Patti Z

[Mike Newell]

My wife Cheryl Newell got a lot of support from Patti Z during her two years of fighting breast cancer. My wife lost her battle on Jan 8, 2004. I have been documenting a lot of her information that I plan to share with our children when they are adults recently and one of them is Cheryl's posts on this website. It reminds me how incredibly brave she was and I wanted to show that to her 3 girls. I also noticed how wonderful Patti Z ( as well as many many others ) was to my wife. I haven't emailed Patti in over a year and I didn't see any posts from her since last Oct 04. Patti are you still on here? If not, anyone have any information on her?

[al from canada]

Dear Mike,
I'm very sad to here the news. It's always a tragedy when we loose someone to cancer but it must be an incomprehensible tragedy when you loose a spouse.

Wishing you all the best,
Al

[pattyz]

Mike... I appreciate your herculean searching and efforts to contact me with news of dearest Cheryl.

What you are doing for your daughters is such a wonderful idea. It will give an intimate window into their mom's life, her emotions, personality, generosity, love and strength. Bless you for this.

I post infrequently under the ID: pattyz which may make a difference in a search of my posts.

Survivor guilt is a familiar feeling for me these past months. I am indeed still here for whatever reason/s. I remain NED in body with last scan showing a bit of small progression in brain. Report states: "one or two new small lesions." That is so 'iffy' a report I've been waiting to see what they do since March, next scans in Aug. Am doing well, with good QOL.

I am still hesitant to get excited about making plans that are way out there, yet have risked doing so a bit more of late.... trying to look at it as just 'therapy' for TODAY.

Blessings to you and your daughters, Mike.
Most sincerely,
pattyz