| 6/14/04 HEY FOLKS SORRY ABOUT NOT SENDING ANYTHING BUT I JUST CAN NOT SEE ANYTHING THESE DAYS. IS GETTING FRUSTATING PLEASE KEEP ME IN YOUR PRAYERS THAT THE DR. WILL BE ABLE TO DO ANOTHER OPERATION THAT WILL BRING MOST OF MY SIGHT BACK. Love In Christ |
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I can't believe it's been that long since I've updated Buddy's page. Well, here's the latest! Hey Folks
Yes it was an uplifting morning even going to the oncologist
for blood work. I had my blood work done this morning , and will see my
Dr. next Monday morning to go over all the results from the tests.
My Oncologist is a good Christian man and it shows in
all he does . I was sitting in the waiting room and watching people to be
called. Keeping in mind that all these people are cancer patients , with
most having about five years left on their lives, here on earth. Just to
see the contentment on the faces of most of these people is a great reward
because it shows that they do not fear death, knowing that there is
something better after death. We all need to keep in mind that the
best thing we can expect is to be going home to be with our Lord Jesus
Christ
Hope you all have a great week
Love In Christ Buddy In God We Trust |
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September 20, 2001 Hey Folks
Having the problem with my user name and
password has continued to give me problems. It did take several days
without e-mail to get me back on line. I had no way of letting people know
that I will have the new name , so most of you will not want to open my
mail not knowing who cshirer might be.
These past several weeks have been trying
as I just stay tired most of the time. It is hard to get started in the
morning as I just do not want to get up, either from the pain or all the
heavy medication. I just can't sleep away the entire day , but is what I
seem to need. It is just hard to explain to people just how a person
living with cancer feels as it must hit each of us in a different way.
Another big problem I seem to have is trying to gather my thoughts
together and try to get it down in writing. I just hope that y'all
understand that I do think of you often and that I can do this in a way
that you will understand that cancer has a number of ways that it effects
our body and thinking process.
Love In Christ Buddy |
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August 22, 2001 Hey folks, |
| August 13, 2001 TIME FOR
FRIENDSHIP
Hey Folks
The first time Lois and I
read through the bible from the beginning to the end was 48-49 years ago.
Over the years we used a number of ways for our daily study. These past
10-12 years we have used OUR DAILY BREAD
This morning at 6:30 AM,
our regular time for study and prayer, it took us to John
15:12-17
No longer do I call you
servants,...
but I have called you
friends
A friend loves at all times Proverbs
17:17
I have apologized several times
for my lack of keeping up with my friends. I have found it hard these past
two + years to keep up. Although my cancer is in question and I do have
bone pain most of the time I still could and should have kept up with all
my friends. I seem only to be able to send out one e-me to y'all,
missing the close personal mailings. It seems that in the past two weeks I
have only written to two people. But this does have it's back side
as it is harder for you all to write to this old man. When I opened my
mail box this morning I only had one e-m.
Our life can be so very busy
That we have no time for friends:
But we must spend more time with Jesus.,
For His friendship never ends.---Fitzhugh
TIME IS A FRIEND WHEN YOU USE IT TO STRENGTHEN
YOUR FRIENDSHIP WITH JESUS
Love you all in Christ
Buddy
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August 12, 2001 Hey Folks
We had an interesting story told this
morning in Sunday School.
THE MAKING OF AN ARABIAN STALIN
A young colt is given to his new owner
to be raised. The young boy spends every waking hour working with this
young horse. After over a year he takes the horse out into the desert
makes a pen and places the horse into it. The hot desert sun working on
this horse, which is given no water, begins to show in the sunken eyes,
the mouth swelling and frothing from the lack of water. Looking down over
the hill is a beautiful lake which the horse can see and know it would
give him water. After three days in this condition the owner whistles to
the horse and he comes to the gate of the pen where he is left out. The
horse will start to run toward the lake to taste the refreshing water when
the owner again whistles to the horse. When and if this horse stops and
returns to its master he becomes an Arabian Stallion. If he fails to
return he is just another horse and can not be called an Arabian Stalin
NOW HOW ABOUT YOUR LOVE AND DEDICATION TOWARD JESUS?
If you are running wild toward the
sins of this world and Jesus calls will you turn around and return and
become a son or daughter of God?
Love Ya'
Buddy |
| August 11, 2001 AUGUST 11
Going
out and about exploring new places can be one of the joys
of
summer. The Lady of the House and I were doing just that when
outside
a church, which looks down over a tumble of red, painted
roofs
to the Fifth of Forth, we read this invitation to enter the church
and
take part in its worship:
"You're not too bad to come
in,
You're not too good to stay
out."
We think this doesn't leave out
anyone.
THE SMILE
August 12
My friend Chrissie lives on her
own, but she
tells me she wakes to a bright
smile every morning.
How does she manage to do it ? She let me into the secret.
" I keep a mirror by my bedside,
Francis " she told me.
"The moment I wake up I look into it." Try it ! The smile is up to you. OK FOLKS NOW
JUST WHAT WOULD EACH OF
US SEE EVERY MORNING?
BE HONEST
Love In Christ
Buddy What you dislike in another, take
care to correct in yourself.
When you are laboring for others,
let it be with the same zeal as if it were laboring for yourself. There was never a person who did
anything worth doing
who did not receive more than
he gave.
Discovery consists of seeing what
everybody has seen
and thinking what nobody has thought.
It is difficult to say what is
impossible, for the dream of
yesterday is the hope of today
and the reality of tomorrow.
Treat every person with kindness.
Show compassion to others not because of who they are, but because of who you are.
You have to do your own growing,
no matter how tall
your grandfather was
--Irish proverb
Opportunity is missed by most
people because it is
dressed in overalls and looks
like work -Thomas Edison
The best portion of a good man's
life is his little, nameless
unremembered acts of kindness
and love --William Wordsworth
Though we travel the world to
find the beautiful,
we must carry it within us or we will not find it. -Ralph W Emerson Hey Sharon
You are just to nice to this old man.
I go back to the first or second
time we ever talked (about three years ago ). I told you that I was
an old man married 47 years. You asked, "What was the reason
for so many years? Were they all happy with no problems ?"
I said, "No we have had our
ups and downs with some problems."
You said, "If you would
have said anything different or we never had problems I would
not have believed you, as we all have some problems."
Your wisdom and honesty at that
time was the first thing that drew me closer to your ministry. You
gave a lot of credit to Roger at that time, for helping out
as often as he did to free you up to study at 3 AM and get your
material out by 6-7 AM
Thank you again for your support
Love Ya'
Buddy
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| August 9, 2001 Hey Folks
Well we made a fast trip to Fl.
and made it back safe. To drive the 11hrs on Tuesday and spend the
evening with my 98 year old mother was worth the trip. We took mom
out for lunch on Wednesday and had a great visit with her. All in
all it was a good trip.It was good to see my niece who is looking
out for all my mothers needs. It is good knowing mom has her there
to watch out for her
I am tired a and need to get to
bed early. I am hoping that I might get a chance to talk to my Dr
tomorrow. It will be a long time until next week to see just where
my PSA count was on the 30th and my tests came out last week
Love In Christ
Buddy |
| August 8, 2001 From our precious
Buddy:
Hey Folks Just another short update. On Tuesday
after my bladder procedure I did not have a chance to talk to my doctor,
but he did tell Lois that there was a dark spot that he was unable
to get to. The first thing this morning he had me go in for an ultrasound
on my kidney. I was able to see the monitor clearly and there was
a dark spot that the young lady kept going back to. At this time I
have no way of knowing if it is a tumor or scare tissue or just what.
It will be the end of next week before I get a chance to see just
what is going on. This spot is on the left lobe,and if they need to
remove that one it would be no big loss.
Once that I get a clear answer
I will be sure to let you know .I feel good about this with no fear.
Love In Christ
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| August 6, 2001 A CANDLE LOSES
NOTHING OF ITS
LIGHT BY LIGHTING
OTHERS
COULD
THIS HAVE ANY BEARING ON OUR PERSONAL LIVES ??
This was sent to me
several years ago, by a beautiful young lady. This past year I haven't
heard much from her, and I do miss her deep messages.
Love In Christ
Buddy |
| August 2, 2001 Hey Folks Just another short update. On Tuesday
after my bladder procedure I did not have a chance to talk to my doctor,
but he did tell Lois that there was a dark spot that he was unable
to get to. The first thing this morning he had me go in for an ultrasound
on my kidney. I was able to see the monitor clearly and there was
a dark spot that the young lady kept going back to. At this time I
have no way of knowing if it is a tumor or scare tissue or just what.
It will be the end of next week before I get a chance to see just
what is going on. This spot is on the left lobe,and if they need to
remove that one it would be no big loss.
Once that I get a clear answer
I will be sure to let you know .I feel good about this with no fear.
Love In Christ
Buddy |
| August 1, 2001 Hey Folks
We had our monthly meeting this past
Monday of our support group. We had about 50 present. It was reported
that in the past two months we had lost four members to their cancer,
and the next day we lost another precious young lady
We attended the funeral this morning
of a young man who had been suffering the same cancer as mine for
five years. Larry went through a number of new drugs that failed to
work on his cancer
Tomorrow afternoon we will attend
the service of Ruth who was a native of New Orleans La. A traditional
New Orleans Jazz Funeral procession to our Memorial Gardens about
a block away will follow the service, with a horse drawn carriage
and brass band. It is the family's request that family and friends
bring their parasols and umbrellas and join in the processional as
they march to the cemetery to the music,"When the Saints Go Marching
in." This will be different for Charlotte , but Ruth was a strong
willed person , who was able to get more done that the average person.
Please keep our Cancer Support
Group in your prayers, as we do have several others in poor health
Love In Christ
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| July 31, 2001 Hey folks a good Praise Report I was in the hospital at 6:45
am this morning. Put to sleep and my Urologist went back into the
bladder. There are no new tumors at this time. I do need to arrange
for an ultrasound but have been unable to catch the lady who makes
these apts
I am tired, but feeling
great.
Love In Christ
Buddy |
| July 27, 2001 Hey Folks
The other day I sent out my e-mail
on my study of the Prostate Cancer Research Institute.
This had some startling information
1 Tumor Regression 20% of
patients
2 Advanced Disease
I have known for the past three years that I was stage 4
3 Ketoconazole my new drug
reduced cortisol production in 25% of patients
4 Recent report 11 of 20 patients
met their criteria for response median duration was
8.5 months median overall survival was 19
months/
now what do I THINK ???
I PRAISE THE LORD THAT
OUR LIVES ARE NOT DETERMINED OR CONTROLLED BY STATISTICS, BUT
BY THE GRACE AND LOVE OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST BECAUSE OF THIS
I HAVE NOTHING TO WORRY OR
FEAR YES WHAT A GREAT GOD
WE HAVE
Love in Christ
Buddy
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| July 21, 2001 Hey Folks
I have talked at length at times
as to what a great caregiver Lois has been these past three years
This should not be any surprise to me,
as I can remember back 50 years after we were first married. WHY even
back then Lois treated me like a Greek God. It was not uncommon for
her to serve me burnt offerings at least once a week. LOL
Love In Christ
Buddy |
| July 21, 2001 Can I just try to clear up what seems to be
a misunderstanding. First off I want to say that I am doing
great.
CANCER Prostate.
This first turned up 30 years ago in Pittsburgh. I was 44 years old at the time the doctor found the tumor in my Prostate. This was removed and found to have cancer cells in about a third of the part removed. This stayed quiet for the next 27 years (Praise the Lord ). Three years ago they found that it had turned aggressive moving out of the prostate into the bones in both hips and the right shoulder. I was on the female hormone up until two months ago, when it stopped doing what it was meant to do. I will start on Ketoconazole the first part of next week which should stop the flow of my male hormone which causes the growth of cancer cells. Over the last 2 1/2 years there have been about five new tumors pop up in different locations of my body.. Bladder
Three years ago they found a large tumor in my bladder, which was removed at that time. The cancer in this tumor had not spread to the walls of the bladder (Praise the Lord ) This is the kind of tumor which WILL return so my Urologist has gone back into the bladder every six months to have a look around. My oncologist must have seen something on my bone scan two weeks ago, as he wanted my doctor to go back in and see what it looks like. NOW there is no connection between the two cancers - not kin to each other. I do not know how he knew this so fast, but I will take his word for it. Now this is what they will do on the 31st.
Put me to sleep (great ) and go into the bladder and do whatever is
needed. They will be able to correct several minor problems
(so they say ) with the prostate at this time. I have no concern
over any of this procedure, and have all the confidence that all will
turn out great as I do have the Lord looking out for me.
Love In Christ
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| July 20, 2001 Well my DR apt went well this morning.
I got my chemo shot, and then had my meeting with my urologist.
He scheduled for me to be admitted to the hospital at 7AM on
July 31st for the Cystascapy with x -rays. The possibility exists
that he might need to Resection Bladder Tumor. It has been three years
since he removed the large cancerous tumor, and they will return by
this time.
Other than this news I am doing just
great
Love in Christ
Buddy
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July 17, 2001 Hey Folks
I am back in that old rut, not
being able to want to do anything but sleep. I got up at 7AM and Lois
has already had the dog out for an hour walk and the table set
for breakfast. WE had our Bible study and prayer time (we have
several in our cancer support needing strong prayer at this time )
and then had breakfast. I came in checked my early mail and then laid
down and slept for two hrs. Lois is in the frt bedroom working and
I just said that we should go out for Chinese food for lunch. She
( Lois ) can not understand how I can sleep the morning away and then
be hungry enough to go out for lunch. BUT folks I just do not have
enough energy to even want to set down and type this short message.
I will be glad when I can get
started on my new medication. With nothing to block the flow of the
male hormone which feeds the cancer, and did cause the two new tumors
to pop up I might be tired like this. Oh well I praise the Lord
the the tumors are not bad enough to need chemo or more radiation
treatment. We always have something that we can give praise about
Love in Christ
Buddy
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| July 11, 2001 Hey Folks
Yes I had my meeting with my oncologist
this morning. For the most part all is better than I expected. The
psa blood count is up slightly over 5 which they use as a bench mark.
The bone scan did show two new spots but the old ones have not
enlarged to the extent that he feels radiation is necessary.
As he knows that my old hormone
medication was not working he is going to start me on another new
medication. I have sent my order in but it will be about ten days
before I start on it. I will have to take another medication to help
avoid any of the serious side effect from the first one.
I do notice mild pain in
several areas in the bone and if this should get serious he will order
some radiation. To me the pain seemed strong but since I did not cry
over it he must feel it is not serious.I did tell him that the pain
in the neck and back of the head gets me up several times a night
but either he did not hear me or felt I did not say it with conviction.Oh
well time will tell. I know that I have a strong or wild imagination
and I must have left it run in frt. of me. LOL
Now I want to thank you all for
your prayers as we all know that is what has kept everything in check.
I do have a lot to give praise about as He has looked out over me
for close to thirty years.
Love In Christ
Buddy |
| June 10, 2001 Hey Sharon
As I prepare myself for my visit tomorrow
morning with my oncologist,your message this morning has a strong
message to me.
I know from a medical standpoint only
there is no cure for my cancer. But with all the promises we have
from God I have no fear about my meeting. I know that there is a miracle
waiting for the outcome in this meeting, It will be interesting to
see just what God has in store for me, or for Lois or our children.
I know that He will supply all my needs but not all my wants.
Thank you for all your faithfulness
Love In Christ
Tuesday
July 10, 2001
FAITH IS… What is faith? It is the confident assurance that what we hope for is going to happen. It is the evidence of things we cannot yet see…So, you see, it is impossible to please God without faith. Anyone who wants to come to him must believe that there is a God and that he rewards those who sincerely seek him. Hebrews 11:1, 6 God wants all of our confidence to be placed in Him! He wants us to have the confident assurance that whatever we ask for we will receive. Now, I don't think that means that if I ask Him for the Taj Mahal He will give it to me. I honestly don't think that's in His plans for me. However, in my heart I know what His plans are for me and I know what to ask for. Now that makes sense! God wants me to have whatever is necessary to complete the work He has given me to do. In order for that to be done I need daily bread and other basic essentials. Granted, God knows what we stand in need of and all He has to do is send blessings our way. However, He also hungers to have a relationship with us. So, everything is build around the process of seeking Him, asking Him for our needs, and thanking Him when He sends us our supplies! For years I have felt that God wanted us to come to the end of our rope. He wanted us to be hanging on by a thread of hope and having enough faith in Him to provide a place to fall. He did. Since quitting my job in 1998 and starting this ministry I can't tell you how many times Roger and I have been at the point of no return. We have been at the end of our rope with our children and our finances. In both cases we sought godly counsel (and Oprah) and we borrowed money. Well, when we had sought all the godly counsel we could and there was no place else to turn for money - God came through. Our children are more settled now than ever before. We enjoy their visits with us and we have faith to believe that one day they will hunger and thirst for His Presence. He also supplied our needs through the inheritance I received recently. Everything happened on His time schedule when we had no where else to turn. I don't know what you are going through, but I know the God who goes with you. He wants you to trust Him; not man and not the church! We are to look to Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith! Father, we trust You to bring about Your purpose in our lives. We trust You to be our Provider and our Guide! We bring our needs and our wants before You and trust that You will give us all that we need and want according to Your good pleasure! You truly deserve our highest praise! In His Hope,
Sharon Buddy |
| June 9, 2001 Hey Folks
First I want to thank you all for keeping
our granddaughter in your prayers. Maggie is 21 and will be leaving
for her trip to Africa tomorrow. This trip will be for six months,in
western Africa. She will spend the first three months working in a
clinic in a city. The next three months will be in a village with
no electricity or running water. We just finished talking to her and
she is excited about this trip and the work she will be doing.
Her entire time will be helping in these clinic's
We will appreciate if you can
continue to hold her up in your prayers.
Love In Christ
Buddy |
| June 7, 2001 Hey Folks
It will be thirty three days before
I see my Oncologist about the outcome of all my tests, and just where
he wants to go from here. Will this be a long time ? In some ways
it could be , but I have a lot of protection. We have a large number
of promises from God at times like this. I claim this promise at this
time
The beloved
of the Lord shall dwell in safety by him;and the Lord shall cover
him
all the day
long , and he shall dwell between his shoulders
Deuteronomy 33:12
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| June 6 Pray for Buddy, whose medication costs in his cancer treatments are skyrocketing. |
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May 7, 2001
Hey Folks
Can I request special prayer for our Granddaughter Maggie Fitzroy? Some of you will remember that she spent six weeks in China last summer. Now at the age of 21 Maggie is making her final plans to leave for Ghana on June 11, and return on November 22nd. Ghana is located in western Africa about 50 miles north of the equator. She will be working with FAME an organization that concentrates on helping the people of underdeveloped nations through medical evangelism. Maggie will be working in the city of Tema for three months, and the other three months in a rural village. These villages are very remote with no running water or electricity. She will be working in a clinic the entire time there. The preparations for this trip is great and she will need much prayer. Please pray that she will be ready to leave by June and that her trip will be a success. Thank you much Love on Christ Buddy Love In Christ Buddy |
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April 22, 2001
Do not worry about tomorow.......
Sufficient for the day is its own trouble. --Matthew 6:34 Am I a worrywart? YES But not about my Cancer. Although from a medical standpoint only, their is no cure for my cancer. The medication that I am on is not a cure for the cancer, but I have no worry as I am a winner regardless of what direction it takes. BUT last evening our youngest grandaughter age 18 was on her way to Fl with her high school and had a full hr. layover in Charlotte. We wanted to be there at 9:30pm to meet her at the gate. NOW it is a half hr. drive from our house to the airport, and Lois could not understand why i wanted to leave at 8:30. I worried that their might have been a traffic backup and we needed the extra half. hr. Well we got to the airport at 9pm and pulled into the parking lot BUT IT WAS not the one we wanted. Being dark and not knowing where we were i started to worry that we would not get back out and find our way into the proper lot. Worry YES WHY ??? O K we found a shuttle bus driver, who directed us to the exit and how to get where we needed to be. Yes we found a great parking spot and got to our gate by 9:15. Her gate was just accross the isle from where they had their connecting flight, so we had a good 45 Min visit. Praise the Lord Did I need to worry NO NO Lois got off for her drive to Pittsburgh at 6:30am. This should get het to our Son's house by 3:30. Lois is a great driver so should have no trouble. And thank you all for your Prayers, for a safe trip. Love In Christ Buddy |
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April 20, 2001
Hey Folks Buddy also asked for prayer for Lois to have a safe drive to their grandchildren's home. |
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April 5, 2001
Hey Folks
I seem to be coming down with a cold. NOW lets have a
vote to see where most of you think it is going.
Clue: It will always settle in your
weakest part.
And I do not need a cold, as I go in for my
$1,800 chemo shot in two weeks
Love in Christ
Buddy
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January 23, 2001
Hey Folks
Just a short Praise Report. The operation went well. It was all over in forty-five minutes. I spent the next two hrs. in the recovery room, and was back home at two PM Everything looked great. No new tumors and no sign of new cancer. Yes, what a great God we have I will have some minor discomfort for several days but nothing serious. Love in Christ Buddy |
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January 5, 2000
Hey Folks
Just a short update, I am doing great but had my regular Apt. this morning with my urologist. I just seem to have trouble getting answers from him, because he pushes us through so fast. His only concern was my bladder. They removed a large tumor a little over two years ago which turned out to be malignant, and he wants to recheck this. I will go into one day surgery on Jan 23rd at which time he will do a Cystascapy / x-rays and possible resection of bladder tumor. I have no apprehension about this as we do have a great God looking out for us at all times. Love in Christ Buddy |
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December 29, 2000
Hey folks, Dear Mr. and Mrs. Shirer: |
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December 3, 2000
Hey Folks
We are sitting here in the sunny south looking for a bad snow storm to hit tonight. We are expected to get 4-6 inches here in Charlotte. But remember that 1/4 inch will shut down the city. Vanetta in Raleigh, NC could get 15-20 inches by the time it is over. We ordinarily leave home at 7:30 AM for Church, so do not know at this time if the early service will be canceled. Two months ago we signed up for a trip from our Church for a three day trip to Myrtle Beach, SC. We will leave the Church at 8:30AM on Friday morning. At 6:30PM we take in the Carolina Opry Christmas Show. Saturday we will have time to shop and then view the 12 days of Christmas light display. At 7:30PM we arrive at the Palace Theater for the Radio City Rockettes Christmas Spectacular. Sunday we have Breakfast at 7:30AM and at 9AM will have our Sunday morning service. We should have about 70-75 in our group. We will arrive back in Charlotte about 5 PM. Now some of you know that my pain has been a problem these past two weeks, but I do have a new Rx for stronger pain medication, and I hope this will help. My next DR apt is on DEC. 13 at which time I will get the results from all my X-rays and the bone scan done this past Tuesday. BUT I AM DOING GREAT |
| November 30, 2000
Hey Sharon
Please add my name in your prayer request. My pain has been getting stronger this past week. I had my bone scan, along with x-rays done on Tuesday morning, which should show if there is any change in my cancer. Thank you for your continued support. W do have a great God Love Ya' Buddy |
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November 15, 2000
Hey Folks
First off I want to make it clear that I am doing great Two years ago when we found that my cancer had turned aggressive it had spread into both hips and my right shoulder. Since that time it has popped up in several others locations. The past several weeks my right shoulder has been bothering me. with burning sensation and pain. My next apt. with my oncologist was for Jan., but Lois and Kay. have been nagging me to call for an apt as soon as possible. Knowing how aggressive women can get I phoned today and will see my oncologist on the 20th. (Now what will you do Kay) I would think that he will order another MRI to see how things look at this time. I will ask if you all can keep me in your prayers that there is no change in the condition of this tumor. Love in Christ Buddy |
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October 16, 2000
Hey Folks
Can I bring you up to date on my condition. These past several weeks I have been getting more tired, and unable to do much to help Lois. I will go to my Urologist on Friday the 20th for my $1625.00 shot of Zoladex. This is a form of chemo that I get every three months. In the past it seems to help bring back some of my strength, although it is my Casodex the female hormone that drains our strength. The casodex is also responsible for the bone loss and the muscle loss. But I am doing great I do not want to sound like a complainer. As Lois has been doing the work for both of us I felt that she needs a time to get away and rest. We are signed up with Christian Tours for a five day motor coach tour of The Golden Isles of Georgia. We spend the first three nights at Jekyll Island the playground of millionaires Day four we go to Okeenokee Swamp, and a boat tour deep into the swamp and the ancient Indian waterways. After the boat ride we head to Savannah and dinner at one of there best restaurants, The River House. Day five we tour Savannah in a trolley tour after Breakfast at Mrs. Wilkes Boarding House. We will return home late in the afternoon Now please keep me in your prayers that my back will stand up under all this. And yes folks I am doing great only a little tired. Love Ya All Buddy |
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UPDATE - October 29, 2000
If this is your first visit to this page. Do yourself
a favor and read all of this, but today we have a special praise report
from Buddy!
Hey Folks
I have a great Praise Report. I advised you when I first went on the Hormone medication about all the side effects the drug had. The big one was about the extensive clinical test they had done on the drug. It was given on an experiment to 800 men with aggressive prostate cancer, like mine. By the end of the two year test 52% of the men had died. I claimed the 48% for myself. I am now at the end of my two year's, and made the 48%. Praise the Lord What a great God we have. Love You All Buddy |
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Day Two October 8, 2000
Can I expand on what I had
to say yesterday on Prayer?
11 Corinthians 1:3-4 " Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of ALL comfort: Who comforted us in all our tribulations, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God." 1Chronicles 4:10 "Oh that You would bless me and enlarge my territory." I have been pondering over the fact that I might not be spending all the time I should Or need to in prayer. Our first priority each day is to have our Bible study and prayer time. Our Church prayer list every week has close to 50 in need of prayer. As I am involved in the Cancer Ministry of Calvary Church I tend to place most of my time with the 20+ with cancer. We have two at this time in the final days of this terrible decease, so the remaining 15 in our support group are prayed for just as members of this group. I do need to start spending more time in prayer. Yes, God knows the needs of each of us, even before it is mentioned. One thing that bothers me is that all the prayer list's that we see fail to include the caregivers for prayer. Knowing what Lois is going through at this time, and what I saw as a volunteer with Hospice for five years they are a forgotten group. I had several women while with Hospice come up to me and say I need to get away from him, as he is driving me crazy. Yes, we need to pray for them. Job 23:12 "I have not departed
from the command of His lips: I have trusted the words of His
mouth more than my necessary food."
No I departed from His command and have not been as faithful in my prayer life as I should. Love in Christ Buddy |
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October 7, 2000
Hey Folks
We just finished listening to a tape by DR Bruce H. Wilkinson and walk through the Bible, " A PRAYER TO IGNITE YOUR LIFE" 1Chronicles 4:10 Jabez cried out to the God of Israel, "Oh, that you would bless me and enlarge my territory! Let your hand be with me, and keep me from harm so that I will be free from pain." And God granted his request How often do we pray for ourselves? Do we want out territory enlarged? Are we doing everything for our Lord that we can, or should we ask for more authority? My first thought on this went out to Dixie, who has enlarged her territory to reach out to all parts of the world. I tend to stick to my own small prayer list. Oh yes I will pick out one from the PWI list, but mostly just bunch them all together, as a group. We have at least 20 members at our Church
with cancer and we do like to keep them all on our list I also think
about Sharon who has enlarged her territory in a number of ways. I
am blessed in ways that I cannot get into words through the Woes To
Wows Ministries.
Do we ask God to let His hand be with us, and keep us from harm. Do we know that the evil one will be after everything we are doing for the Lord, and we do need God to keep his hand on us? If we pray this prayer for ourselves our entire life will change. We will find ourselves doing things for God that we had no idea that we could handle. It would be great if we all could hear this tape. |
