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c8 tribune may 31 1989 su faith and medicine beati bruce stapley correspondent the fight isnt over yet but cin dy phillips would appear to be on her way to beating a potentially ruthless opponent the 28yearold grade 5 teacher at stouffville christian school was diagnosed with hodgkins disease last september but following three months of chemotherapy followed by two months of radiation treatment the outlook is good they told me at first that if i had to get cancer this was the type to get says miss phillips there is a 90 percent cure rate for this type of cancer with little chance of recurrence they took an xray after the chemotherapy and they said it seemed to have disappeared the treatment is so much more ad vanced today one doctor told me that 30 years ago this would have been a death sentence miss phillips claims that while she was relatively optimistic hike alternate choice fine food shoppe caterers frances rose and elizabeth are thrilled to announce the opening of their fine food 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administered daily which has resulted in her- teaching mornings only recently as for the reaction of her students to her illness miss phillips says they have shown varying degrees of awareness its hard to know what they think some are more tuned in than others i dont look sick so they tend to forget i never really wanted to bring it up too much because i thought it might scare them crabtree evelyn comestibles asr bulloch z 1 o hwy7 r in the dnjgworid plaza 5051 hwy 7 475food 4753663 open tues wed thursfri sat sun monday 10 7 pm 108 96 125 closed 3 weeks to my s nutrisystem made me what 1 am today 66 lbs lighter the nutrisystem weight loss program helped laura dutton reach her weight loss goal with delicious food and behaviour counselling our comprehensive program works because it includes quick safe easy and permanent weight loss 1 professional supervision no calorie counting no injections no gimmicks we succeed where diets fail you i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i over 1200 centres in north america nutri system weight loss centres richmond hill 7311700 yonge sixteenth avenue across from hiilcrest mall miss phillips claims the afflic tion has been a real test of her strong christian faith and that she now has a deeper understan ding of that faith j the daughter of missionaries who raised her in the missions field in nigeria miss phillips feels her illness forced her to decide if what she had been rais ed to believe was fact or fiction it made me look at just where i stand to depend upon god even more he can help in times of trouble and he never said you wouldnt have troubles only that hell be with you she says she has people pray ing for her from here to africa due to her parents missionary contacts even people who dont know me are praying for me she grins she plans to spend the summer recuperating and will spend some time out west visiting her sister she is optimistic she will be back at stouffville christian school on a fulltime basis come september and while she is still awaiting the final positive prognosis she is confident now that the radia tion is over its wait and see ive been optimistic because theyve markham r stouffville hospital pixxoibruce stapley following three months of chemotherapy and two months of radiation treatment the outlook is good for cindy phillips she was diagnosed with hodgkins disease last september led me to believe it will be beaten and she feels the whole ordeal will make her sensitive to others experiencing serious illness hopefully i can help people in the same situation and be a little more caring to people even peo ple who arent sick i the annual meeting of markham stouffville hospital will be held on thursday june 8 1989 at 730 pm amendments to the administrative bylaws and ratification of medical bylaws will be presented markham centennial centre mccowan road and bullock drive glenn d crosby secretary stof before paying for your homeowners insurance are you getting no claims bonus new home discount guaranteed 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