Hi everyone…thanks for all the calls, emails and visits. Some of you may know that Dallas’s thyroid surgery was cancelled yesterday. His recent PET scan revealed some bigger issues – the cancer has spread into the bones of his neck, lymph nodes under his arm and his chin. For this reason the surgeon decided it was best to leave his thyroid as is, and as it turns out the thyroid didn’t show up as being cancerous on the scan.
At first we went into roller coaster mode because the surgeon had indicated that there was nothing else to be done. Fortunately, our wonderful GP, Kate Evans, called us on another matter so we brought her up to speed. She immediately moved into action and gave us the greatest gift of all – HOPE. We will be at the Victoria Cancer Clinic tomorrow and from there we will see Kate. If we aren’t happy with the solutions that the Cancer Clinic presents us with then we’re off to UBC. From UBC we may visit the Mayo Clinic but we’re hoping to stay closer to home.
I’m not a very good communications manager these days, so if I haven’t responded to your calls and emails please forgive me. That’s about it for now – except THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! Your encouragement and support continue to light the way for us.
Love,
Patty
Cancer Quotes
“If children have the ability to ignore all odds and percentages, then maybe we can all learn from them. When you think about it, what other choice is there but to hope? We have two options, medically and emotionally: give up or fight like hell.”
-Lance Armstrong
"Cancer is a word, not a sentence."
-John Diamond
"Cancer - you picked the wrong guy..."
-Lance Armstrong
"Once you choose hope, anything's possible."
- Christopher Reeve
-Lance Armstrong
"Cancer is a word, not a sentence."
-John Diamond
"Cancer - you picked the wrong guy..."
-Lance Armstrong
"Once you choose hope, anything's possible."
- Christopher Reeve
Cousins
3 comments:
Big D. sorry I have not stayed in touch , I am back to work in the oilpatch, very busy working 20 days straight. I think you and your coach Patty could adopt Pres. Obama's slogan " Yes we can " Keep fighting brother.
Hey DL and Patty - Thank you for the update. We had D's surgery on our calendar...We'll look forward to another update in the next few days or week to see what is the next course of action. JUST KEEP FIGHTING! We are with you 100% and in our CONSTANT daily thoughts and prayers. We are loving you from 1500 miles away... the Clarks xoxoxox
Hey Dallas! Its Conner Clark! I have been thinking of you a lot lately and i just wanted to comment and i hope that everything is well! I know it wont be long until once again we go fishing on the cinnamon girl! (But lets not bring Steve because i think he is bad luck). I am praying for you! Keep fighting buddy!
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