ROCHESTER — Rochester United Methodist Church will certainly host a reward breakfast Saturday, March 5, for among its members that was recently diagnosed along with stomach cancer.
The Angie Hamilton reward Pancake and Sausage Breakfast will certainly guidance Hamilton, a Rochester resident that is a single mom of 12-year-old triplets: daughter Clare and sons Cole and Caleb, that are sixth-graders at Rochester Intermediate School.
The breakfast will certainly be from 6:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the church, 55five S. Walnut St.
Hamilton was diagnosed along with stomach cancer a month ago and is undergoing chemotherapy.
The reward March five will certainly be Hamilton’s 52nd birthday and the 11th anniversary of the death of her late husband, Jay Evan Hamilton. Jay was 43 and the triplets, born Dec. 18, 2003, were simply over a year old as soon as he died in an accident on their farm outside of Sharpsburg.
Angie Hamilton said she plans to attend the breakfast benefit.
“I am quite humbled and so thankful for the prayers and the outpouring of support and enjoy that everybody has actually provided me,” Hamilton said. “I simply feel very, quite thankful for all of the support.”
Prayer warriors
Prior to being diagnosed Jan. 11, Hamilton said the just symptom she noticed was that she was squandering weight, which she attributed to a adjustment in diet regimen and exercise.
“My daughter was diagnosed along with celiac (disease) in 2014, so to support Clare, since that’s a huge diet regimen change, I likewise started consuming gluten-free,” Hamilton said. “I started taking the stairs at work. I simply figured a combination of diet regimen adjustment and taking the stairs, being a little a lot more active, was the requirement I was squandering weight.”
During an appointment along with her primary care physician in November, Hamilton’s doctor suggested that due to her age, she have actually a colonoscopy performed. Hamilton later met along with gastroenterologist Dr. Rajan Kochar.
“He said, ‘You know. That’s simply not right. A woman your age shouldn’t be dropping weight adore that,’ ” Hamilton said. “I explained to him or her concerning it. He goes, ‘Well, let’s simply see if there’s maybe some sort of blockage.’ ”
An endoscopy and colonoscopy were performed that located the cancer.
“I’m going to make it through this. I have actually a quite tough faith in God. I’ve got I feel adore 100,000 prayer warriors praying for us, so I feel adore those prayers are going to work,” Hamilton said. “If it hadn’t been for Dr. Kochar saying, ‘Hey. Let’s simply take a look,’ I still wouldn’t know.”
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Plans are for Hamilton to undergo hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC, likewise known as “hot chemotherapy”) either in Chicago or at the MD Anderson Cancer Focus in Texas.
“Right now. I’m functioning quite hard to grab in to MD Anderson since they’re the number one cancer treatment facility in the world,” said Hamilton, that has actually medical insurance and has actually worked for the state.
Andrea Graff of Rochester is a friend of Hamilton’s that said Hamilton is appreciative of every little thing individuals are performing for her and her children.
“The community offered so a lot support for her as soon as the triplets were born, and much more after Jay died, that I believe in a means she’s surprised at exactly how numerous individuals still enjoy and hope to guidance her,” said Graff, that is married and has actually three youngsters ages 8, five and 1. “She is the sort of individual that would certainly do anything for anybody in need, and is so grateful for every little thing that has actually been done and individuals are performing for her and the children now.”
Hamilton said that along with every one of the support and prayers, “I intend to beat this. I’m going to do every little thing I can.”
“I am so thankful for the prayers since I believe prayers do heal,” she said.
— Contact Tamara Browning: tamara.browning@sj-r.com, 788-1534, http://twitter.com/tambrowningSJR.
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Want to go?
WHAT: Angie Hamilton reward Pancake and Sausage Breakfast
WHEN: 6:30-11:30 a.m., Saturday, March 5
WHERE: Rochester United Methodist Church, 55five S. Walnut St., Rochester
INFO: An offering will certainly be accepted for the breakfast, along with all of donations going to Hamilton. Donations likewise are accepted at rochestermethodist.org by clicking “Donate Now.”
For a lot more information, contact the church office at 498-7179.
A trivia night fundraiser to reward Hamilton will certainly be held Saturday, April 16, at Rochester United Methodist Church. Doors will certainly open at 6 p.m. along with the trivia starting at 7. It will certainly contain a bake sale and silent auction. Cost is $100 per group or $1five per individual at the door. There will certainly be groups of eight. To register, contact kcvickers615@gmail.com.
Also, two neighborhood Girl Scouts troops, Daisy Troop 6424 and Brownie Troop 6105, will certainly sell cookies at the Illinois Horse Fair, March 4-6, at the Illinois State Fairgrounds. They will certainly donate their troop profits from the cookie booth to Hamilton and likewise will certainly collect donations for her.
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