Posted on 07/17/2007 7:56:46 AM PDT by Mike Bates
In her valiant battle against the pain and weight loss from cancer, Tammy Faye Messner says her family, friends and faith are sustaining her.
In a letter on her Web site dated Monday and addressed to "Dear Friends," Messner, 65, says she has been in bed for nearly a year and on some days "I felt so terrible with my back and stomach that I have hardly been able to breath (sic).
"I cry out to the Lord knowing that many of you are praying for me. In spite of it all, I get dressed and go out to eat."
Messner says her husband, Roe Messner, has built her a new house in Kansas City and calls it "the most beautiful home I have ever seen." Her daughter by her previous husband (the Rev. Jim Bakker), Tammy Sue, is taking care of her along with a friend, Daina.
"My daughter is here a lot of the times to give me my medications and to make sure I don't forget," writes Messner. "When I got sick, she literally moved in and gave me hugs and kisses that are so needful during this period of one[']s life."
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For some reason, the old adage, “Only the good die young,” comes to mind.
I lost my younger sister to breast cancer when she was 38. I can tell you that for the last 18 mos. of her life, she wasn’t interested in writing letters and babbling on. She was too busy hanging on.
I was flipping around and it looks like Jim Bakker has a new show with a new woman and much the same feel. Love offerings are back.
If I was suffering from severe pain I’d put my faith in drugs.
One can have very good results from today’s meds.
This poor woman. God Love her.
bttt
Quick! Get the checkbook.
A friend of mine just got out of bed. He said the pain was easier to tolerate when he moved around. Lying in bed just made him think about the pain. He said when he moved around, he had to think about falling too!
Worked for him I guess
I think that’s also why most people will tell you their pain is worse at night. Of course it is. When one is moving around and doing things it can help even if it’s only a bit or for a second or moment. Lying still in bed or otherwise allows one to feel every little ache or pain. Eventually though, it is impossible for some people to get out of bed because the illness has progressed to that level.
Tammy's made it to 65.
Sorry about your loss. That is awfully young.
We were at a West Virginia resort lazing around watching TV on a Sunday morning a few years back and the evangilist said...” Are you plagued with divorce, bankruptcy, etc. God has given you the answer. Send money; send it to me. “ I thought that was pretty abrupt.
Money you don’t ask for
is money you don’t get
I’m praying for Tammy Faye.
Many cancer support groups advise journaling as a way of dealing with the pain, fear, and frustration of the disease. I’m so sorry about your sister. Different people handle pain in different ways; some clam up, some talk, some write. Tammy Faye is not the type to clam up, so I see nothing wrong with her writing.
Money you don’t ask for
is money you don’t get
___________
Absolutely, as they tell you in any sales class, “close early and close often.”
I confess that I’m a bit put off by men of the cloth making such overt sales pitches.
I have no sympathy for this charlatan.
I do.
God bless Tammy Faye. I loved the movie “The Eyes of Tammy Faye”. She has always come across as a sincere kind woman.
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