Chemo is hitter hard..

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CharliRenee

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PLEASE PRAY: My very dear friend Lori Campbell Sillmann needs prayers as she is going through Chemo and having a very very hard time with it. Please take a minute to say a prayer for her. This woman means the world to me and so many others. She's got one of the most beautiful hearts I've ever known. Let's lift her up. Thank you
 

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CharliRenee

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Hitting her hard. You mean other than chemo, I don't think so, not yet.
 

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"I pray of God's mercy to be upon this life with comfort
peace and a wellbeing."
'Amen'
 

Gojira

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PLEASE PRAY: My very dear friend Lori Campbell Sillmann needs prayers as she is going through Chemo and having a very very hard time with it. Please take a minute to say a prayer for her. This woman means the world to me and so many others. She's got one of the most beautiful hearts I've ever known. Let's lift her up. Thank you
any updates?
 

HealthAndHappiness

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I have seen some doctors on the Internet self-mockery, chemotherapy lives less days, no chemotherapy lives longer.

But I will pray for her.
Here are some chemicals therapy (chemo) that those loving doctors will likely require as prerequisites for the other treatments.
Proven Chemo Treatments for Cancer

Don't you think that it's a very kind thing that the oncologists are so friendly that they offer candy to their patients with every IV bag of chemos?
 

CharliRenee

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I am keeping a journal of her journey. It helps as it is so hard not to be able to sit with her. I am going to share what I wrote last night but it has details that may be TMI for readers so don't read if it starts making you uncomfortable, but it is the truth.

Sitting in her dark room, near the bathroom. She is yearning for rest, but the on going churning of her gut causes her to go up and down, rushing to tend to the flood that is pouring out from her. 15lbs down, she had to go to the hospital to have them restore and magnesium and fluids levels. I hear her voice, so soft, so weary, almost completely depleted of all her reserves and this is only week one.


As I agonize for her way across the states, unable to do anything but hope and pray, constantly wanting updates on how she is day by day, hour by hour. Not that knowing makes any difference, but I can't be there, oh how I wish I could. I want to sit in the darkness with her, quietly holding her hand from time to time. I knew this was going to be so very hard for her, but what she is enduring is more than any one should have to bear. LORD, please I beg of you, do something!! Help her, let her healing and comfort be Your will.
 

CharliRenee

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Oh, I am sorry for the confusion. I just noticed I hadn't editted the title, so the error was bugging me me; I just felt compelled to correct it in a comment. It was very unnecessary for me to do that. Then, I went straight into answering HealthAndHappiness, without being clear to who or what I was talking about, lol, so it made no sense.
 

HealthAndHappiness

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Thank you, I will go read, and pay forward.
I'm not saying what she should do. I just thought if she was open to alternatives, that There are other supports that I've read about, that some have experienced relief from even many affects of chemo while taking it.

I pray for her healing.
 

Magenta

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Oh, I am sorry for the confusion. I just noticed I hadn't editted the title, so the error
was bugging me me; I just felt compelled to correct it in a comment. It was very
unnecessary for me to do that. Then, I went straight into answering HealthAndHappiness,
without being clear to who or what I was talking about, lol, so it made no sense.
I understood the points of that post. I am so sorry to hear of your friend's suffering as she
goes through treatments for her cancer. Do you know what stage her cancer was? Mine was
either stage 2 or 3; first they said three, then after the first round of chemo and radiation,
following my first surgery, they said it could have been stage two, as the tumour had greatly
reduced in size due to the treatments. Then I went on more chemo for many months; it was
originally scheduled for six rounds of two weeks on and one week off, but my side effects
(especially the neuropathy in my feet) was so bad, my chemo oncologist cancelled the last
two weeks. However, I was on pill form chemo, Capecitabine, which is supposed to be better
tolerated than the drip kind, which it sounds like your friend Lori is on. I will pray for her...
 

TabinRivCA

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PLEASE PRAY: My very dear friend Lori Campbell Sillmann needs prayers as she is going through Chemo and having a very very hard time with it. Please take a minute to say a prayer for her. This woman means the world to me and so many others. She's got one of the most beautiful hearts I've ever known. Let's lift her up. Thank you
Most merciful God, Yes we come together lifting up Lori C Sillmann and we believe in the power of the Blood shed by the Lamb of God. We bind the cancer attacking Lori at it's root and seed and profess our faith in Your Word. '
But he was pierced for our transgressions;
he was crushed for our iniquities;
upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace,
and with his wounds we are healed' IJN Amen🙏
 

CharliRenee

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Most merciful God, Yes we come together lifting up Lori C Sillmann and we believe in the power of the Blood shed by the Lamb of God. We bind the cancer attacking Lori at it's root and seed and profess our faith in Your Word. '
But he was pierced for our transgressions;
he was crushed for our iniquities;
upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace,
and with his wounds we are healed' IJN Amen🙏
Thank you so much Tabs, Lord I stand in agreement. Love u.
 

CharliRenee

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I understood the points of that post. I am so sorry to hear of your friend's suffering as she
goes through treatments for her cancer. Do you know what stage her cancer was? Mine was
either stage 2 or 3; first they said three, then after the first round of chemo and radiation,
following my first surgery, they said it could have been stage two, as the tumour had greatly
reduced in size due to the treatments. Then I went on more chemo for many months; it was
originally scheduled for six rounds of two weeks on and one week off, but my side effects
(especially the neuropathy in my feet) was so bad, my chemo oncologist cancelled the last
two weeks. However, I was on pill form chemo, Capecitabine, which is supposed to be better
tolerated than the drip kind, which it sounds like your friend Lori is on. I will pray for her...
Oh love, dear Magenta, I have been thinking about you as Lori faces her treatment. It looks to be only stage 2 breast cancer but it is the agressive kind. She has to have three different kinds of chemo meds, along with iron infusions as she is anemic. Yes, all go into a port that was surgically put in during her surgery. She has to sit at the hospital between 4-5 hours. This was her first round. She keeps going back for the rest of this year, then at some point the radiation. They did discover she has a spot on her lungs but they are hoping this will eradicate it. You individual who have to contend with the horrible C have to bear such a challenging struggle to say the least. I am in awe of you guys. They expect she will lose all her hair before her next treatment. I hope you are well now, precious Magenta. 💖
 
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Magenta, my mom had neuropathy along with Macular Degeneration and aged organs. The hospital told us there was nothing more they could do for her - she was 96 - we placed her in a Hospice Hospital - she died during a bath.