Last Fall I posted a notice that my mother had been diagnosed with lung cancer. I was really touched by the outpouring of good wishes, prayers, positive energy and encouragement from the Mudcat community. Over the next few months my mother underwent intensive radiation and chemotherapy. I know that she felt the benefits of all that positive energy, as she weathered the treatment with minimal ill-effects, although she did end up losing her hair towards the end of the treatment. But thru it all she maintained a really positive attitude, and said that she felt...uplifted somehow. I know that I too felt this way, and as sad and scared as I was I still felt buoyed up by a wellspring of prayer.

I wanted to extend to the Mudcat community my gratitude for all of your kind support. And to tell you all that on July 10th, 2001....my mother was declared in remission! She has no active tumor in her body. No presence of cancer in her kidneys, liver, brain or heart. The treatment appears to have killed the tumor. We are taking things one day at a time for now, knowing that there is always a chance that the cancer can reappear. But let me tell you that I am one happy camper.

Thanks again, Mudcatters!

BeauD