Hi Steve, Irene exhibits a strength of spirit that I admire and applaud; I would be a lot moodier if a leg of mine was due for amputation. Thanks for sharing your great shots of these model patients! Irene... http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/barbour/PAW2007/irene.jpg.html "let me poke your tumor..." http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/barbour/PAW2007/irene+sara+4.jpg.html prayer... http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/barbour/PAW2007/irene2.jpg.html godspeed... http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/barbour/PAW2007/irene+side.jpg.html >>>Irene has recurrent bone cancer... she will undergo an amputation of her leg soon... these four photos were taken today...<<< IMHO, cancer remains the scariest disease known to humankind. I recently lost an aunt to breast cancer, and a few years back, an uncle (a Briton) to stomach cancer. I was once doing some research in a cadaver lab and saw how the spread of lung cancer ravaged the poor person's neighboring organs within the thoracic cavity........mercilessly. ~ Eric ------ Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/lrflex.htm Archives are at: //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/