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Thank you all for taking the time to stop by and read JoAnne's blog. If you are visiting you this site, chances are that you already know a bit about what is going on with Jo. She was diagnosed with small cell carcinoma and metastatic disease to her liver in the beginning of October 08.

Small cell carcinoma is a fast-growing type of lung cancer that accounts for about 15 percent of all lung cancer cases. Small cell lung cancer usually starts in or near the lung’s bronchi and metastasizes quickly to nearby lumph nodes and organs. Upon diagnosis her cancer was in her left lung and had already spread to both supraclavicular lymph nodes and to the lumph nodes in her mediastinum. One lymph node in her mediatinum was 6cm x 5cm and compressing both of her pulmonary arteries. Disease was also present in her liver.

Since her diagnosis she has gone from a very lively, energetic 57 year old woman that enjoyed spending time with her family and friends to being very sickand longing to be well again and back home with her family.
Our goal is to provide her all the love and support in the world until we can beat this beast of a disease. We all feel very optimistic that we can get her cancer into complete remission so that she can continue to live her life to the fullest and get back to doing all of the things that she loves.