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How green tea may thwart lung cancer & Update on Mom

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Hope4Marge
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Oct 13, 2011 - 9:25 am

I wanted to share this article with all of you. It is from Fox News on how green tea may help thwart lung cancer. I will be getting some for my mom-we will do whatever we can! ]

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2011/10/10/how-green-tea-may-thwart-lung-cancer-247062392/

Update on my mom, Marge
My mom continues to suffer from lung cancer and has slowed down rapidly. She was diagnosed almost a year ago in November. It started in her right lung and has now infected lymph nodes and adrenal glands. She is currently on chemo treatments (Alimta, Avastin and Carboplatin) and a lot of steroids for pneumonitis (sp). The chemo is also accelerating her cataracts and she is having trouble seeing but she is too weak to have surgery. She is turning 70 this week. So heart breaking to watch her go from a healthy, active and positive woman to sommeone who can hardly get off the couch. She still remains positive, but I can see her hope diminishing.
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Glenna M
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Oct 13, 2011 - 11:02 am
Your mom

Please don't be too discouraged by how your mom is feeling right now. I'm not sure how long she has been receiving the chemo but I know when I went through treatment 2 years ago, with cisplatin, I felt like I wasn't going to make it. Then one day everything began to slowly turn around and I got a little stronger each day.

I have heard other good reports about green tea so I will definitely read this article. Thank you for sharing!

Tell your mom to keep fighting and never give up.

My best to you and your mom,
Glenna
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soccerfreaks
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Oct 13, 2011 - 8:11 pm
green tea

Green tea may help (I have not read the article but have heard this many times befor