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I don't know how many people on this board pray, but if you do, I'm asking for them. My sister, Linda Garrick, who co-wrote the Terran Underground series with me, has just been diagnosed with a very deadly form of lung cancer. Linda is only 55 and never smoked a day in her life, nor has she ever worked around smokers. She is a nurse, who worked obstetrics at Redwood Memorial Hospital in Fortuna, California. She starts chemotherapy tomorrow, and the doctors say it works only about 30% of the time. I'm hoping and praying that she will be in that 30%.
Nan Smith
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Oh no. I'm so sorry, Nan. I'll be praying for her, and you and your family. Take care.
JD
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Nan, I'm so sorry to hear this.  I truly hope that Linda will respond well to treatment. I'll be thinking of you and her. Wendy
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I'm so sorry, Nan! I'll be sending good thoughts her way! I hope she's in that 30% too. Sara
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I'm very sorry Nan, I'll pray for her and your family.
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Nan, I'm so sorry. You are both in my thoughts.
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Thanks, everyone. I'll pass along your messages to my sister. She can use all the encouragement she can get.
Nan
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She has my prayers. ML 
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I know how devastating this must be for you and your family, Nan. I'll be hoping for the best possible outcome and sending all best wishes your way. LabRat 
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Nan i'll keep u and your family in my prayers
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I hope everything will work out.
See ya,
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Very sorry to hear the news, Nan. My thoughts are with you and your family.
A 1/3 chance may not seem that great, but I've seen much slimmer chances pay off.
My best wishes to your sister on coming down on the right side of those odds.
Paul
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Not only do I pray but I believe it to be the only explanation for some personal situations to have a happy ending. I always believed my grandmother had the "red phone" connection to God and now that she's gone, I just have to believe that my prayers are as strong as hers and that God listens to me as well as he listened to her. She would say, "Take it to the Lord and leave it there."  You're in my prayers.
I'm a firm believer in the fact that God doesn't put any more on us than we can bear. He does however make us come to Jesus every so often.
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I'm praying for her and all of you.
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Again, my thanks to all of you. I've passed along your words of encouragement to Linda. The chemo is hitting her kind of hard, and she's feeling pretty bad, so anything that lets her know others are thinking of her helps.
Nan
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I'll think about her and hope for the best. Big hug for you Nan.
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Of course, you are in my prayers and I will pass this along to my church cirles.
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Nan, I'm sorry to hear this news. I also will be praying.
Jana
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Me too - I'm keeping her in my prayers, and I've added her name to the prayer lists at both my church and my parents' church.
Janet
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Just catching up here, Nan. I hope your sister is responding well to treatmemt - hopefully our collective spirit will count for something, somewhere to boost her fight. Our sisters are part of our souls. c.
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