End Notes

 

“When we are no longer”: Frankl, Viktor, Man’s Search for Meaning. Beacon Press, 2006,p. 112.

St John’s Abbey – St John’s University, Collegeville –  Sainthood

“Gene by gene”: Mukherjee, Sidhartha. The Gene: An Intimate History. Scribner, 2016, p. 297.

“The difference between”: Bazell, Robert. Her-2: The Making of Herceptin, A Revolutionary Treatment for Breast Cancer. Random House, 1998. p. 117.

“cancer arose from normal”: Mukherjee, Ibid., p. 296.

lifetime risk for women at one in eight: “How Common Is Breast Cancer?: Breast Cancer Statistics.” American Cancer Society, www.cancer.org/cancer/breast-cancer/about/How-common-is-breast-cancer.htm.

Even my height Huang Zhiang,  et al.:”Dual Effects of Weight and Weight Gain on Breast Cancer Risk.” JAMA. 278: 1407-11, 1997. p. 1407.

“If you pull it up by the roots before”:  Vogel, Wendy H. “Analogies in Oncology: Explanations Made Easier.” Journal of Advanced Practical Oncology, ncbi.nlm.hih.gov. 2015 Mar-Apr; 6(2):p. 174.

 “Stearns County, Minnesota, contains”: Roscoe, John and Robert Roscoe. Legacies of Faith: The Catholic Churches of Stearns County. North Star Press of St. Cloud, 2009, p. 12.

“I always wanted to do a pilgrimage”: Rajala, Nikki. “Paynesville Woman Embarks on Pilgrimage of Gratitude During November.” Central Minnesota Catholic Magazine of the Diocese of St. Cloud. 25 Nov. 2019. thecentralminnesotacatholic.org/ paynesville-woman-embarks-on- pilgrimage-of-gratitude-during-november/.

St. Agnes, Roscoe – Time

St Wendelin, Luxemburg – Look Good, Feel Better

“Before the Lord, the whole”: Wisdom 11:22. The Word Among Us. Zancherin, Leo, Ed. The Word Among Us, Frederick Maryland, November 2020. p. M5.

“Time is a slut”: Green, John. The Fault in Our Stars, Dutton Books, 2012. pg

St. Cloud Hospital Chapel, St. Cloud  – Nonverbals

St Michael, Spring Hill – Mom’s faith

“Images of the walking dead”: Frankl, Viktor, Man’s Search for Meaning. Beacon Press, 2006.

Assumption, Eden Valley – Rant

“Lord, I thank you for another day”: Stang, Mark and Carol Sanders, Finding the Water, Covenant Books, Inc., 2019. p. 77.

Stage I five year survival: Gigliemetti, Petra. “My Friend has Stage IV Breast Cancer.  Here are Some Things She Wishes you Knew.” Glamour, 1 October 2020.

St. Martin, St. Martin – Downsizing

“This man welcomes sinners ” Luke 15:1-10. The Word Among Us. Zancherin, Leo, Ed. The Word Among Us, Frederick Maryland, November 2020.p. M19.

“I will praise You,” Psalm 139:14 Ibid.

unique video montage: “ChiaLinda”  YouTube. Uploaded by Linda Liebl. 8 Dec. 2009, www.youtube.com/ watch?v=fykuTmEt_p4.

St. John the Baptist, Meire Grove – Genetics

“the inappropriate activation” Mukherjee, Sidhartha. The Gene: An Intimate History. Scribner, 2016, 297.

Church of Our Lady, Manannah – Lifestyle changes

After the gospel, Father Jeff: Luke 20:27-28.  The Word Among Us. Zancherin, Leo, Ed. The Word Among Us, Frederick Maryland, November 2020. p.M25.

“Science thrives on being open” Barajas, Joshua. “How Many People Does It Take to Keep a Conspiracy Alive?” PBS. 15 Feb. 2016, www.pbs.org/newshour/science/ math-formula-charts-the-lifespan-of-hoaxes. np.

“Medical conspiracies, in particular” Ibid. np.

And I was thankful: Bazell, Robert. Her-2: The Making of Herceptin, A Revolutionary Treatment for Breast Cancer. Random House, 1998, p.71.

St. James, Jacobs Prairie – Relay for Life Speech

This week was 2 Maccabees: 2 Maccabees 7:1-2, 9-14. The Word Among Us. Zancherin, Leo, Ed. The Word Among Us, Frederick Maryland, November 2020. p. M26.

St. Anne, Kimball –  The Written Word

“It would be better for him if”:  Luke 17:1-6. The Word Among Us. Zancherin, Leo, Ed. The Word Among Us, Frederick Maryland, November 2020. M31.

Church of our Lady of the Lakes, Spicer – A Storm in every Port

“The souls of the just,”  Wisdom 2:23-3:9. The Word Among Us. Zancherin, Leo, Ed. The Word Among Us, Frederick Maryland, November 2020. M32.

St. Joseph, St. Joseph –  My Heart, My Scott

“Jesus, Master, Have pity on us: Luke 17:11-19. The Word Among Us. Zancherin, Leo, Ed. The Word Among Us, Frederick Maryland, November 2020.

St. Joseph’s is the oldest church:  Roscoe, John and Robert Roscoe. Legacies of Faith: The Catholic Churches of Stearns County. North Star Press of St. Cloud, 2009, p. 129.

Julie Yip-Williams’ memoir: Yip-Williams, Julie. Unwind the Miracle: A Memoir of Life, Death, and Everything that Comes After.Random House, 2019.

“Be joyful in hope” :Romans 12:12.  New American Bible.  St. Joseph Medium Sized Edition, Catholic Book Publishing Co., 1970.

 

No one could take: Rosenthal, Amy Krouse , “You May Want to Marry My Husband.” 15 June 2018. New York Times. www.nytimes.com/2018/06/15/style/ modern-love-my-wife-said-you-may-want-to-marry-me.html.

Washburn Court, Paynesville – Dad’s Forever Nap

The Kingdom of God is among us: Luke 17:21. The Word Among Us. Zancherin, Leo, Ed. The Word Among Us, Frederick Maryland, November 2020. p. M38.

“Be who you are and be that well”: “Saint Francis de Sales.” AZQuotes.com. https://www.azquotes.com/quote/257187.

St. Francis Chapel – St. John’s University, Collegeville – Connections

“The best laid schemes o’ mice an’ men gang aft agley”: “Robert Burns.” AZQuotes.com. https://www.azquotes.com/quote/352063

“Whoever strives to save his life”: Luke 17:26-37  The Word Among Us. Zancherin, Leo, Ed. The Word Among Us, Frederick Maryland, November 2020. p. M41.

St. Louis, Paynesville – Threshold of Hope

“Do not be terrified.” : Luke 21:5-19  The Word Among Us. Zancherin, Leo, Ed. The Word Among Us, Frederick Maryland, November 2020. p. M47.

“trust in another extended into the future”: Schmitz, Mike. “Is it Ever Okay to Give Up?”Ascension Presents. YouTube. 24 Sept. 2020. www.youube.com/watch?v=CkY2tVYDPJQ.

“Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.”: “Corrie Ten Boom.” AZQuotes.com.  https://www.azquotes.com/quote/32077.

“I understand hope as an emotion” : Groopman, Jerome. The Anatomy of Hope: How People Prevail in the Face of Illness, Random House 2004, p. 193.

“Hope is the thing”: Emily Dickinson.” AZQuotes.com.  https://www.azquotes.com/quote/78071.

St. Francis de Sales, Belgrade – News:Receiving it. Delivering it

“Congratulations.  You made”: Liebl, Linda M. “Eyeore.” email.10 November 2018 to 16 April 2019.

“Concerning. Malignant. Tumor. Progression. Metastatic.” : Liebl, Linda M. “Words that Eviserate”: CaringBridge. 6 Sept. 2018. www.caringbridge.org/visit/lindaliebl/journal.

“Today’s PET showed mets” : Liebl, Linda M. “Well, At Least There is not Stage V Cancer…”: CaringBridge. 6 Sept. 2018. www.caringbridge.org/visit/lindaliebl/journal.

Sts. Peter and Paul, Richmond -Redemptive Nature of Healing

about a blink beggar: Luke 18:35-43 The Word Among Us. Zancherin, Leo, Ed. The Word Among Us, Frederick Maryland, November 2020. p. M51.

“The mechanism of action”: Vogel, Wendy H. “Analogies in Oncology: Explanations Made Easier.” Journal of Advanced Practical Oncology, ncbi.nlm.hih.gov. 2015 Mar-Apr; 6(2):  p. 176.

“a riveting account of how” Bazell, Robert. Her-2: The Making of Herceptin, A Revolutionary Treatment for Breast Cancer. Random House, 1998, p. ix.

“a complex biological mystery”: Ibid., p.ix

In 1979  a group of scientists: Ibid., p. xii.

“the cell is overloaded with signals”: Ibid., p. 18.

“a monoclonal antibody”: Ibid., p. 42

Genentech’s Immunology Division: Ibid., p. 57

“Nobody gave a shit” Ibid., p. 49.

With 25-30% minority of breast: Ibid.,

“Standard measure of a positive  response”: Ibid., p.85.

Forty-three women participated”: Ibid., p. 106.

“stand back and hope”: Ibid., p. 106

“cancer cure had always been the great hope”:  Ibid., p. 107.

“fundamental changes upon pharmaceutical” Ibid., p. 113.

Compassionate access to not-yet-FDA-approved: Ibid., p. 114.

But in December 1994, demonstrators: Ibid., p. 121.

Genentech’s dilemma was allowing Ibid., p. 130.

“sent on a mission to Antarctica” Ibid., p. 141

The trials to fill the trial: Ibid., p. 157

“8-10 years and approximately $1 billion”: Parker, Andrea and Ginny Knackmuhs. “Breast Cancer Fund the Research Month,”  METavivor Research and Support Inc. Facebook. 23 Oct.r 2020.

recurrence averaged just nine months : Bazell, Robert.  p.

“Another reminder of the insidious, highly malignant” : Ibid., p. 173.

In March 1998, the FDA granted Herceptin: Ibid., p. 176.

The trial showed the most benefit : Ibid., p. 185.

Often a break from Herceptin : Ibid., p. 186.

Suffixes -zu for humanized and -mab for : Ibid., p.

“consider having the patient picture a golf ball” : Vogel, Wendy H. “Analogies in Oncology: Explanations Made Easier.” Journal of Advanced Practical Oncology, ncbi.nlm.hih.gov. 2015 Mar-Apr; 6(2): p.174,

St. Nicolas, St. Nicholas – Deadly Complications

“Tomorrow is the end of fall semester” : Liebl, Linda  M. Facebook. www.facebook.com 1 Dec. 2016.

 St. Peter, North St. Paul –  Lessons from Dad

“And so in the strife” Service, Robert. “Carry On.” Poetry Lover’s Page. poetryloverspage.com,

Sacred Heart Chapel – College of St. Benedict, St. Joseph – The Nuns

St. Boniface, Cold Spring  –  2 Surgeons, 2 Markers, 1 Body

“temples of the Holy Spirit” : Luke 9:45-48  The Word Among Us. Zancherin, Leo, Ed. The Word Among Us, Frederick Maryland, November 2020. p. M 62.

 Holy Cross, Marty – Accepting Help to Help Others

“Cancer became the commonality” “LeMay, Joey. “A High School Responds to Cancer: ROCORI Copes with the Death of a Student and the Disease Challenging Another Student and a Member of the Faculty.” St. Cloud Times. 29 July 2009.

St. Margaret, Lake Henry – Mom’s Eulogy

 Seven Dolors, Albany – Side effects

the widow who tithed : Luke  21:1-4  The Word Among Us. Zancherin, Leo, Ed. The Word Among Us, Frederick Maryland, November 2020. p. M 71.

“Unrelenting exhaustion, that lasts longer”: “Fatigue.” Mayo Clinic. www.mayoclinic.org/symptoms/fatigue/basics/definition/sym-20050894.

I had shed  598 oz or 74 cups in my lifetime: “How Much of Your Body is Your Own?” BBC. www.bbc.com/earth/story/the-making-of-me-and-you.

 St. Peter, St. Cloud –  Agony of Waiting

gold/bronze/iron idol : Daniel 2:31-45. The Word Among Us. Zancherin, Leo, Ed. The Word Among Us, Frederick Maryland, November 2020. p. M 72.

Temple of Jerusalem: Luke  21:5-11.  The Word Among Us. Zancherin, Leo, Ed. The Word Among Us, Frederick Maryland, November 2020. p. M 73.

“If you are born at 12:01 am” : Connor, Mark. “If Life were a 24-hour Clock, what Time is it for You?” Mark Connor’s Space. 27 Dec. 2012. MarkConnor.typepad.com.

 St. Mary’s Cathedral, St. Cloud –  My Boys, My Joys : Mack and Ben

“You will be hated by all”: Luke21:12-19, deals with religious persecution: The Word Among Us. Zancherin, Leo, Ed. The Word Among Us, Frederick Maryland, November 2020. p. M 82.

Our Lady Queen of Peace Chapel, College of St. Scholastica, Duluth – Attitude

“The psychological impact of a cancer diagnosis” : Hodges, Kayleigh and Sue Winstanley. “Dispositional optimism  Effects of Optimism,   Social Support, Fighting Spirit, Cancer Worry and Internal Health Locus of Control on Postive Affect in Cancer Survivors:  A Path Analysis.”  Stress Health, (5):408-15. 28 Dec. 2012. DOI: 10.1002/smi.2471

“chemotherapy killed a fixed percentage” : Mukherjee, Sidhartha. The Emperor of all Maladies: A Biography of Cancer. Scribner, 2010., p. 141.

“My spirits are strong” : Liebl, Linda M. “This is My Knife Song (rip off of Fight Song by Rachel Platten).” CaringBridge. 24 Sept. 2018.

Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary, Duluth –  Death and dying

“Give glory and eternal praises to him,” : Daniel 3:75.  The Word Among Us. Zancherin, Leo, Ed. The Word Among Us, Frederick Maryland, November 2020. p. M 82.

Daniel’s dreams of beasts : Daniel 7: 2-14.  The Word Among Us. Zancherin, Leo, Ed. The Word Among Us, Frederick Maryland, November 2020. p. M 81.

“In the midst of winter” :“Albert Camus Quotes About Winter: A-Z Quotes.” AZQuotes.,www.azquotes.com/author/2398-Albert_Camus/tag/winter.

Church of St. Mary, Willmar –  Spiritual Healing

“fishers of men” : Matthew 4:18-22.  The Word Among Us. Zancherin, Leo, Ed. The Word Among Us, Frederick Maryland, November 2020. p. M 85.

“Be joyful in hope” : Romans 12:12.  New American Bible.  St. Joseph Medium Sized Edition, Catholic Book Publishing Co., 1970.

“the pervasive and abiding sense” : Schmitz, Mike.  “Why Joy is More Christian than Happiness.”  Ascension Presents. YouTube. Sep 26, 2018. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RleRm-GBOA.

“Rejoice to the extant that you partake”: 1-Peter 4:13-16.  New American Bible.  St. Joseph Medium Sized Edition, Catholic Book Publishing Co., 1970.

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