Ann’s Story

Site created on November 8, 2018

Ann has been diagnosed with stage 4, inoperable and terminal lung cancer. This cancer is a re-occurrence of the lung cancer she was diagnosed with in early 2017. At that time she underwent surgery and was cleared of all cancer. She then had 6 months of intense chemotherapy to kill any cells that might have escaped. She finished this chemo in Dec. 2017. Her re-occurrence started a month or two ago with shoulder pain that spread down her side, on the same side of the prior surgery. As the pain steadily increased, Ann went in for a CT scan, followed by a PET scan and needle biopsy. These test came back positive for cancer, now located on her diaphragm. Based on the results, Ann was given 9m to 1 year to live.  I'm Brad and Ann is my wife of 30 years in March. We believe in miracles and that God is in control so we would love to have any and all prayer we can get. Thank you

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Back to Mayo

Journal entry by Brad Mock —

I'm sure our house sitter is getting tired of our erratic schedule, but since we had so many problems with the local hospital, and since Mayo has been so good and thorough, we have decided to continue her care there. There are other options we can look into but for now they don't offer any advantage.

The upcoming trip to Mayo will consist of more testing and a consultation with the Oncologist to determine if Ann can have chemo/Immunotherapy.

For now there is not much more to report but as always, we appreciate your prayers.
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