A note from Betty's Daughter,

October 31, 2005

Hi Y'all...

My name is . I am Betty Crow's daughter. I knew she was a member

of this group; but, I had never really " looked into it " - because it

was something personal; and, figured it wasn't my place to nose-around

in her personal business like that...

Anyway, I went ahead and logged in using her account today to

" nose-around " to see if there was anyone in this group who she may

have befriended. There are so many posts in this group, I was not

able to find any from my Mom; so, I still don't know... So, I decided

to just go ahead and post the news to the whole group...

My Mom, Betty J Crow, passed away on Saturday, October 29, 2005. She

had been suffering from RA for about 8 years that I know of.

Additionally she had begun to have heart problems several years ago.

Then, as if that weren't all enough, she was Dx with Lung Cancer about

a year ago. She died from complications of the cancer.

The only thing I really know about her RA was that it made her

miserable; and, she was in constant pain from it - up until she

started chemo for the cancer. Ironically, the chemo actually helped

her RA a LOT (most the lumps on her arms, etc disappeared and until

the cancer got a good hold on her, she had a lot less pain from the RA

while receiving chemo. *That* was the only good thing to come of the

chemo - as my Mom was allergic to all five treatments they tried over

the course of the past year - which is why they were not able to bring

her into remission... Before the cancer/chemo; the only other

treatment she REALLY seemed to benefit from were the gold injections;

but, of course that ended several years ago to her dismay... The

reason I'm posting this tidbit about the chemo is: My Mom had never

been told that chemo is one option to trying to manage RA. It's not

real " mainstream " because the chemo treatments are so hard on your

body; but, come on - RA in general is freaking hard on your body, too!

Other than bringing this info to you, I really couldn't tell you any

more about it than I've already posted - since my Mom was receiving

the chemo for her cancer and not for her RA...

If you want a bit more insight to my Mom's illnesses/death, you can

check out my " blog " and read the entry from last night:

Take Care, Y'all!

Sincerely,

~ Y Selk

Selk@...

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