tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3415937412580189741.post8637910341989339017..comments2008-12-26T15:04:38.393-05:00Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00822319387747777385noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3415937412580189741.post-65131615021482611402008-12-15T01:33:00.000-05:002008-12-15T01:33:00.000-05:00Glad to hear the latest op. has been and gone and just wanted to remind you that some folk 'out there' are thinking of you.Scriptor Senexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17795521284516432520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3415937412580189741.post-57459939509617654092008-12-01T15:35:00.000-05:002008-12-01T15:35:00.000-05:00Hi John,<BR/>Nice to see you back blogging. That is progress in itself!! You sound very well considering what you have gone through. Thanks for your honesty and sharing your journey. It is very inspiring to read your blog. You have a really good attitude in spite of your rocky road!<BR/><BR/>I've had a leg amputation and a breast too. More than a few times I had sorenesses after my surgeries. I wondered if it would last forever. It always went away and became "normal" for me afterwards. Not painful, not the same as before, but a new "normal" I could definitely live with. Chances are that this could happen for you too.Meg Wolffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10052363163218543818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3415937412580189741.post-22124898155116466292008-11-26T10:12:00.000-05:002008-11-26T10:12:00.000-05:00we've never met but i came across your blog through google. i just wanted to say hello and send you some well wishes if it helps to think that someone in the internet is rooting for you! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3415937412580189741.post-58938992006827094942008-11-23T23:55:00.000-05:002008-11-23T23:55:00.000-05:00Dear John,<BR/>A step, no matter how small, is a good step and a good reason to celebrate.<BR/>Karen's message is especially uplifting right now, too.<BR/><BR/>with hope, WendyWendy S. Harpham, MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09167276216970598762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3415937412580189741.post-11456075828007167182008-11-21T10:31:00.000-05:002008-11-21T10:31:00.000-05:00Karen, I am soo glad that your son has come so far. I know that it is now an easy task. He has ahd a long hard road, but he is seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. Here is to good eats in the future!<BR/><BR/>Johnjohnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3415937412580189741.post-33764885571703539852008-11-20T18:34:00.000-05:002008-11-20T18:34:00.000-05:00John, I contacted you earlier this summer about my son and his cancer and his bit of depression. To let you know that there is a light at the end of the tunnel, let me give you an update. He had had half his tongue removed and then did the radiation and chemo. After the treatments ended he felt he was never going to get to a new normal. Well, he has reached it. After not being able to eat anything that hadn't been liquefied, and it taking him over an hour to drink a can of Ensure or a bowl of soup, he is now starting to be able to handle soft solid food. He is doing speech therapy and physical therapy and wears some pretty strange contraptions at night. But he is so pleased with his progress.He told me that I now have to keep my promise to start cooking anything he wanted...which I am so happy to do. From following your blog, I can tell you are a strong personality and you will fight for a return to some type of normalcy. I admire the fight you have put up so far. Just keep doing it. As Churchill said, "When the going gets tough, keep going." My thoughts are with you and I will continue to watch your progress.Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16093076545159969720noreply@blogger.com