Dear Fran Drescher

Dear Fran, It has been an emotional day: First of all, I got three hours of sleep last night. My friend Susie picked me up at 8:00 this morning; my CT was set for 9:00. “Maria, I did not realize you were coughing,” she said from the driver’s seat. “I thought it was just a […]

Dear Fran, I know I just wrote you three days ago. I’m trying to kill time before this stupid CT scan tomorrow morning at 9:00. Here are some of the things I’ve been doing to keep myself preoccupied since my disappointing appointment with the oncologist last Wednesday: Friday: “Eddie the Eagle” movie and dinner at […]

Dear Fran, It’s been a long time. What can I say except I’ve been busy. For the past few months, I’ve been trying to find a counselor. I didn’t tell you why, but I told my benefactor all about it. Then, I went and got a mammogram on March 1, considering it’s been two years […]

Dear Fran, I told you I would be in a better mood the next time I wrote you. It was my birthday on January 9 and I made an extra effort to get out of my funk and celebrate another year added to my life. Last Wednesday, my best friend Tami took me out for […]

Dear Fran, Yes, I am writing you two letters in one day. That’s what best friends do. How were your holidays? My husband, Ken—you haven’t met him yet—and I went to Birch Bay and celebrated Christmas Eve up there. The only glitch was that I did not get to go in the hot tub (because […]

Dear Fran, How are you doing? I’m still waiting to hear from you. I finally made it to the physical therapist for my arm a few weeks ago. She diagnosed with me with Stage 1 lymphedema. Apparently, there are four stages to lymphedema: Stage 0 means that you are on your way to getting lymphedema […]

Dear Fran, I hope you’re still talking to me. In my last letter to you, I sure did a lot of complaining. I had another great idea for our Ellen episode. You want to hear it? A while back, I had a small brush with the band Journey. You can read all about it here. […]

Dear Fran, No, no, I haven’t heard from Mike McNeff yet about his effort to get us both on the Ellen show. I will let you know the minute I hear from him. See this picture? Right before it was taken, I played piano for  our church’s Christmas program—for the second night in a row—and […]

Dear Fran, I have good news. You know the little plan I have to get the two of us on the Ellen show so that we can encourage others going through cancer? I may have found someone to help us with this noble quest. His name is Mike McNeff. I met Mike years ago while […]