As reported previously, Ronnie James Dio has been diagnosed
with stomach cancer. Wendy Dio has issued the following update
about Ronnie's first chemotherapy treatment:
"Well, it has been a very exhausting month – after all the never
ending tests in Los Angeles, we flew to the Mayo Clinic in
Minnesota, and as soon as we arrived, we got a call from the MD
Anderson Hospital that they had an appointment for us with the
doctor we originally wanted, so we then flew to Houston to the
clinic, and of course MORE tests, but Ronnie finished receiving his
first chemo treatment on Wednesday, and all is going very well.
"I would like to thank Tony Martell from the T.J. Martell
Foundation, Dr. Stuart Aaronson from Mount Sinai, Lindsay Brown and
Mike Carden from Eagle Records, and our very own Dr. Sandeep
Kapoor, for all your help in getting us into MD Anderson, and also
our friends Geezer and Gloria Butler, who flew to Houston to be
with Ronnie while he had his chemo.
"Ronnie and I are totally overwhelmed by the amount of well
wishes that we have received from friends and fans - we are reading
them all. Some make us laugh, some make us cry, but all of them are
so filled with love that it gives us so much support and makes
Ronnie even more determined to fight this battle and win. Thank you
all for the positive energy and prayers."