[KL7AA] KL7AP-Betty Mallay-SK

[JD Delancy]

Friends

Betty Mallay, KL7AP, has passed on.  A couple of hours ago she had an 
aneurysm and was taken to Howard County Hospital here in MD. She passed on 
about 1.5 hours ago

Amplfying details below behind this below

     jd

----- Original Message ----- 
From: JD Delancy
Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 11:14 PM
Subject: Betty
It seems that in early January she first developed Bell's Palsy in her face, 
then later found a lump on her chest, not breast, that resulted in CAT 
scans, etc. revealing extensive cancer everywhere.  They gave her 4-6 
months.  She apparently tried chemo., and was allergic to it.  Radiation 
apparently made her vomit blood.  All just about as awful as it could be. 
She told nobody any of this until she finally told Tom and Mary Moore (KL7P 
&KL7Q) last week, and then allowed them to tell us last night.  She says 
she's now ready to go ahead and tell people.   She can only speak in a 
whisper at the present time.  They think a tumor is impacting a nerve to the 
larynx that causes that.  She says she felt lousy for a long time, but 
thought she was just fat and lazy.  She also said that she thinks Wilse will 
get a big laugh out of her dying of cancer and being overweight

She's got leave donations to cover her time up to her March 17th retirement 
from the FCC.  Tom and Mary are up here helping her get her house ready to 
sell and will help drive her motorhome to Houston.  She's going to her Mom's 
house - she says she has no intention of dying in Maryland.  She has 
multiple brothers and their assorted family there, so that will be good. 
The latest home e-mail address I have for her is bcmall at escapees.com  Her 
address in Texas will be 14218 Sandfield, Houston, TX 77077.

    jd