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Show Cancer Victims Form Group; Help Each Otli; When Orville Kelly" -married, father of three learned he has a cancer of the lymph glands for which there is no established cure, the roof fell in on his life. While i he children were not told of Ins illness, the general gloom und depression of the household affected them seriously. THEN A positive change incurred in Kelly's outlook," writes Judith Ramsey in the Header's Digest. "It was one ul those incredibly bright autumn au-tumn days. . .The world was ieeming with life, and Kelly knew he was still part of it." Not long after, the former newspaperman wrote an article ar-ticle for his local (Burlington. Iowa) newspaper about what ii was like to have cancer. AS A result of the publicity, Kelly and IS other cancer ictims and their families met to discuss their problems. "They felt a tremendous sense of relief .ind even a cautious optimism, op-timism, knowing that their terrors were shared by others .Hid could be conquered," Uumsey continues. This initial meeting was the iR'ginning of Make Today i ount (MTC), an organization in help the terminally ill and ilit'ir families improve the quality of their remaininc time together. There r 132 chapters acm-umntry. acm-umntry. SOME OF the pic-. offered MTC's menUT through its newsletter - Accept death as life. It is. - CONSIDER each; another day of life, a jtti1 i. tod to be enjoyed as U possible. - Realize that life ne r going to be perfect. Ii tjefore, and it won't btr - - PUT YOUR friend' relatives at ease yours ou don't want pity, don ii ir it. - Set new goals; rej our limitations. Snnu!' i lie simple thirty "1 become the most enfini' - DISCUSS vour pri-"' ,nh vour family, incluc .our children if P1 Alter all, your problem i! .in individual one. Kt'llvhasbeeninrvnii' ,r.m his disease since M'' ,;. No one knows ho (j ,t will last. "Refsardle ihat happens to meniw. .avs. "I have lived ow1; u-hselv and been wn olved -since my www diagnosed than in a' ; previous veorsonihm |
