This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/JWGBAEB/929.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: You said you did not have any way of finding out is that because he is deceased? Is there anything you can tell me about him? Anything you can tell me would be appreciated. You can even reply by my e-mail address if you would like. Thanks for your reply and anything that you might be able to tell me. Anja Dooley madooley@mounet.com

I don't know the specific family of Tom Sellers, but I got quite a shock to see his obituary. He was two years behind me at Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University and we were the only Sellers ever to attend there. Frank Sellers Falls Church, VA

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JWGBAEB/1084 Message Board Post: Does anyone know who this family belongs too. I can't place them Jane Indianapolis Star Sep 20 2003 Thomas E. Sellers, 60, former Franklin resident, who retired last year after a long career as a journalist, was found dead in a municipal swimming pool nears his home in Seal Beach, California. Because he was an expert swimmer, a pathology report is pending. He was born July 1, 1943 in Indianapolis, and graduated from Franklin High School in 1961. He began his newspaper career as a copy boy at the Indianapolis Times and later was a reporter for the Indianapolis Star. Following graduation from the Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism in 1966, he went to work at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and later returned to the Chicago area to join the staff of the Chicago Daily News. One of his articles written about the Chicago School Board is included in the book, Done in a Day, published by the Daily News to celebrate 100 years of great writing. He left the Daily News to become city editor of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and later accepted a position wit the Los Ang! eles Times. He helped cover the Los Angeles riots in May 1992, for which the entire staff received a Pulitzer Prize for the spot news. He is survived by wife Karen Wilke Sellers; daughter Joy S. Marschall, North Fork, California; sons Gregory Sellers, Austin, TX and Michael Sellers, Seal Beach; parents John V. Sellers and Sara Louise Sellers of Franklin, IN; brother Robert H. Sellers, Munster, IN.

Here is a webpage to check for anything that you get forwarded to you. I always check out everything before I send it whether its virus warnings, prayers for missing children and this cancer scare. http://urbanlegends.miningco.com/ You just put into the search area the info or a name. I just entered cancer blood test. This was part of the article. What they did was take some facts and just added a little bit of untruth. This letter contains the usual misinformation, the kind you'll find in just about every Internet health scare. Take something true, sprinkle it with a little bit of hysteria and a lot of capital letters, add a smidgen of distrust for any doctor who might try to say otherwise, and wrap it in deception. Bake at 345 degrees for one hour or until crispy. Lorelee From: <FDHaun@aol.com> To: <SELLERS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 12:19 PM Subject: Re: [SELLERS] Fw: FYI on Ovarian Cancer and helpful screening test In a message dated 9/19/03 2:13:10 PM Central Daylight Time, BSSellers@aol.com writes: > > > How do you know that this is a hoax? I have a cousin with a similar cancer. > > bss > Please Click onto <A HREF="http://www.snopes2.com/toxins/ca125.htm">Urban Legends Reference Pages: Toxin du jour (CA-125)</A>

What does this have to do with Sellers genealogy? Linda Davis ----- Original Message ----- From: FDHaun@aol.com To: SELLERS-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 1416 Subject: Re: [SELLERS] Fw: FYI on Ovarian Cancer and helpful screening test Hi, to all the women folk that I sent this out to this morning. I just had a friend let me know that this is a hoaxes. Please read below. Sorry about that. Dennis H. <A HREF="http://ads.burstnet.com/ads/ad1874c-map.cgi"> </A> Claim: The CA-125 blood test is a reliable way to detect ovarian cancer in its early stages, and women should insist upon having one done with each yearly examination. Status: False. Example: [Collected on the Internet, 1998] > > This is Kathy's Story > > As some of you know, I have Primary Peritoneal Cancer. This cancer has only > recently been identified as its OWN type of cancer; but it is, essentially, > Ovarian Cancer. Both types of cancer are diagnosed in the same way (with the > "tumor marker" CA-125 blood test), and they are treated in the same way > (surgery to remove the primary tumor and then chemotherapy with Taxol and > Carboplatin). > > Having gone through this ordeal, I want to save others from the same fate. > That is why I am sending this message to you and hope you will print it and > give it or send it via e-mail to everybody you know. > > One thing I have learned is that each of us must take TOTAL responsibility > for our own health care. I thought I had done that because I always had an > annual physical, had my annual mammogram and PAP smear, did monthly Self Breast > Exam, went to the dentist at least twice/year, etc. > > I even insisted on a sigmoidoscopy and a bone density test last year. When I > had a total hysterectomy in 1993, I thought that I did not have to worry > about getting any of the female reproductive organ cancers. LITTLE DID I KNOW! I > don't have ovaries (and they were HEALTHY when they were removed!), but I > have what is essentially ovarian cancer. Strange, isn't it? > > These are just SOME of the things our Doctors never tell us. ONE out of > every 55 women will get OVARIAN or PRIMARY PERITONEAL CANCER! The "CLASSIC" > symptoms are an ABDOMEN that rather SUDDENLY ENLARGES and CONSTIPATION and/or > DIARRHEA. > > I had these classic symptoms and went to the Doctor. Because these symptoms > seemed to be "abdominal," I went to a gastroenterologist. He ran tests that > were designed to determine whether there was a bacteria infection; these tests > were negative, and I was diagnosed with "Irritable Bowel Syndrome." > > I guess I would have accepted this diagnosis had it not been for my enlarged > abdomen. I swear to you, it looked like I was 4-5 months pregnant! I, > therefore, insisted on more tests. They took an X-Ray of my abdomen; it was > negative. I was again assured that I had Irritable Bowel Syndrome and was encouraged > to go on my scheduled month long trip to Europe. I couldn't wear any of my > slacks or shorts because I couldn't get them buttoned, and I KNEW something > was radically wrong. I INSISTED on more tests, and they (reluctantly) scheduled > me for a CT-Scan (just to shut me up, I think). This is what I mean by > taking Charge of our own health care. > > The CT-Scan showed a lot of fluid in my abdomen (NOT normal!). Needless to > say, I had to cancel my trip and have FIVE POUNDS of fluid drawn off at the > hospital (not a pleasant procedure, I assure you, but NOTHING compared to what > was ahead of me). Tests revealed cancer cells in the fluid. > > Finally, finally, finally, the Doctor ran a CA-125 blood test and I was > properly diagnosed. I HAD THE CLASSIC SYMPTOMS FOR OVARIAN CANCER AND YET THIS > SIMPLE CA-125 BLOOD TEST HAD NEVER BEEN RUN ON ME ... NOT AS PART OF MY ANNUAL > PHYSICAL EXAM AND NOT WHEN I WAS SYMPTOMATIC. THIS IS AN INEXPENSIVE AND > SIMPLE BLOOD TEST!!! > > PLEASE, PLEASE, P-L-E-A-S-E TELL ALL YOUR FEMALE FRIENDS AND RELATIVES TO > INSIST ON A CA-125 BLOOD TEST EVERY YEAR AS PART OF THEIR ANNUAL PHYSICAL > EXAMS. BE FOREWARNED THAT THEIR DOCTORS MIGHT TRY TO TALK THEM OUT OF IT, SAYING > "IT ISN'T NECESSARY." BELIEVE ME, HAD I KNOWN THEN WHAT I KNOW NOW, WE WOULD > HAVE CAUGHT MY CANCER MUCH EARLIER (BEFORE IT WAS A STAGE 3 CANCER)! INSIST ON > THE CA-125 BLOOD TEST; DON'T TAKE "NO" FOR AN ANSWER. > > THE NORMAL RANGE FOR A CA-125 BLOOD TEST IS BETWEEN ZERO AND 35. MINE WAS > 754...(THAT'S RIGHT, 754!) IF THE NUMBER IS SLIGHTLY ABOVE, YOU CAN HAVE > ANOTHER ONE DONE IN THREE OR SIX MONTHS AND KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON IT JUST LIKE WOMEN > DO WHEN THEY HAVE FIBROID TUMORS OR WHEN MEN HAVE A SLIGHTLY ELEVATED PSA > TEST (PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGENS) THAT HELPS DIAGNOSE PROSTATE CANCER. HAVING > THE CA-125 TEST DONE ANNUALLY CAN ALERT YOU EARLY, AND THAT'S THE GOAL IN > DIAGNOSING ANY TYPE OF CANCER - CATCH IT EARLY. > > > Origins: This message has been circulating on the Internet since November 1998. There's no way to tell if the author's story is real or not, but the test she's pushing women to get is. However, the test that was her salvation is unlikely to be all that useful others, so please don't rush off to pressure your doctor into ordering one for you. Neither physicians nor the American Cancer Society recommend CA-125 as a screen for ovarian cancer because it yields too many false positive results. Fibroids, pelvic infections, liver disease and endometriosis can cause a rise of CA-125. Even worse, the test will often fail to detect the cancer. A doctor's reluctance, therefore, to order up this test no matter how hard she's pressured has nothing to do with not wanting to incur additional charges or waste staff time — it's purely a matter of not wanting to indulge in a test that is widely known to yield useless results. The American Cancer Society has come out against the use of the CA-125 blood test as a way to detect early instances of ovarian cancer. Although at first blush a 23 April 1999 article about <A HREF="http://www.cancer.org/eprise/main/docroot/NWS/content/NWS_3_1x_Assessing_Ovarian_Cancer">CA-125</A> on the American Cancer Society's web site looks like the ACS endorses the efficacy of this test in screening for ovarian cancer, a more careful reading reveals that the ACS endorses it only as a method for tracking how well treatment is progressing. (Once it's known a patient has ovarian cancer, CA-125 can be used to monitor the progress of the disease.) Says the American Cancer Society: > Although the study finds the CA-125 blood test useful for evaluating > treatment progress, the study results do not suggest the test can be used to screen > for ovarian cancer. A recent email making the rounds urged women to ask > their doctors for this test. For the CA-125 test to be a useful screening tool, > it would have to detect most ovarian cancers in their early stages and not > give positive results in women who do not have the cancer. The CA-125 test does > not meet these standards. > A related 4 June 1999 article on the ACS web site reports on a study undertaken to determine if <A HREF="http://www.cancer.org/eprise/main/docroot/NWS/content/NWS_3_1x_Ovarian_Cancer_Screening">CA-125</A> could be used as a reliable early detection tool in the fight against ovarian cancer. In a nutshell, no, it's not suitable. Although it might prove helpful in high-risk cases when used in conjunction with a pelvic exam, it's not the answer for women in the ordinary-risk category: > The study’s results point to the poor accuracy of the screening methods > used, Dr. Saslow added. "In other words, the screening tests missed too many > existing cancers and falsely detected too many cancers that did not in fact > exist," she said. > "In this particular study, for each of the six women who were diagnosed with > ovarian cancer as a result of screening, four additional women underwent > surgery unnecessarily," she said. "An additional 10 women who were screened > developed ovarian cancer within eight years although the test did not detect any > cancer. The poor accuracy of CA-125, even in combination with ultrasound, is > the primary reason why the American Cancer Society does not recommend > screening [with CA-125] for women at average risk." > And another article from the ACS' Ovarian Cancer Resource Center stresses that the CA-125 test is not a reliable detector of ovarian cancer in women who do not already demonstrate strong risk factors for the disease: > . . . some noncancerous diseases of the ovaries can also increase the blood > levels of CA-125 and some ovarian cancers may not produce enough CA-125 to > cause a positive test. When these tests are positive, it may be necessary to > do more x-ray studies or to take samples of fluid from the abdomen or tissue > from the ovaries to find out if a cancer is really present. For these reasons, > transvaginal sonography and the CA-125 blood test are not considered > accurate enough for ovarian cancer screening of women without known strong risk > factors. > The CA-125 is clearly not the way to go for those looking for a reliable early detection test. However, it's possible measuring the levels of lysophosphatidic acid in women might provide that information. (LPA stimulates the growth of ovarian cancer cells.) In one very small trial carried out at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio involving 10 women with early-stage ovarian cancer, elevated LPA readings pinpointed 9 of them, while CA-125 readings detected only 2. Barbara "readings railroaded" Mikkelson Last updated: 6 September 2000 The URL for this page is http://www.snopes.com/toxins/ca125.htm Click <A HREF="http://www.snopes2.com/cgi-bin/comments/sendpage.asp">here</A> to e-mail this page to a friend Urban Legends Reference Pages © 1995-2003 by Barbara and David P. Mikkelson This material may not be reproduced without permission

If this is what we are going to see on this list, I believe we will cancel.........as this has nothing to do with genealogy !!! John

In a message dated 9/19/03 2:13:10 PM Central Daylight Time, BSSellers@aol.com writes: > > > How do you know that this is a hoax? I have a cousin with a similar cancer. > > bss > Please Click onto <A HREF="http://www.snopes2.com/toxins/ca125.htm">Urban Legends Reference Pages: Toxin du jour (CA-125)</A>

How do you know that this is a hoax? I have a cousin with a similar cancer. bss

Hi, to all the women folk that I sent this out to this morning. I just had a friend let me know that this is a hoaxes. Please read below. Sorry about that. Dennis H. <A HREF="http://ads.burstnet.com/ads/ad1874c-map.cgi"> </A> Claim:   The CA-125 blood test is a reliable way to detect ovarian cancer in its early stages, and women should insist upon having one done with each yearly examination. Status:   False. Example:   [Collected on the Internet, 1998] > > This is Kathy's Story > > As some of you know, I have Primary Peritoneal Cancer. This cancer has only > recently been identified as its OWN type of cancer; but it is, essentially, > Ovarian Cancer. Both types of cancer are diagnosed in the same way (with the > "tumor marker" CA-125 blood test), and they are treated in the same way > (surgery to remove the primary tumor and then chemotherapy with Taxol and > Carboplatin). > > Having gone through this ordeal, I want to save others from the same fate. > That is why I am sending this message to you and hope you will print it and > give it or send it via e-mail to everybody you know. > > One thing I have learned is that each of us must take TOTAL responsibility > for our own health care. I thought I had done that because I always had an > annual physical, had my annual mammogram and PAP smear, did monthly Self Breast > Exam, went to the dentist at least twice/year, etc. > > I even insisted on a sigmoidoscopy and a bone density test last year. When I > had a total hysterectomy in 1993, I thought that I did not have to worry > about getting any of the female reproductive organ cancers. LITTLE DID I KNOW! I > don't have ovaries (and they were HEALTHY when they were removed!), but I > have what is essentially ovarian cancer. Strange, isn't it? > > These are just SOME of the things our Doctors never tell us. ONE out of > every 55 women will get OVARIAN or PRIMARY PERITONEAL CANCER! The "CLASSIC" > symptoms are an ABDOMEN that rather SUDDENLY ENLARGES and CONSTIPATION and/or > DIARRHEA. > > I had these classic symptoms and went to the Doctor. Because these symptoms > seemed to be "abdominal," I went to a gastroenterologist. He ran tests that > were designed to determine whether there was a bacteria infection; these tests > were negative, and I was diagnosed with "Irritable Bowel Syndrome." > > I guess I would have accepted this diagnosis had it not been for my enlarged > abdomen. I swear to you, it looked like I was 4-5 months pregnant! I, > therefore, insisted on more tests. They took an X-Ray of my abdomen; it was > negative. I was again assured that I had Irritable Bowel Syndrome and was encouraged > to go on my scheduled month long trip to Europe. I couldn't wear any of my > slacks or shorts because I couldn't get them buttoned, and I KNEW something > was radically wrong. I INSISTED on more tests, and they (reluctantly) scheduled > me for a CT-Scan (just to shut me up, I think). This is what I mean by > taking Charge of our own health care. > > The CT-Scan showed a lot of fluid in my abdomen (NOT normal!). Needless to > say, I had to cancel my trip and have FIVE POUNDS of fluid drawn off at the > hospital (not a pleasant procedure, I assure you, but NOTHING compared to what > was ahead of me). Tests revealed cancer cells in the fluid. > > Finally, finally, finally, the Doctor ran a CA-125 blood test and I was > properly diagnosed. I HAD THE CLASSIC SYMPTOMS FOR OVARIAN CANCER AND YET THIS > SIMPLE CA-125 BLOOD TEST HAD NEVER BEEN RUN ON ME ... NOT AS PART OF MY ANNUAL > PHYSICAL EXAM AND NOT WHEN I WAS SYMPTOMATIC. THIS IS AN INEXPENSIVE AND > SIMPLE BLOOD TEST!!! > > PLEASE, PLEASE, P-L-E-A-S-E TELL ALL YOUR FEMALE FRIENDS AND RELATIVES TO > INSIST ON A CA-125 BLOOD TEST EVERY YEAR AS PART OF THEIR ANNUAL PHYSICAL > EXAMS. BE FOREWARNED THAT THEIR DOCTORS MIGHT TRY TO TALK THEM OUT OF IT, SAYING > "IT ISN'T NECESSARY." BELIEVE ME, HAD I KNOWN THEN WHAT I KNOW NOW, WE WOULD > HAVE CAUGHT MY CANCER MUCH EARLIER (BEFORE IT WAS A STAGE 3 CANCER)! INSIST ON > THE CA-125 BLOOD TEST; DON'T TAKE "NO" FOR AN ANSWER. > > THE NORMAL RANGE FOR A CA-125 BLOOD TEST IS BETWEEN ZERO AND 35. MINE WAS > 754...(THAT'S RIGHT, 754!) IF THE NUMBER IS SLIGHTLY ABOVE, YOU CAN HAVE > ANOTHER ONE DONE IN THREE OR SIX MONTHS AND KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON IT JUST LIKE WOMEN > DO WHEN THEY HAVE FIBROID TUMORS OR WHEN MEN HAVE A SLIGHTLY ELEVATED PSA > TEST (PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGENS) THAT HELPS DIAGNOSE PROSTATE CANCER. HAVING > THE CA-125 TEST DONE ANNUALLY CAN ALERT YOU EARLY, AND THAT'S THE GOAL IN > DIAGNOSING ANY TYPE OF CANCER - CATCH IT EARLY. > > > Origins:   This message has been circulating on the Internet since November 1998. There's no way to tell if the author's story is real or not, but the test she's pushing women to get is. However, the test that was her salvation is unlikely to be all that useful others, so please don't rush off to pressure your doctor into ordering one for you. Neither physicians nor the American Cancer Society recommend CA-125 as a screen for ovarian cancer because it yields too many false positive results. Fibroids, pelvic infections, liver disease and endometriosis can cause a rise of CA-125. Even worse, the test will often fail to detect the cancer. A doctor's reluctance, therefore, to order up this test no matter how hard she's pressured has nothing to do with not wanting to incur additional charges or waste staff time — it's purely a matter of not wanting to indulge in a test that is widely known to yield useless results. The American Cancer Society has come out against the use of the CA-125 blood test as a way to detect early instances of ovarian cancer. Although at first blush a 23 April 1999 article about <A HREF="http://www.cancer.org/eprise/main/docroot/NWS/content/NWS_3_1x_Assessing_Ovarian_Cancer">CA-125</A> on the American Cancer Society's web site looks like the ACS endorses the efficacy of this test in screening for ovarian cancer, a more careful reading reveals that the ACS endorses it only as a method for tracking how well treatment is progressing. (Once it's known a patient has ovarian cancer, CA-125 can be used to monitor the progress of the disease.) Says the American Cancer Society: > Although the study finds the CA-125 blood test useful for evaluating > treatment progress, the study results do not suggest the test can be used to screen > for ovarian cancer. A recent email making the rounds urged women to ask > their doctors for this test. For the CA-125 test to be a useful screening tool, > it would have to detect most ovarian cancers in their early stages and not > give positive results in women who do not have the cancer. The CA-125 test does > not meet these standards. > A related 4 June 1999 article on the ACS web site reports on a study undertaken to determine if <A HREF="http://www.cancer.org/eprise/main/docroot/NWS/content/NWS_3_1x_Ovarian_Cancer_Screening">CA-125</A> could be used as a reliable early detection tool in the fight against ovarian cancer. In a nutshell, no, it's not suitable. Although it might prove helpful in high-risk cases when used in conjunction with a pelvic exam, it's not the answer for women in the ordinary-risk category: > The study’s results point to the poor accuracy of the screening methods > used, Dr. Saslow added. "In other words, the screening tests missed too many > existing cancers and falsely detected too many cancers that did not in fact > exist," she said. > "In this particular study, for each of the six women who were diagnosed with > ovarian cancer as a result of screening, four additional women underwent > surgery unnecessarily," she said. "An additional 10 women who were screened > developed ovarian cancer within eight years although the test did not detect any > cancer. The poor accuracy of CA-125, even in combination with ultrasound, is > the primary reason why the American Cancer Society does not recommend > screening [with CA-125] for women at average risk." > And another article from the ACS' Ovarian Cancer Resource Center stresses that the CA-125 test is not a reliable detector of ovarian cancer in women who do not already demonstrate strong risk factors for the disease: > . . . some noncancerous diseases of the ovaries can also increase the blood > levels of CA-125 and some ovarian cancers may not produce enough CA-125 to > cause a positive test. When these tests are positive, it may be necessary to > do more x-ray studies or to take samples of fluid from the abdomen or tissue > from the ovaries to find out if a cancer is really present. For these reasons, > transvaginal sonography and the CA-125 blood test are not considered > accurate enough for ovarian cancer screening of women without known strong risk > factors. > The CA-125 is clearly not the way to go for those looking for a reliable early detection test. However, it's possible measuring the levels of lysophosphatidic acid in women might provide that information. (LPA stimulates the growth of ovarian cancer cells.) In one very small trial carried out at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio involving 10 women with early-stage ovarian cancer, elevated LPA readings pinpointed 9 of them, while CA-125 readings detected only 2. Barbara "readings railroaded" Mikkelson Last updated:   6 September 2000 The URL for this page is http://www.snopes.com/toxins/ca125.htm Click <A HREF="http://www.snopes2.com/cgi-bin/comments/sendpage.asp">here</A> to e-mail this page to a friend Urban Legends Reference Pages © 1995-2003 by Barbara and David P. Mikkelson This material may not be reproduced without permission

Thanks so much, Sara, for the info. My 77 yr.old sister is finishing her chemo for that diagnosis, 6 yrs. after her mastectomy. Have fwd'd to all women I know. ----- Original Message ----- From: Sara Sellers To: SELLERS-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 12:12 AM Subject: [SELLERS] Fw: FYI on Ovarian Cancer and helpful screening test Hello Everybody, I, am sending this to you because either you are a female or someone close to you is. If ,it is as simple as asking for a test like this,then we all need to ask. I appreciate it being sent to me. Sara Sellers ----- Original Message ----- From: Frankie Kinderman To: Brenda Guest ; budmcharg ; Charlotte Magill ; Frankie Spalding ; Gwen Carle ; Jacki Murphy ; Marilyn Morris ; Mary Ott ; Maureen Poe ; Norma Gardner ; Sara Sellers ; Shirley Ray Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 12:12 AM Subject: Fw: FYI on Ovarian Cancer and helpful screening test ----- Original Message ----- From: Craig Aaron To: Christina McNitt ; Don and Joan Aaron ; Frankie Kinderman ; DEANO ISHIZAKO ; Loreen Kimble ; Tracy Gravlin Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 8:18 PM Subject: Fw: FYI on Ovarian Cancer and helpful screening test ----- Original Message ----- From: Jen Gio To: Susan Clark ; Mary Evans ; Stefanie Evans ; Stefanie Evans ; Connie McClaskey ; Connie McClaskey ; Michelle Sorensen ; Jennifer Wilson ; Oddyssey & Wes Wofford ; Katrine Moreale ; Edie Nanneman ; Kim Norman ; Judy Polick ; Niki Regan ; Melanie Sears ; Taryn ; Sue & Tim Tvelia ; Rhae Lynn ; Michelle Aaron ; Paula Crate ; Melissa Delmont ; Leslie ; John & Heather O'brien ; Sherry ; Gina Snow ; Melanie Smith ; Trish Kroeker ; Kim Walker ; Julie Stensrud ; Terri Shaw ; Cari Daw ; Gia Brown ; Jodie Auten ; Julie Alcala Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 8:21 AM Subject: FYI on Ovarian Cancer and helpful screening test > THIS IS A MUST READ TO THE END P L E A S E! > > An Eye Opener on Ovarian Cancer > > I hope you all take the time to read this and pass it on to all you > can. Send > this to the women in your life that you care about. Years ago, Gilda > Radner died > of ovarian cancer. Her symptoms were inconclusive, and she was > treated for > everything under the sun until it was too late. This blood > test finally identified her illness but alas, too late. She wrote a > book to > heighten awareness. Gene Wilder is her widower. > > KATHY'S STORY: this is the story of Kathy West > > I have Primary Peritoneal Cancer. This cancer has only recently been > identified as its OWN type of cancer, but it is essentially Ovarian > Cancer. Both > types of cancer are diagnosed in the same way, with the "tumor > marker" CA-125 > BLOOD TEST, and they are treated in the same way - surgery to remove > the primary > tumor and then chemotherapy with Taxol and Carboplatin. > > Having gone through this ordeal, I want to save others from the same > fate. > That is why I am sending this message to you and hope you will print > it and give > it or send it via E-mail to everybody you know. > > One thing I have learned is that each of us must take TOTAL > responsibility for > our own health care. I thought I had done that because I always had > an annual > physical and PAP smear, did a monthly Self-Breast Exam, went to the > dentist at > least twice a year, etc. I even insisted on a sigmoidoscopy and a > bone density > test last year. When I had a total hysterectomy in 1993, I thought > that I did > not have to worry about getting any of the female reproductive organ > cancers. > > LITTLE DID I KNOW. I don't have ovaries (and they were HEALTHY when > they were > removed), but I have what is essentially ovarian cancer. Strange, > isn't it? > These are just SOME of the things our Doctors never tell us: ONE out > of every 55 > women will get OVARIAN or PRIMARY PERITONEAL CANCER. The "CLASSIC" > symptoms are > an ABDOMEN that rather SUDDENLY ENLARGES and CONSTIPATION and/or > DIARRHEA. > > I had these classic symptoms and went to the doctor. Because these > symptoms > seemed to be "abdominal", I went to a gastroenterologist. He ran > tests that were > designed to determine whether there was a bacteria infection; these > tests were > negative, and I was diagnosed with "Irritable Bowel Syndrome". I > guess I would > have accepted this diagnosis had it not been for my enlarged > abdomen. I swear to > you, it looked like I was 4-5 months pregnant! I therefore insisted > on more > tests. They took an X-ray of my abdomen; it was negative. I was > again assured > that I had Irritable Bowel Syndrome and was encouraged to go on my > scheduled > month-long trip to Europe. I couldn't wear any of my slacks or > shorts because I > couldn't get them buttoned, and I KNEW something was radically > wrong. I INSISTED > on more tests, and they reluctantly) scheduled me for a CT-Scan > (just to shut me > up, I think). This is what I mean by "taking charge of our own > health care." > > The CT-Scan showed a lot of fluid in my abdomen (NOT normal). Tests > revealed > cancer cells in the fluid. Finally, finally, finally, the doctor ran > a CA-125 > blood test, and I was properly diagnosed. > I HAD THE CLASSIC SYMPTOMS FOR OVARIAN CANCER, AND YET THIS SIMPLE > CA-125 > BLOOD TEST HAD NEVER BEEN RUN ON ME, not as part of my annual > physical exam and > not when I was symptomatic. This Is an inexpensive and simple blood > test! > > PLEASE, PLEASE TELL ALL YOUR FEMALE FRIENDS AND RELATIVES TO INSIST > ON A > CA-125 BLOOD TEST EVERY YEAR AS PART OF THEIR ANNUAL PHYSICAL EXAMS. > Be forewarned that their doctors might try to talk them out of it, > saying, IT > ISN'T NECESSARY." Believe me, had I known then what I know now, we > would have > caught my cancer much earlier > (before it was a stage 3 cancer). Insist on the CA-125 BLOOD TEST; > DO NOT take > "NO" for an answer! > > The normal range for a CA-125 BLOOD TEST is between zero and 35. > MINE WAS > 754. (That's right, 754!). If the number is slightly above 35, you > can have > another done in three or six months and keep a close eye on it, just > as women do > when they have fibroid tumors or when men have a slightly elevated > PSA test > (Prostatic Specific Antigens) that helps diagnose prostate cancer. > Having the > CA-125 test done annually can alert you early, and that's the goal > in diagnosing > any type of cancer - catching it early. > > Do you know 55 women? If so, at least one of them will have this VERY > AGGRESIVE cancer. Please, go to your doctor and insist on a CA-125 > test and have > one EVERY YEAR for the rest of your life. And forward this message > to every > woman you know, and tell all of your female family members and > friends. Though > the median age for this cancer is 56, (and, guess what, I'm exactly > 56), women > as young as 22 have it. Age is no factor. > > A NOTE FROM THE RN: > > Well, after reading this, I made some calls. I found that the CA-125 > test is > an ovarian screening test equivalent to a man's PSA test prostate > screen (which > my husband's doctor automatically gives him in his physical each > year and > insurance pays for it). I called the general practitioner's office > about having > the test done. The nurse had never heard of it. She told me that she > doubted > that insurance would pay for it. So I called Prudential Insurance > Co., and got > the same response. Never heard of it - it won't be covered. I > explained that it > was the same as the PSA test they had paid for my husband for years. > After > conferring with whomever they confer with, she told me that the > CA-125 would be > covered. > > It is $75 in a GP's office and $125 at the GYN's. This is a > screening test > that should be required just like a PAP smear (a PAP smear cannot > detect > problems with your ovaries). And you must insist that your insurance > company pay > for it. > > Gene Wilder and Pierce Brosnan (his wife had it, too) are lobbying > for women's > health issues, saying that this test should be required in our > physicals, just > like the PAP and the mammogram. > > PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT TO SEND THIS OUT TO ALL THOSE YOU CAN. BE IT > MALE OR > FEMALE, IT SHOULD NOT MATTER, AS THEY CAN FORWARD IT ALSO TO THOSE > LOVED ONES > THEY KNOW. > > IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH FORWARDING SOMETHING AS IMPORTANT AS > THIS, HERE'S A > LITTLE HINT THAT MAY ASSIST YOU WITH YOUR DECISION ~ JUST PRETEND > THAT THIS IS A > JOKE, WHICH IT CERTAINLY IS NOT, AND SEND IT OUT TO ALLTHE FOLKS YOU > WOULD IF IT > WAS. THANKS. > > > --- Sonny Heinz

Hello Everybody, I, am sending this to you because either you are a female or someone close to you is. If ,it is as simple as asking for a test like this,then we all need to ask. I appreciate it being sent to me. Sara Sellers ----- Original Message ----- From: Frankie Kinderman To: Brenda Guest ; budmcharg ; Charlotte Magill ; Frankie Spalding ; Gwen Carle ; Jacki Murphy ; Marilyn Morris ; Mary Ott ; Maureen Poe ; Norma Gardner ; Sara Sellers ; Shirley Ray Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 12:12 AM Subject: Fw: FYI on Ovarian Cancer and helpful screening test ----- Original Message ----- From: Craig Aaron To: Christina McNitt ; Don and Joan Aaron ; Frankie Kinderman ; DEANO ISHIZAKO ; Loreen Kimble ; Tracy Gravlin Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 8:18 PM Subject: Fw: FYI on Ovarian Cancer and helpful screening test ----- Original Message ----- From: Jen Gio To: Susan Clark ; Mary Evans ; Stefanie Evans ; Stefanie Evans ; Connie McClaskey ; Connie McClaskey ; Michelle Sorensen ; Jennifer Wilson ; Oddyssey & Wes Wofford ; Katrine Moreale ; Edie Nanneman ; Kim Norman ; Judy Polick ; Niki Regan ; Melanie Sears ; Taryn ; Sue & Tim Tvelia ; Rhae Lynn ; Michelle Aaron ; Paula Crate ; Melissa Delmont ; Leslie ; John & Heather O'brien ; Sherry ; Gina Snow ; Melanie Smith ; Trish Kroeker ; Kim Walker ; Julie Stensrud ; Terri Shaw ; Cari Daw ; Gia Brown ; Jodie Auten ; Julie Alcala Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 8:21 AM Subject: FYI on Ovarian Cancer and helpful screening test > THIS IS A MUST READ TO THE END P L E A S E! > > An Eye Opener on Ovarian Cancer > > I hope you all take the time to read this and pass it on to all you > can. Send > this to the women in your life that you care about. Years ago, Gilda > Radner died > of ovarian cancer. Her symptoms were inconclusive, and she was > treated for > everything under the sun until it was too late. This blood > test finally identified her illness but alas, too late. She wrote a > book to > heighten awareness. Gene Wilder is her widower. > > KATHY'S STORY: this is the story of Kathy West > > I have Primary Peritoneal Cancer. This cancer has only recently been > identified as its OWN type of cancer, but it is essentially Ovarian > Cancer. Both > types of cancer are diagnosed in the same way, with the "tumor > marker" CA-125 > BLOOD TEST, and they are treated in the same way - surgery to remove > the primary > tumor and then chemotherapy with Taxol and Carboplatin. > > Having gone through this ordeal, I want to save others from the same > fate. > That is why I am sending this message to you and hope you will print > it and give > it or send it via E-mail to everybody you know. > > One thing I have learned is that each of us must take TOTAL > responsibility for > our own health care. I thought I had done that because I always had > an annual > physical and PAP smear, did a monthly Self-Breast Exam, went to the > dentist at > least twice a year, etc. I even insisted on a sigmoidoscopy and a > bone density > test last year. When I had a total hysterectomy in 1993, I thought > that I did > not have to worry about getting any of the female reproductive organ > cancers. > > LITTLE DID I KNOW. I don't have ovaries (and they were HEALTHY when > they were > removed), but I have what is essentially ovarian cancer. Strange, > isn't it? > These are just SOME of the things our Doctors never tell us: ONE out > of every 55 > women will get OVARIAN or PRIMARY PERITONEAL CANCER. The "CLASSIC" > symptoms are > an ABDOMEN that rather SUDDENLY ENLARGES and CONSTIPATION and/or > DIARRHEA. > > I had these classic symptoms and went to the doctor. Because these > symptoms > seemed to be "abdominal", I went to a gastroenterologist. He ran > tests that were > designed to determine whether there was a bacteria infection; these > tests were > negative, and I was diagnosed with "Irritable Bowel Syndrome". I > guess I would > have accepted this diagnosis had it not been for my enlarged > abdomen. I swear to > you, it looked like I was 4-5 months pregnant! I therefore insisted > on more > tests. They took an X-ray of my abdomen; it was negative. I was > again assured > that I had Irritable Bowel Syndrome and was encouraged to go on my > scheduled > month-long trip to Europe. I couldn't wear any of my slacks or > shorts because I > couldn't get them buttoned, and I KNEW something was radically > wrong. I INSISTED > on more tests, and they reluctantly) scheduled me for a CT-Scan > (just to shut me > up, I think). This is what I mean by "taking charge of our own > health care." > > The CT-Scan showed a lot of fluid in my abdomen (NOT normal). Tests > revealed > cancer cells in the fluid. Finally, finally, finally, the doctor ran > a CA-125 > blood test, and I was properly diagnosed. > I HAD THE CLASSIC SYMPTOMS FOR OVARIAN CANCER, AND YET THIS SIMPLE > CA-125 > BLOOD TEST HAD NEVER BEEN RUN ON ME, not as part of my annual > physical exam and > not when I was symptomatic. This Is an inexpensive and simple blood > test! > > PLEASE, PLEASE TELL ALL YOUR FEMALE FRIENDS AND RELATIVES TO INSIST > ON A > CA-125 BLOOD TEST EVERY YEAR AS PART OF THEIR ANNUAL PHYSICAL EXAMS. > Be forewarned that their doctors might try to talk them out of it, > saying, IT > ISN'T NECESSARY." Believe me, had I known then what I know now, we > would have > caught my cancer much earlier > (before it was a stage 3 cancer). Insist on the CA-125 BLOOD TEST; > DO NOT take > "NO" for an answer! > > The normal range for a CA-125 BLOOD TEST is between zero and 35. > MINE WAS > 754. (That's right, 754!). If the number is slightly above 35, you > can have > another done in three or six months and keep a close eye on it, just > as women do > when they have fibroid tumors or when men have a slightly elevated > PSA test > (Prostatic Specific Antigens) that helps diagnose prostate cancer. > Having the > CA-125 test done annually can alert you early, and that's the goal > in diagnosing > any type of cancer - catching it early. > > Do you know 55 women? If so, at least one of them will have this VERY > AGGRESIVE cancer. Please, go to your doctor and insist on a CA-125 > test and have > one EVERY YEAR for the rest of your life. And forward this message > to every > woman you know, and tell all of your female family members and > friends. Though > the median age for this cancer is 56, (and, guess what, I'm exactly > 56), women > as young as 22 have it. Age is no factor. > > A NOTE FROM THE RN: > > Well, after reading this, I made some calls. I found that the CA-125 > test is > an ovarian screening test equivalent to a man's PSA test prostate > screen (which > my husband's doctor automatically gives him in his physical each > year and > insurance pays for it). I called the general practitioner's office > about having > the test done. The nurse had never heard of it. She told me that she > doubted > that insurance would pay for it. So I called Prudential Insurance > Co., and got > the same response. Never heard of it - it won't be covered. I > explained that it > was the same as the PSA test they had paid for my husband for years. > After > conferring with whomever they confer with, she told me that the > CA-125 would be > covered. > > It is $75 in a GP's office and $125 at the GYN's. This is a > screening test > that should be required just like a PAP smear (a PAP smear cannot > detect > problems with your ovaries). And you must insist that your insurance > company pay > for it. > > Gene Wilder and Pierce Brosnan (his wife had it, too) are lobbying > for women's > health issues, saying that this test should be required in our > physicals, just > like the PAP and the mammogram. > > PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT TO SEND THIS OUT TO ALL THOSE YOU CAN. BE IT > MALE OR > FEMALE, IT SHOULD NOT MATTER, AS THEY CAN FORWARD IT ALSO TO THOSE > LOVED ONES > THEY KNOW. > > IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH FORWARDING SOMETHING AS IMPORTANT AS > THIS, HERE'S A > LITTLE HINT THAT MAY ASSIST YOU WITH YOUR DECISION ~ JUST PRETEND > THAT THIS IS A > JOKE, WHICH IT CERTAINLY IS NOT, AND SEND IT OUT TO ALLTHE FOLKS YOU > WOULD IF IT > WAS. THANKS. > > > --- Sonny Heinz

BEV and FAY, thanks. FAY, are you connected to SUTHERLINS from PUTNAM CO, IN? or perhaps we just shared info on them to SUTHERLIN, OREGON? MY SUTHERLINS from PUTNAM CO, IN moved to DEC CO, IA and married into MILLERS and SELLERS in 1903. ANYWAY, SEND your 1850 census or earlier on this family SEND your 1790 document to BUCKS CO, PA WILL send thru our SELLERS discussion group AND will see what we have. Thanks for Sharing SELLERS, marie, iowa -----Original Message----- From: BNiel6404@aol.com [mailto:BNiel6404@aol.com] Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 3:18 PM PA-ROLLCALL-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Bucks County Our names are SELLERS, Abraham with a son William with a son James. Abraham born ? married Catherine ? son William born circa 1814 son James born 1843 They were living in Bucks County Pa in 1790. We were wondering if any one knew anymore about this particular family? Bev Niel Phoenix, AZ & Fay Harless Sutherlin, OR BNiel6404@aol.com & peggie@internetcds.com

ED, thanks. I BELIEVE the ONLY document I have seen on CLOAH SELLERS was JACOB BRASSWELL'S WILL. WE have a SALEM BAPTIST CHURCH, LIBERTY,TN (in 1812= FRAN LAAKER ,San Diego,Ca, 1983 extracted this info= 4/1812= JOHN SELLERS received by experience 5/1812= CHARLOTTE SELLERS received by experience 8/1813= LAREATA SELLERS received by experience 7/1818= CLEO SELLERS received by experience = that is kinda interesting. = IF there are Probate papers on his will, May give info on where the kids were in 1823. We Need, if available. PERHAPS, someone will check this out with BRASSWELL family and advise. marie, iowa -----Original Message----- From: EHUDSONIII@aol.com [mailto:EHUDSONIII@aol.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 9:23 AM To: SELLERS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SELLERS] Braswell/Sellers Nash Co. NC In a message dated 9/17/2003 12:46:37 AM Eastern Daylight Time, mari@netins.net writes: > ARE there PROBATE papers on this will? > I'm sorry, Marie, but I don't know. I've seen other references to Cloah Braswell Sellers, but the one that sparked my note this time was a reference to Jacob Braswell's will, in which he left a bequest to his daughter, Cloah Sellers. In the several references I've seen, I've never seen her husband's name mentioned. -Ed

ED , thanks. AND JOHN SELLERS IN CRAVEN CO, 1742, msh ==== I have often wondered why the 1679/1790 NC taxpayers and 1701/1786 NC taxpayers didn't equal same names. THEY cover just CERTAIN YEARS in CERTAIN COUNTIES!! marie, iowa -----Original Message----- From: EHUDSONIII@aol.com [mailto:EHUDSONIII@aol.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 11:32 AM To: SELLERS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [SELLERS] Sellers on NC Taxpayer Rolls Someone may find this helpful. -Ed Hudson > North Carolina Taxpayers > 1701 - 1786 > > >> 1721 Chowan Sellers, Matthew >> >>> 1755 Beau Seller, Jacob s/o Judith >> >>> 1755 Orange Sellers, Thomas >> >>> 1757 Bertie Sellers, George > >> >>> 1764 Pitt Sellers, Elisha >> >>> 1769 Bruns Sellers, Benjamin >>> 1769 Bruns Sellers, Elisha >>> 1769 Bruns Sellers, Jaconias >>> 1769 Bruns Sellers, James >>> 1769 Bruns Sellers, Joel >>> 1769 Bruns Sellers, Matthew >>> 1769 Bruns Sellers, Simon > >> >>> 1771 Surr Sellers, Michael >>> 1771 FMV Cellars, Judith s. Thomas [Sellers >> >>> 1772 Bruns Sellers, Benjamin >>> 1772 Bruns Sellers, Elisha >>> 1772 Bruns Sellers, Jaconias >>> 1772 Bruns Sellers, James >>> 1772 Bruns Sellers, Joel >>> 1772 Bruns Sellers, Martha >>> 1772 Bruns Sellers, Matthew >>> 1772 Bruns Sellers, Simon >>>

Someone may find this helpful. -Ed Hudson > North Carolina Taxpayers > 1701 - 1786 > > >> 1721 Chowan Sellers, Matthew >> >>> 1755 Beau Seller, Jacob s/o Judith >> >>> 1755 Orange Sellers, Thomas >> >>> 1757 Bertie Sellers, George > >> >>> 1764 Pitt Sellers, Elisha >> >>> 1769 Bruns Sellers, Benjamin >>> 1769 Bruns Sellers, Elisha >>> 1769 Bruns Sellers, Jaconias >>> 1769 Bruns Sellers, James >>> 1769 Bruns Sellers, Joel >>> 1769 Bruns Sellers, Matthew >>> 1769 Bruns Sellers, Simon > >> >>> 1771 Surr Sellers, Michael >>> 1771 FMV Cellars, Judith s. Thomas [Sellers >> >>> 1772 Bruns Sellers, Benjamin >>> 1772 Bruns Sellers, Elisha >>> 1772 Bruns Sellers, Jaconias >>> 1772 Bruns Sellers, James >>> 1772 Bruns Sellers, Joel >>> 1772 Bruns Sellers, Martha >>> 1772 Bruns Sellers, Matthew >>> 1772 Bruns Sellers, Simon >>>

This is a great site for anyone looking for Sellers marriages in North Carolina: http://showcase.netins.net/web/sellers2/ncmarr1744_1825.doc -Ed Hudson

Interesting tidbit.... -Ed Hudson SEMI-MONTHLY REPORT of Outrages by Whites against Blacks in the State of North Carolina, for the fifteen days ending July 15th, 1867. Date: July 4. Place: Lumberton. By whom: Wm. A. Sellers. Against whom: David Bathey's daughter. Nature of outrage: Threat to shoot. Action taken: Referred to civil authorities. Date: July 4. Place: Lumberton. By whom: McCoy Sellers. Against whom: David Bathey. Nature of outrage: Threat to shoot. Action taken: Referred to civil authorities.

In a message dated 9/17/2003 12:46:37 AM Eastern Daylight Time, mari@netins.net writes: > ARE there PROBATE papers on this will? > I'm sorry, Marie, but I don't know. I've seen other references to Cloah Braswell Sellers, but the one that sparked my note this time was a reference to Jacob Braswell's will, in which he left a bequest to his daughter, Cloah Sellers. In the several references I've seen, I've never seen her husband's name mentioned. -Ed

NEED CENSUS extractions = 1810 NASH CO, NC Right CELLARS, page 81 Rite CELLERS, page 82 Wm CELEY, page 81 Joseph SELLERS, page 90 JACOB BROSSWELL, SR, PAGE 75

In our local newspaper there was an article in the Old Post files . 90 Years ago, Sept 16,1913 Haysal Evonne and William Sellers are married. The spelling is as it was in the newspaper. Hope this helps someone,they don't seem to be anyone close to our family. Sara Sellers ssellers1939@cablelynx.com