Charlotte – Former televangelist Tammy Faye Messner says doctors have stopped treating her cancer
The 65-year-old is reported to weigh a frail 65 pounds.
This is the third time Faye has battled cancer.
She was first diagnosed with colon cancer in 1996. In 2004, the cancer has spread to her lungs.
In a note posted on her web site, she thanked her friends, for sending cards, gifts and flowers.
“The doctors have stopped trying to treat the cancer and so now it’s up to God and my faith. And that’s enough! But please continue to pray for the pain
and sick stomach,” she wrote i
Faye says her daughter is taking care of her while her current husband is busy building churches
“My precious daughter, Tammy Sue, and her wonderful friends are staying with me,” Tammy Faye wrote. “They don’t want me falling down the stairs. I am down weight wise to 65 pounds, and look like a scarecrow. I need God’s miracle to swallow.”
Messner divorced Jim Bakker in 1992, while he was serving a sentence for financial fraud after his trial in Charlotte. The pair founded P.T.L. Ministries and built a multimillion-dollar evangelism empire.
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Tammy Faye, I was “so proud” of you when you apearred on the Surreal Life “and” you stood your ground for Jesus Christ and His teachings. I will pray for your pain relief and comfort. Remember He has a place so wonderful for us that our human minds and bodies could not possible comprehend “being in His presence”. Sincerely, your sister in Christ, Carol
Comment by Carol — May 10, 2007 @ 6:31 pm
I will be praying for you. God bless!
Comment by tonya steele — May 10, 2007 @ 9:12 pm
keep lookin’ up. God is good!
Comment by marie burchfield — May 11, 2007 @ 7:30 am
Therefore having been justified by faith we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ through whom we have gained access the the grace in which we now stand And we rejoice in the hope and the glory of the Lord not only so but we rejoice in our troubles because we know trouble produces preserverance and preserverance character and character hope and hope does not fail because God has poured out his love into our hearts through the Hoily Spirit whom He has given us.
Comment by Thomas — May 13, 2007 @ 7:50 am