From: Chris Rourke <"crourke@istar.ca"@istar.ca>

> To: kent@via-media.com

> Subject: Read your article

> Date: Thursday, February 27, 1997 11:18 AM

>

> Mr Field

>

>

> I just finished reading your article about your ordeal with

> leiomyosarcoma. It was very enlightening...and close to home.

>

> Last February, my sister was diagnosed with Ewing's sarcoma.

> After chemotherapy which almost killed her...and surgery this past

> October they discovered she was misdiagnosed. She actually had

> leiomyosarcoma. It was in the muscle and tissue surrounding her 10th

> rib. It had even gone into part of the rib.

> The surgery removed all the tissue and two if her ribs. After

> discovering their mistake, she was then sent to radiation treament at

> Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto.

> She just finished radiation on Monday...and I am happy to say

> that on the Thursday before that, her doctors told her she had done it.

> There was no more cancer to be found...everything was negative.

> We are no in the period where things must get back to normal. We

> tried to research her cancer, but you seemed to have discovered a lot

> more about it. I was shocked when I read the part in your article when

> you stated you had found no survivors.

> So, I thought I would email you and let you know of another

> survivor...my older sister :)

>

>

> Sincerely,

>

> Tanya Elrick