> From: VitaEyes@aol.com
> To: kent@via-media.com
> Subject: Leiomyosarcoma
> Date: Sunday, June 22, 1997 7:52 PM
>
> Dear Kent,
> My brother mailed me a copy of your web pages. I was very interested in your
> research and the progress you have made with your diagnosis and surgeries.
> My Leiomyosarcoma is in my abdominal cavity the doctor says, crowding my
> other organs. I had the first one removed, which seemed to originate from
> fibroids in the female organ area, last July. They told me at that time that
> they thought they got it all but if it came back they would just go get it
> again. Now they tell me that it came back too soon. Earlier they had said
> they would not do radiation or chemo because there was no target since they
> got it all, and also because they did not respond to these treatments. Now
> they want to do them. I too am a believer in the nutritional angle and have
> been taking mega supplements almost identical to the ones you take. My
> immune system seems to be very strong. I have not so much as had the
> sniffles this winter, and I have been exposed numerous times in my business.
> I am a hairdresser, beauty salon owner, iridologist, herbalist, health food
> store owner, etc.
>
> I was interested in what you had to say about the experience at the hospital
> you chose to go to. Can you tell me how to get in touch with the hospital,
> doctors, surgeons you used? I will ask my oncologist this week how much
> experience he has had with this type and if it is not much, I want to come to
> your doctor I think.
>
> Have you heard of any other treatment that has been successful? I was
> wondering about a method I heard of in the health business several years
> ago....a heat treatment....Today I ran into it again in a "Choices" book. It
> seems it is only available in California, but I am not sure of that.
>
> I will hope to hear from you soon.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Lou Cox from Texas (Near Lubbock)
> From: VitaEyes@aol.com
> To: vianet@i-2000.com
> Subject: Re: Leiomyosarcoma
> Date: Monday, June 23, 1997 10:52 PM
>
> Dear Kent,
> I was so excited to get your e.mail today. We attend Sunset Church of
> Christ. Our son went to the school of preaching and served some time in the
> mission field in Wisconsin. Our oldest daughter married a Sunset Graduate
> and is in Arkansas now. We have so many exes that we correspond with here and
> overseas. We were not going to Sunset when you were there. Our youngest was
> born in 1969, and we moved to the farm in 1972. We live near Levelland so we
> attended there for many years. Jay Don Rogers was the minister we really
> loved that was there when we first started going. As our youngest got older
> she met some AIMers and wanted to attend Sunset so we gave in, and have been
> so glad to have some awesome teachers. I worked in the Jail Ministry for
> awhile through Sunset and really enjoyed that. My dad was honored for
> preaching more than 50 years by Sunset back in the 70's I think it was. He
> was a third generation--E.M.Borden Jr.
>
> We were attending Parkway Drive when we first married and living in East
> Lubbock when a group went to BayShore. I believe they called it Exodus Bay
> Shore. Dwain Evans was a part of that group and I know the Sojourners had
> spent some time there. I feel like I have just touched base with a relative
> I did not know I had, and I guess we are related through the Lord huh!!!
>
> I just had my ct scans today to make sure that the leiomyosarcoma had not
> gone into any other part of my body...ie---lungs, bone, and brain. I have
> been praying hard like you said in your article that it will not show up
> elsewhere. Pleas pray for me too. I really think when you mention my name
> Lou Cox, the Lord will say "Wow, there are a lot of folks praying for her and
> now I find out Kent knows her too." I feel the encouragement through those
> prayers.
>
> Thanks for answering so soon and being so encouraging and informative. I go
> to the surgeon and oncologist tomorrow, and will definitely ask a lot of
> questions and ask for another opinion if it is indicated.
>
> Talk to you soon Brother,
>
> Lou Cox
> From: VitaEyes@aol.com
> To: vianet@i-2000.com
> Subject: Re: Leiomyosarcoma
> Date: Thursday, June 26, 1997 9:05 AM
>
> Dear Kent,
> I was so excited to hear from you again.
> Did you ever attend the Tulsa Workshop? Where did you worship in Tulsa? We
> really enjoyed it in the late 70's, and still try to make it when we can. It
> is harder to pick and choose the good speakers now, but the encouragement
> used to be fantastic. That is where I got interested in working with the
> Prison ministry, and learned the need. Clyde Thompson's wife worshipped at
> Sunset for awhile. Did you ever hear of him? He was known as the Meanest
> Man in Texas. He was on death row many years and in solitary a lot before
> turning to the Lord. I will tell you more if you want to know or don't
> already.
>
> My ct scans of the brain, lungs, and bones were all clear. The Lord answered
> that pleading prayer affirmatively. I am headed for Houston to a sarcoma
> specialist. My appointment is July 3. They are saying this is too
> aggressive and too large, and too involved to remove again....I was reading
> some of the radiologist's notes as I copied them for MD Anderson and noted
> they mentioned that the right adrenal gland was involved and the lower
> abdominal wall. They had not told me this so I don't know exactly what that
> means. My oncologist is saying that this is a 6 month reoccurance because it
> was all clear in December even though it has been 11 months since my surgery.
> Pray for good results in Houston. I really am not through with the work I
> want to do for the Lord. We have dreams of joining the sojourners (you know
> about them I am sure). We even bought our motorhome while we could make
> payments to have it for that purpose. We have used it a lot for the Lord
> including having some Sunset Students live in it while finding housing and
> such, so it is not as if it has not served some purpose for the Lord, but we
> wanted to do more together in it. I pray He sees fit for this to be.
>
> Let me hear again. My kids are thrilled about you and our connection with
> this and Sunset. My brother preaches in Hobbs New Mexico and he is the one
> who found you and copied your story and sent it to me from his computer to
> start this connection. He too is thrilled that you are a Brother to us. The
> Lord never ceases to amaze me.
>
> Love, Hugs, Prayers,
>
> Lou Cox