Sunday, November 8, 2009
Lifestyle
Comment
Get Email Alerts!

Woman celebrates beating rare form of cancer

Published 08/26/07
Wendi Winters - For The Capital June Pringle, left, celebrates with her friend Cindy Russell of Queenstown over Big Macs at the McDonalds on Kent Island. Mrs. Russell is successfully beating a rare form of cancer that doctors originally told her would kill her in 6 months.
Advertisement

The Russells of Queenstown were having a stressful March.

Neill G. Russell, 54, a longtime astronomy and Earth science instructor at Annapolis High School, was struggling with the "zero-based" directives at the school.

He was debating with his wife Cindy, 52, the best path to take: Leave the school to teach elsewhere - or stick with the school as it reorganized.

Then the stress got worse.

One Sunday, as Mr. Russell was dressed and ready to head off to the New Life Christian Church in Chester for services, his distraught wife said they needed to go to the emergency room.

"I couldn't eat, I couldn't drink a single...

This story has expired!
You can purchase the full text in our news archives.
YOUR COMMENTS

If you encounter other problems, please email ewiffin@capitalgazette.com and include your name, username, and any errors or messages that are displayed. The more information you can provide, the better able we will be to assist you.

In order to post or vote on a comment, you must be signed in with a hometownannapolis account.

Take a look at a summary of Commenting Guidelines.

LOGIN TO POST A COMMENT

If you encounter other problems, please email ewiffin@capitalgazette.com and include your name, username, and any errors or messages that are displayed. The more information you can provide, the better able we will be to assist you.

Username: Password:
Forgot your username? Forgot your password? Create an account
Nov 09 - TOPS Meeting
Nov 14 - Nature Hike
LOGIN
Facebook click
Twitter click
HometownGlenBurnie click
HometownBowie click
video
video
Home of the Week: Judi Fike
video
video
Cordle Campaign Party
video
video
Cohen Victory Speech
video
video
Navy Sports Chat, Football: Nov. 3
video
video
Silver Gloves Boxing Champion
video
video
Business Q&A: Rick Morgan

• BUY PHOTOS & VIDEO>>

SPECIAL: Two-for-one 8x10 photo reprints

slideshow
slideshow
Home of the Week: Judi Fike
slideshow
slideshow
High School football
slideshow
slideshow
Field Hockey Class 4A East Region final
slideshow
slideshow
Election Night in Annapolis
slideshow
slideshow
Pasadena Business Association Parade
slideshow
slideshow
Boys and Girls Club face-lift
#1 - Suspect in assault top military wrestler
#2 - Arundel stuns No. 1 S. Park
#3 - Downtown businesses raise $15,000 for autism
#4 - Home of the Week: Judi Fike
#5 - Jury acquits man in attempted murder
#6 - Broadneck wins, doesn't get in
#7 - Police Beat for November 6
#8 - Man: Police forced him to delete photos
#9 - Record night for Arundel
#10 - Notre Dame QB living up to hype
#1 - Severna Park forfeits county title (47 comments)
#2 - Anti-illegal-immigration group draws controversy (46 comments)
#3 - Cohen wins race for Annapolis mayor (25 comments)
#4 - Man: Police forced him to delete photos (12 comments)
#5 - Suspect in assault top military wrestler (11 comments)
HomesInAnnapolis.com

Crownsville

Annapolis
Advertise
Archive
Blogs
Calendar
Comments
Contact us
Cookbook
Slideshows
Video
AP Video
SUBMIT INFO:
Anniversary
Band info
Birth
Calendar event
Engagement
Letter
Obituary
Wedding