Dear Family and Friends,

I do hope the year is off to a great start for you. I am very slow these days, much slower that usual. My cancer recurred in late Nov., only 2 months after my second round of chemo. So, although the cancer is back, I haven’t been treated since Oct. We, with our doctor have been investigating several ways to go. We don’t want to go back to another round of traditional chemo, because it hasn’t held. I now know what it is like to have untreated cancer, and it isn’t much fun. We finally decided to work with a doctor in New York, who has had some success with ovarian patients, who are now treated at our local cancer center. So, the differences are he uses lower doses of different drugs in different sequence. We have to go to New York next week for the first appointments, and the first chemo, and once they see how it goes I’ll be able to get it at our local center. So, please, do keep up the prayers.

Christmas/New Year’s was a fabulous time. We had great visits with my sister, Sarah from Denver, and Luke was able to be with us from LA, and John had a long visit, and was joined by his Japanese girlfriend for a week after New Year’s. Ellen, who also lives here was, of course, always in everything and often leading the charge.

Friends continue to be a great source of strength and wisdom. Somehow, I joined our group of X-SCL’s, my former religious community, in Palos Verdes for a long weekend. The last time we met was 4 yrs. ago, so it was great to see everyone and catch up. Tomorrow a friend is having a friends lunch, so that will be fun. Thank you again for all of your support and prayers.

Love
Annie/Noel