New Developments

Dear Friends:
We writing to relay to you a new development in Martha "Quetzal" Ceja's health situation. She had been in remission since last December '07 from Ovarian & Uterus Cancer, but recently, her doctors found some irregularities on her PET scan that could be cancer. Sloane-Kettering is very aggressive in their outlook on removing cancer (or possible cancers for those who have already been through treatment once). She had surgery on Friday and is doing well and should be out of the hospital in a week, or less! Her surgery went well and the surgeon is confident that he removed all of the cancer that he could see. She is alert and moving about as directed by the doctors. And like Sloane-Kettering she is aggressively fighting the cancer, with science, the ideology of MLM and a lot of enthusiasm for life!!!

The next step is recovery. For the next 6-8 weeks she will be unable to lift anything over 5 pounds, limiting her ability to do simple things like grocery shopping, laundry and working.

You may visit the bog at http://quetzalconquerscancer.blogspot.com to donate money and other things and to check on her progress. We will try to keep it as up to date as possible. And by the end of the week, we will have a medical update, and different ways in which people can help.

There is a strong chance she will have chemotherapy or radiation after she has recovered from the surgery.

There is a 100% chance that all of her friends and family will be an important part of her recovery, from running errands, sending food, visiting and helping to fundraise! If you would like to be a part of this, or if you would like to send a message of well-wishing and encouragement, please feel free to email back at this address.

Thank you all so much,
Friends of Quetzal

Here is what people can do right away:

Write her an e-mail wishing her well @ conqueringcancer@gmail.com
Make a donation to the blog for groceries, and other expenses (a budget is available upon request)
Send a Gift certificate for Whole Foods or Trader Joes (eating the right foods will go a long way in her recovery).
Research on the Tumor, treatment and meal planning (email conqueringcancer@gmail.com if interested).
Helping to run errands & other needed activities (laundry and so on). Again you can email conqueringcancer@gmail.com if you are interested, be sure to leave a phone number and a good time to call.