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Keep Friends & Neighbors in Your Prayers

There have been numerous studies over the years that have investigated whether the power of prayer works. Researchers like Dr. Elizabeth Targ in San Francisco selected practicing healers from a number of traditions — Christians, Buddhists, Jews, Indian shamans — and had them pray for 20 patients with advanced AIDS and compared their progress to a control group of 20 other AIDS patients. According to her, the prayed-for patients had fewer and less severe new illnesses, fewer doctor visits, fewer hospitalizations and were generally in better moods than those in the control group. "Prayer may be an effective adjunct to standard medical care," says cardiac researcher William Harris, Ph.D., who headed a study of cardiac patients at St. Luke's Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. Harris concluded that the group receiving prayers fared 11% better than the group that didn't, a number considered statistically significant.

Some of our Lynnhaven friends and neighbors are going through tough times right now and are in need of our prayers and support. It seems that when it rains, it pours. Let's keep them in our thoughts and prayers to help them and their families through this difficult time.
 

• Carol DeSanctis went through chemotherapy and has now had surgery. Carol has been an ovarian cancer survivor for several years now, but the cancer returned. You can send your support and best wishes to:

  Carol DeSanctis
  731 Willington Way
  259-2734

  Latest Update on Carol — Updated

  
   

• After several weeks of tests, imaging, and a biopsy — and all the associated stress of waiting for appointments and results — Janet Kosa has learned that she has inoperable liver cancer. She had a lesion removed from her liver last year that was non-cancerous. This year is different. She was coping pretty well when I last talked with her and is continuing to do the things she usually does, but she and Frank will need our prayers and support in the upcoming months.
   

  Update Janet is part of a clinical trial now, where she is taking a new drug, getting chemo by mouth. So far, she's doing well and tolerating the drugs well (knock on wood). She is in good spirits and will be returning to Shands for blood work in a week and a half. Hopefully, the drugs are working. Good News! Clinical trial is working! Out of 14 estimated tumors in & outside of my liver, 5 small tumors inside my liver are gone; they were the size of pin heads! The remaining 9 have decreased in size. According to the Doctors measurements, there is a 14% change, which is great news! I have a long way to go, but this is a definite start! I am continuing with the same meds, and in 3 weeks, I'll have more blood tests, then more 3 weeks after that, for a total of 6 weeks when I'll have my next CT scan. I have a long way to go, but it’s a good beginning!  Thanks for all of your prayers & good wishes! Janet Kosa