughing Date: 20 Dec 99 - 12:10 PM Paul, please know that J.U. will be receiving all the good thoughts and prayers of so many of us, as will you and his family. Thanks for letting us know and I second the recommendation to call Silent Unity. Reta: my sister used to be a telephone prayer room worker there and now ministers to a Unity church. Blessed Be, kat |
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Subject: RE: Healing Circle, please -- From: bseed(charleskratz) Date: 20 Dec 99 - 12:33 PM I'm trying to visualize the cancer, to will it to shrink, to will J.U.'s circulatory system to refuse it the blood it needs (there are therapies in various stages of development, both medical and homeopathic, aimed at this specific way of fighting cancer). Perhaps if we focus our energies--our thoughts, our prayers, our rituals--on a specific physiological response we can gain in choral resonance what we lack in individual power. My thoughts are also with J.U.'s spirit and with his family and friends, and those who love his music. --seed |
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Subject: RE: Healing Circle, please -- From: katlaughing Date: 20 Dec 99 - 12:46 PM Good for you, Seed. It is important to include visualisation. Seeing his throat area surrounded and glowing with a rich orange, pink, or green healing light could help, along with envisioning the cancer disintegrating, as you suggest. Also, visualising a sucessful outcome of his visit to the doctor. We did this with my mom and when they opened her up to remove the tumour they were astonished to find it gone! That was her second occurence of cancer. She went on to live another 20 years, cancer-FREE. kat |
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Subject: RE: Healing Circle, please -- From: annamill Date: 20 Dec 99 - 12:50 PM All good thoughts, hope and love goes to J.U. Love, annap |
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Subject: RE: Healing Circle, please -- From: bseed(charleskratz) Date: 20 Dec 99 - 02:31 PM I'd like to modify my suggestion a bit: I am having a hard time visualizing the cancer, not having an exact picture of it, of J.U.'s throat, or even of J.U. himself. Would it be more effective if we were to focus our energies to his spirit and let J.U. direct them as needed? Kat, Micca, you guys know a lot more about this kind of thing than I do (I tried helping my brother fight his stomach cancer in this way, but then I could easily visualize him and I had a pretty good idea of where his cancer was and how large it was. My brother was working for a while with a therapist who used such visualization therapy, but I don't think Dave had any real belief in this kind of power--I think he spent most of his energy in the last months of his life trying to prepare himself--and his family--for his death.) --seed |
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Subject: RE: Healing Circle, please -- From: Micca Date: 20 Dec 99 - 02:41 PM Yeah JU I am on board , I am sufficiently recovered to contribute. I say, Friends of the Mudcat Healing Circle with the Mega Full Moon on the 22nd, lets all focus what stray or purpose-aimed energy at it as an "aiming point" as a special Seasonal healing effort, so that anyone especially Sally, JU, and anyone else who needs the focused energy can get it Including many of our Mudcat friends who are "shy" of asking for things for themselves,and USE it.There is no harm in accepting help and healing Freely given, and is it not a dialogue, "to each according to their needs, from each according to their ability". "All for one, and one for all" BBs andlets make a great effort. |
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Subject: RE: Healing Circle, please -- From: AllisonA(Animaterra) Date: 20 Dec 99 - 03:22 PM Holding J.U. in the Light |
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Subject: RE: Healing Circle, please -- From: AllisonA(Animaterra) Date: 20 Dec 99 - 03:22 PM Holding J.U. in the Light and all others in need of healing- doesn't that include all of us? Allison |
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Subject: RE: Healing Circle, please -- From: catspaw49 Date: 20 Dec 99 - 03:28 PM I'm with you there Allison......... Special thoughts to J.U. Spaw |
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Subject: RE: Healing Circle, please -- From: Lonesome EJ Date: 20 Dec 99 - 03:45 PM Count me in! LEJ |
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Subject: RE: Healing Circle, please -- From: harpgirl Date: 20 Dec 99 - 04:06 PM ...Oh Paul, this is terrible news. I send my best wishes to JU and Wanda. Upsala is a premier folk band in Florida and well-respected and loved by the whole Florida folk community. Their web address is on the FOFF web site, isn't it? harpgirl |
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Subject: RE: Healing Circle, please -- From: katlaughing Date: 20 Dec 99 - 05:05 PM Seed, I think what might be bothering you is the trying to focus on the problem, thus giving it power. Instead, focus on JU healed with no trace left, i.e. a perfectly normal throat, body, etc., all of his body's cells regenerating as healthy, pink and well. Allison said it well, by focusing on the Light, we are doing everything we can to give healing a chance. By visualising it as a done deal, we are giving thanks that healing has already taken place. Of course, it DOES help if the person believes in this kind of healing work and also that we ask "for this or something better for the highest good of all concerned." Hope that helps. kat |
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Subject: RE: Healing Circle, please -- From: Paul G. Date: 20 Dec 99 - 07:02 PM Harp et. al. Here's Upsala's new web site. In the picture, JU is the guy with the banjo on the far left... http://www.geocities.com/Nashville/Bluegrass/1573/ Thanks all of you for your grace and caring. Paul G. |
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Subject: RE: Healing Circle, please -- From: Guy Wolff Date: 20 Dec 99 - 07:03 PM All joy and life to you JU...When Elizabeth, my daughter was at her worst last year{ Brain Tumor} the joy amd optomisum of the Big Apple Circus Clowns Care Unit at Yale New Haven made a huge step For her twards her light and reacovery.. Joy and laphter be yours JU... Guy |
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Subject: RE: Healing Circle, please -- From: Susan A-R Date: 20 Dec 99 - 11:03 PM I'll keep him in my thoughts. |
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Subject: RE: Healing Circle, please -- From: harpgirl Date: 20 Dec 99 - 11:24 PM ...JU and Wanda will be in Chicago for the winter! Maybe some Mudcatters can make them welcome! harpgirl |
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Subject: RE: Healing Circle, please -- From: Escamillo Date: 20 Dec 99 - 11:25 PM All our thoughts with J.U. Andrés |
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Subject: RE: Healing Circle, please -- From: bobby's girl Date: 21 Dec 99 - 07:26 PM Thinking of JU and his family at this time |
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Subject: RE: Healing Circle, please -- From: The Ancient Mariner Circle me in Date: 21 Dec 99 - 08:46 PM If you check out the location of "All Hands" on this thread it may very well be that we will circle (or circumnavigate) J.U. I pray we do, and that it will help. Yours Aye, Dave |
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Subject: RE: Healing Circle, please -- From: Paul G. Date: 21 Dec 99 - 10:33 PM Just received an update...JU saw the doctor in Chicago today. He is being evaluated for participation in a research protocol, which seems to hold the best hope for his particular disease process. Should hear in the next few days if he is accepted, and treatment may start as soon as next week...Thank you for keeping JU in your thoughts. Paul |
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Subject: RE: Healing Circle, please -- From: Kristi/Upsala Date: 21 Dec 99 - 10:41 PM I would like to thank Paul for starting this thread. JU is one of the special people in this world. He and his wife, Wanda, have been close personal friends of minefor 10 years and for 30 years with my partner, Andy. We are all in the band together with our friend Billy. JU came through the first trial with this cancer with flying colors and went on to record our CD with us. This time it seems a bit more grim, but he and Wanda are strong individuals with a large network of friends and loved ones supporting them. I will get this thread to them when they are back in the vicinity of a computer. All proceeds from our CD are going directly to JU and Wanda. Thanks for your support, Kristi Upsala www.geocities.com/upsala1 |
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Subject: RE: Healing Circle, please -- From: Kristi H Date: 23 Dec 99 - 12:14 AM Tomorrow, JU is undergoing tests that will decide if he is accepted into this program, which is the best chance he has of beating this thing. Please, everyone direct their best healing thoughts to him tonight and tomorrow. JU's banjo was lost by the airlines on the trip up to Chicago, but the airline found it and it was to be delivered tonight to him there. Thank you, Kristi Upsala |
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Subject: RE: Healing Circle, please -- From: _gargoyle Date: 23 Dec 99 - 12:37 AM |
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Subject: RE: Healing Circle, please -- From: Rick Fielding Date: 23 Dec 99 - 09:01 PM Fellow Mudcatters. Don't allow this thread to end if you feel you have something to add to it. If you're new at mudcat, be aware that in the year I've been here I've watched this man be in turn, informative, helpful, extremely funny, and cruel to a degree that words cannot describe. The direction of Mudcat is determined by the people who post. There are NO editorial boundries save good taste, and on occasion we have to deal with things like the above. We deal with it by continuing to post what we feel, and we try to ignore....no matter how difficult it seems at the time. Rick Fielding |
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Subject: RE: Healing Circle, please -- From: katlaughing Date: 23 Dec 99 - 09:05 PM Thank you, Rick, well put and deeply appreciated. Kristi, please know the majority of us are holding J.U. in the Light of Love and Healing and our vision of him is healthy and well on his way to recovery and making more music with all of you good folks. All the best is what we expect for him. kat |
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Subject: RE: Healing Circle, please -- From: catspaw49 Date: 23 Dec 99 - 10:12 PM I just saw this and once again Rick has put it far better than I would. When Gargoyle goes completely off as he has done here, mere words won't begin to express what I feel. Kristi and all, especially JU...Believe what Kat says and know that the power of good thoughts DOES work...I am the living proof of it. Keep your spirits up in this time and know that those of us at the 'Cat are thinking of you and will continue to be behind you and send all the best we can muster. Spaw |
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Subject: RE: Healing Circle, please -- From: MamaTamba Date: 23 Dec 99 - 10:16 PM I add all the... warm...fuzzy...musical...colorful...tender...passionate...flowing...fighting...caring... yada,yada,yada LOVE I have and am to our community prayer! |
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Subject: RE: Healing Circle, please -- From: Paul G. Date: 23 Dec 99 - 10:17 PM Rick, Kat & Spaw: Thank you. Paul |
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Subject: RE: Healing Circle, please -- From: Mary in Kentucky Date: 23 Dec 99 - 10:30 PM There are times when |
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Subject: RE: Healing Circle, please -- From: Kristi H Date: 23 Dec 99 - 11:08 PM We had good news tonight from JU. He is in the program. He is starting chemotherapy on Sunday. An additional mass that was biopsied today came out negative, to everyone's surprise. As a result, major surgery did not have to happen which would have delayed treatment for three weeks. They also got into an apartment today for reasonable rent. Thank you, everyone Kristi Upsala www.geocties.com/upsala1 www.mp3.com/upsala |
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Subject: RE: Healing Circle, please -- From: Kristi H Date: 23 Dec 99 - 11:09 PM An adjunct. P Peterson. Hi and I got your email and couldn't email you back, the mailer stated the address was undeliverable. Mail me back so I can get you on the JU update email list. K |
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Subject: RE: Healing Circle, please -- From: catspaw49 Date: 23 Dec 99 - 11:16 PM Kristi, that is indeed wonderful news and we appreciate the update. Good news makes a lot of us double our efforts. Please pass on all our best to JU, friends, and family! Spaw |
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Subject: RE: Healing Circle, please -- From: katlaughing Date: 23 Dec 99 - 11:20 PM Dear Kristi and Paul, Just in case you don't know how, I've started a thread on editing postings before you print them out, so that loved ones like J.U. don't have to see crap like what was posted above. (Nor this posting, for that matter, no need for nuts and bolts, right?:-) Kristi, that is wonderful news about the no surgery and startign the program, as well as less rent. Paul, you are a good friend; J.U. is obviously well-loved and cared about. Thanks for letting us help. kat
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Subject: RE: Healing Circle, please -- From: Áine Date: 24 Dec 99 - 12:11 AM I'm so glad to hear the good news about J.U. -- We're still keeping him and his family in our prayers. -- Áine |
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Subject: RE: Healing Circle, please -- From: bseed(charleskratz) Date: 24 Dec 99 - 12:29 AM Geez, you make it hard to take your side sometimes, Gargoyle. This time I'm not even going to try. I will wish for you that you be relieved of whatever is the source of the hatefulness within you, that you make it into the light before you are consumed by your own spite. --seed |
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Subject: RE: Healing Circle, please -- From: Pete Peterson Date: 24 Dec 99 - 01:45 AM JU-- VERY happy that you are accepted into this experimental protocol! Is this what "getting with the program" means? Worried for you on several fronts, not the least of which is dealing with a Northern winter with very little practice. Don't worry, you'll learn fast! I am praying for you and for Wanda and also giving thanks that you have such good friends, in which company I am proud to count myself. Kristi-- I'll email you my various addresses separately. There was trouble with work email & a numbe of messages bounced that should not have. THANKS and please add me to the updates! LOVE PETE |
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Subject: RE: Healing Circle, please -- From: Big Mick Date: 24 Dec 99 - 11:44 AM I try to tell you folks not to even respond. But you continue to feed him. And he knows you will. Big Mick |
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Subject: RE: Healing Circle, please -- From: marcelloblues Date: 24 Dec 99 - 11:53 AM This little thing I can do, even if I'm not used to pray, is remember you in this magic night, always hold on. Cheers. |
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Subject: RE: Healing Circle, please -- From: Dave (the ancient mariner) Date: 25 Dec 99 - 11:20 AM Refresh this site, a shipmate needs our thoughts on this day of miracles, let one be born for him. Aye J.U. get up and walk home healed...Yours, Aye. Sincerely Dave |
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Subject: RE: Healing Circle, please -- From: Kristi H Date: 26 Dec 99 - 01:20 AM There is still a long road to hoe(Am I mixing my metaphors?). JU and Wanda are going to spend at least the next two months in Chicago, a long way from the sun in Flagler Beach, Florida. Their oldest daughter has moved back home to take care of their youngest, who is 16. Plus, there is Chemo and Radiation therapy to conquer. Thanks everyone for the kind thoughts. Happy Holidays and hope everyone was able to spend time with loved ones on this day. Kristi/Upsala |
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Subject: RE: Healing Circle, please -- From: katlaughing Date: 26 Dec 99 - 09:13 AM Kristi, thank you for keeping us up to date. I hope this day finds your hives gone and you able to sleep. Those steroids are nasty; I've had quite a few bouts with allergic reactions to meds and the docs always trot out the prednisone. We had an excellent thread which discussed steroids. If you are interested it was called "cortisone for tendonitis?". If you type that in the Quick Search box at the top of the thread title, it should come up. All the best, katlaughing |
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Subject: RE: Healing Circle, please -- From: Seamus Kennedy Date: 27 Dec 99 - 12:39 AM J.U. You are too important to too many people to let this thing bother you. Get over it. We need you. |
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Subject: RE: Healing Circle, please -- From: refresh Date: 27 Dec 99 - 10:59 PM |
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