From: owner-dads-yard-digest@smoe.org (dads-yard-digest) To: dads-yard-digest@smoe.org Subject: dads-yard-digest V6 #61 Reply-To: dads-yard@smoe.org Sender: owner-dads-yard-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-dads-yard-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk dads-yard-digest Saturday, October 9 2004 Volume 06 : Number 061 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [dads-yard] Melissa Etheridge [WoodellDC@aol.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2004 09:02:51 EDT From: WoodellDC@aol.com Subject: [dads-yard] Melissa Etheridge Found this on the Web this morning. Good luck, Melissa! And folks out here, PLEASE do self-exams! And see your doc whenever something seems amiss! Deb LOS ANGELES (Oct. 8) - Singer Melissa Etheridge has been diagnosed with breast cancer and has canceled upcoming tour dates to undergo treatment, her publicist said Thursday. Etheridge, 43, will undergo surgery and a "speedy and complete recovery" is expected by her doctor, publicist Marcel Pariseau said in a statement. The cancer was detected early and Etheridge has been receiving treatment, Pariseau said. "I am fortunate to be under a wonderful doctor's care and thankful that this was caught early," Etheridge said in the statement. "I am looking forward to a quick and full recovery." Etheridge and actress Tammy Lynn Michaels held a commitment ceremony in September 2003. The musician, who lives in Los Angeles, shares custody of a daughter and son with former partner Julie Cypher, who had the children through artificial insemination using a sperm donation from rocker David Crosby. Etheridge's latest album, "Lucky," was released in February. Refunds for tickets to her upcoming shows will be available where they were bought; the entertainer's Web site says she had been scheduled to play 11 dates in seven cities this month. ------------------------------ End of dads-yard-digest V6 #61 ******************************