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Welcome to Sharon’s blog, a place where you can read updates about her life. Please leave comments on the blog and send a note of encouragement. Gary and Olivia will be writing the updates.

Sharon’s Medical Situation: Sharon had been having blood clots in her lower legs for a couple of weeks and the cause was unknown. She had been taking it easy, and then last Wednesday, October 16, she was having trouble breathing and went in to the ER. This is where they discovered that one of the clots had moved to the lungs, causing a pulmonary embolism. The chest x-ray also revealed a mass on the lungs, which we now know is cancerous. Further tests showed that the cancer has also spread to the liver. After further tests this last week, we now know that the cancer has not spread to other organs; the scan of the brain and pelvic region were negative (yes, many jokes have been made about how nothing was found in mom’s brain...)

The plan is to treat her with three different chemotherapy drugs intravenously. She began last Thursday the 24th. She will be doing this course of chemo for 6 months, with a three weeks on and one week off. She is seeing an excellent oncologist at Pacific Oncology and we believe she is in good hands. We are also looking into other ways of fighting the cancer, such as through nutrition. Any suggestions, advice, personal experience are welcome.

The outpouring of love and support is greatly appreciated. Thank you for the notes, emails, home cooked meals and for making our home smell like a botanical garden. Many people have offered to help make meals, do errands, etc. I am sure we will need your help. We will let you know more specifically how once we have it figured out.

For now, feel free to continue to send your love in letters or electronically to
1morgan1folker2roches@gmail.com or
morganfolker@comcast.net or
aleyna6388@hotmail.com or
oliviaroche@gmail.com

If you have any questions you can also email Olivia at
oliviaroche@gmail.com or

Peace to you,
The Morgan-Folker-Roche’s