[Cursillo] Judy Zeimann - prayer request

[AnneAbdy at aol.com]

For those of you who are not familiar with Judy - she has  been working as an 
assistant priest in Medford even though she lives in Northern  California. 
She worked on the Spiritual Team for the Cursillo in Medford last  year. If you 
haven't gotten to meet her - send her a note anyway - she's one  special lady! 
She is looking to set up a website through CaringBridge.com...and  I'll keep 
you posted when that is done. Anne
 
Dear Family and Friends,
 
   Yesterday I saw the oncologist for the first  time and had even more tests 
and scans scheduled before chemo starts on Monday  in Mount Shasta.  I do not 
want to have to repeat yesterday's trip to  Redding very often, but the 
Cancer Care Consultants are only in Mt. Shasta on  Mondays.  Yesterday was more 
uncomfortable because before leaving the house  at 6:45 am I had fallen very hard 
on the floor of my study with a preliminary  bash of my back against my dad's 
old desk.  My how the bruise begins to  blossom today!!  I do not look 
forward to CT and PET scans on Thursday with  that on my back.
 
    Information from the oncologist:   I have a form of non-Hodgkins 
lymphoma, with diffuse large cell B Cells.   It is an intermediate to high grade tumor 
which is aggressive, but curable. (The  surgeon couldn't find any of the 
lymph nodes to biopsy closer to the surface  than the mass in the retroperiteneum 
(sp?).  The cancer is probably at a  bulky 2 B stage--I have symptoms--the PET 
and more CT scan will give more  information.  I will probably need 6-8 
cycles of R-CHOP chemo, administered  every three weeks with a formula that is 
tried and true.  Then each Tuesday  I get a $500 shot to combat any infection.  
She mentioned radiation but I  don't know where that fits in.  I will lose my 
hair--an inconvenient time  of year for it.  On Friday Dr. Bryner, the surgeon, 
will put in a  porta-cath.  
 
    Some of you may be receiving this kind  of message from me for the first 
time.  I am just learning (with my sister  Jan's help) how to create group 
lists and can't even find the name by name list  I used for other messages.  If 
my info bewilders you, I can check the sent  file to send an earlier message or 
talk to you by phone.  I am quite  weak--have lost 20-30 pounds in the last 
five or six months, most since  August.  I am still attending church in Medford 
each week, but now I think  about ways to reduce the stress and length of the 
trip.  
 
    Friends have been a  big help, but the angel has been my sister Jan who 
drove down from Vancouver, WA  on Friday after fixing a big turkey dinner on 
Thursday.  She helped open  the futon for her bed, pushed me to toss many papers 
in boxes and piles in that  room and fixed most of the meals all weekend from 
the food she brought.   Then I got backrubs every day!  We attended the 
Christmas parade in Yreka  and went to church in Medford on Sunday.  Jan cleaned my 
house and took  down the clothes line I had strung after the dryer quit a few 
weeks ago.   Before she left early Monday morning she took two rockers I 
really didn't have  room for so my housemate with a recovering replaced knee and I 
can get around  much more safely.  Now I can think about Christmas--Jan took 
down the  Christmas decorations box from the high shelf I would never have  
managed.
 
    I will continue to keep in touch,  especially if anything changes.  Thank 
you for your prayers and help.   Please continue to keep me in mind and 
prayer.
 
Love,    Judy Z.
    




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