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