To those of you who attended the benefit last night, THANK YOU! Karen and I so appreciated the genuine concern you have shown for us. Plus the food was great too - special thanks to Doris at Chateau Lamothe for making her entire restaurant and bar area available to us. Of course, Joe and Nicole Sanders did so much to make this happen. There was an abundance of silent auction items and raffle prizes which came from the other parents at Mauri's School of Dance, the Sanders' BNI group, the Minnesota Ovarian Cancer Alliance, and many others.
Karen and I both feel an indebtedness to all of you we can't possibly repay. As I expressed this to one dear friend last night, he told me you will repay by fighting this disease with everything you have. Last night reminded us that we do not fight this alone. We are constantly lifted up by the prayers of so many.
The battle against ovarian cancer is far from over. Karen has one more chemotherapy treatment on Thursday the 8th. The question she asks right now is, what next? After this is over, does she work again? And of course we continue to seek healing, which we believe will happen. It's recurrence of this cancer which is most common, statistically speaking, and that is a battle we'll be waging the rest of our lives. With friends like all who attended last night, our families, and our faith, we have the strength and will to do it.
Keep watching this blog for the latest news and I was pleased to hear last night just how many have been reading this. :)
Monday, January 28, 2008
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Update on Karen's next-to-last chemotherapy treatment
Last Thursday the 17th Karen went in for the fifth round of chemotherapy. She spent much of Sunday and Monday very tired and lacking energy. Just as she's coming out of this, now she's caught a cold. Keep her in prayer - a cold is hard to shake off when your immune system is already vulnerable during chemotherapy.
Please let Nicole Sanders or myself know if you'll be attending the benefit next Sunday so we can get a "head count" to Chateau Lamothe in Burnsville. Nicole can be reached at nsanders@mailnparcelplus.com and I at soulwise@msn.com.
Thank you again for your thoughts and prayers during these trying times. This morning I read Psalm 9:10 which encouraged me and I'll pass it on here: "Those who know Your name will trust in You, for You, LORD, have never forsaken those who seek you."
Please let Nicole Sanders or myself know if you'll be attending the benefit next Sunday so we can get a "head count" to Chateau Lamothe in Burnsville. Nicole can be reached at nsanders@mailnparcelplus.com and I at soulwise@msn.com.
Thank you again for your thoughts and prayers during these trying times. This morning I read Psalm 9:10 which encouraged me and I'll pass it on here: "Those who know Your name will trust in You, for You, LORD, have never forsaken those who seek you."
Sunday, January 13, 2008
BENEFIT INFORMATION
Benefit for Karen Jacobsen
January 27th, 2008
January 27th, 2008
5:00pm
at
The Chateau LaMothe, Burnsville, MN
14351 Nicollet CourtBurnsville, MN 55306
www.ChateauLamotheEvents.com
Silent Auction ~ Cash Bar ~ Hor’dourves
Proceeds will go for Karen’s medical costs
To fight ovarian cancer.
http://karenjacobsen.blogspot.com
Preorder Tickets by calling Nicole Sanders
(612) 202-6443 $40.00
You can also contact me, John Jacobsen, at soulwise@msn.com
To our many friends and family who have been asking about how we're doing, we are being graciously sustained. Your response in gifts and kindness during this transition in our lives has helped us through.
By way of an update, Karen returns for the fifth round of chemotherapy next Thursday the 17th. Her final treatment will be on February 8. There has been some discussion of putting her on an experimental chemotherapy "maintenance" program, which keeps her on a low dose of chemotherapy for a six month period, but she and I are leaning against this. We want our lives back - and Karen wants her hair back - and there are non-chemotherapy ways to keep cancer away.
We are looking very forward to the 27th. If you have any questions, please e-mail me or give Nicole Sanders a call - her number is above. God bless!
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
Happy New Year - and prayer for material needs
2008 is here - Happy New Year to you all! We spent New Year's Eve with our close friends Joe and Nicole Sanders and their children, eating pizza and watching The Poseidon Adventure - is there any other movie that depicts a New Year's party gone bad like this one does?
We start 2008 with gratitude for all that has been given us in the last four months. We've realized we are not alone up here in Minnesota but that we have many who love and care for us just like family. If anything good has come out of the ovarian cancer experience, it has been that.
We need prayer for an income gap we're facing right now. I started a position at Allianz a few weeks back but it was the training phase. The start date is Jan 7 but I will not see a check until Jan 18. We don't know what we will live on between now and then. God has provided for us before and will provide again; this we know. Please keep us in your prayers.
Karen has been feeling good, given the circumstances. Her reaction to chemotherapy is mostly tiredness and fatigue with some joint pain. Her emotional state hasn't been as healthy, as she worries a great deal about my work. I'm still doing real estate, but any income from that in the current market is a plesant surprise. She talked yesterday of stopping her treatments (she's four rounds into a six round regimen) to work. As you can imagine she needs prayer for her peace of mind. As do I, many times.
We've also discussed giving concerts and recording again if God should allow that. The concerts will probably resume in the spring, once Karen has at least some hair back. God willing on the 27th fundraiser we may sing a song or two.
Again, in the midst of turmoil, we know we are blessed. Thank you.
We start 2008 with gratitude for all that has been given us in the last four months. We've realized we are not alone up here in Minnesota but that we have many who love and care for us just like family. If anything good has come out of the ovarian cancer experience, it has been that.
We need prayer for an income gap we're facing right now. I started a position at Allianz a few weeks back but it was the training phase. The start date is Jan 7 but I will not see a check until Jan 18. We don't know what we will live on between now and then. God has provided for us before and will provide again; this we know. Please keep us in your prayers.
Karen has been feeling good, given the circumstances. Her reaction to chemotherapy is mostly tiredness and fatigue with some joint pain. Her emotional state hasn't been as healthy, as she worries a great deal about my work. I'm still doing real estate, but any income from that in the current market is a plesant surprise. She talked yesterday of stopping her treatments (she's four rounds into a six round regimen) to work. As you can imagine she needs prayer for her peace of mind. As do I, many times.
We've also discussed giving concerts and recording again if God should allow that. The concerts will probably resume in the spring, once Karen has at least some hair back. God willing on the 27th fundraiser we may sing a song or two.
Again, in the midst of turmoil, we know we are blessed. Thank you.
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