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style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'> As we ent=
er the summer months and only one worship service at 10 am it will be a goo=
d season to continue my recovery. But, summer isn't a time for any of us to ignore the importance of wor=
ship. <=
span
style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'> Summer is=
also a time to think ahead to the more active school year months in the ch=
urch and I want to invite you to use this time to be more proactive in deci=
ding how you will want to grow as a disciple in the coming year. <=
span
style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'> I am conv=
inced that we need to worship regularly and that we need to find ways to stimulate spiritual growth and =
to serve others. In the comin=
g months I want to invite you to consider how that happens in your life and=
to consider how the church can help you in both areas of personal spiritua=
l growth and in service to others. Thank you all once again fo=
r your prayers and cards and concern shared with me during my recovery from=
prostate cancer surgery. I c=
ontinue to feel stronger with more energy and less pain nearly every day an=
d week to week can feel the progress. =
; I am told that it will be another 2-4 weeks before most of the sof=
t tissue will repair itself and everything will "settle down." <=
span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> The end of =
July I will have my Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) tested to see if prosta=
te cancer cells remain in my body. <=
/span>If there are any then they will produce PSA and that will be a sign t=
hat there is cancer remaining. In that case I would probably have daily radiation for about a month and =
a half as well as therapy to blockade androgens - testosterone and andoster=
one that feed prostate cancer cells. =
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span
style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'> But the s=
tatistical averages are in my favor and there is only a small chance that I=
have any cancer remaining in me at this time. Thanks to God! - Fred Kane |
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