NYT/AP: Dana Reeve Responding Well to Cancer Treatment

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Reeve Responding Well to Cancer Treatment
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: November 17, 2005


NEW YORK (AP) -- Dana Reeve, who announced three months ago that she has lung cancer, said Thursday she is responding well to treatment and that her tumor is ''shrinking and shrinking and shrinking.''

Reeve, 44, won worldwide admiration for the support of her husband, ''Superman'' star Christopher Reeve, who was paralyzed in a horse-riding accident in 1996 and died last year. She announced her lung cancer diagnosis in August.

''I'm beating the odds and defying every statistic the doctors can throw at me,'' Reeve told the audience at a fund-raiser for The Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation on Thursday evening. ''My prognosis looks better all the time.''

Reeve was dressed for the gala in a long, flowered gown accessorized with several necklaces, including one -- a dog tag bearing the ''Superman'' symbol and the words ''Go Forward'' -- that the foundation is selling to raise money.

At the gala, the Christopher Reeve Spirit of Courage Award was awarded to husband and wife Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones....


http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/arts/AP-People-Dana-Reeve.html

[barb162]

1. Good for her. She seems like the sweetest person!

[MADem]

2. Lord love that woman

She has not had an easy road.

I wish her the best.

[serryjw]

3. That is such good news

Christopher is looking down at her, she's not alone.

[wiley]

4. God Bless her

and keep her safe.

[RFKHumphreyObama]

5. Good..

She is a brave and courageous woman, as was her late husband. I'll keep her in my thoughts and prayers

[xchrom]

6. blessed be, dana!

i hope you kick this thing into the next galaxy -- because you are a super woman.

[Straight Shooter]

7. Blessings and light, Dana.

Once this is overcome, may your life finally be on a peaceful road to contentment and the best of health for you and your family.