Zola's Battle with Cancer

This is the latest “personal message” from Zola. It was filmed shortly after the previous one and his voice was still bad. He should sound much better in future episodes. He continues to make new episodes every few days.
It was good to see Sandra make an episode with Zola. She won’t [...]

Last week, Zola had his last radiation and chemo treatments. This is an intermission for a couple of weeks to see how he’s reacting to the treatment. At the end of March, he will be evaluated to see if they should continue or not.
Zola has handled the treatments very well. He has become [...]

I just saw Zola’s show where he tells of his cancer. It premired this morning on PAX and will be seen on most stations next week. Zola speaks very frankly about his condition and what we all need to be doing in our lives. Time is short—for all of us, and we [...]

Two small lumps (tumors) have shown up under Zola’s right arm around the lymph nodes.  All part of the disease, I guess.  He’s still feeling fine but gets fatigued now and then.

Zola is still tolerating the chemotherapy very well with no ill effects so far. He sleeps through most of the 2.5 hour administration with the help of some Benadryl.
He says he is even feeling a little bit better, like he’s rebounding a bit. But this may be his body getting used to the [...]

Zola’s wife Sandra is carrying a “prayer pager.” You can send pager messages to Zola and Sandra to let them know you’re thinking of them.

Call [pager no longer active]
After the beeps, type your message (see below)
Press “#”
You will hear another series of beeps telling that your message has been sent.

Here are some message codes [...]

Zola is handling the chemtherapy well. It’s a bit draining but he’s basically still fine. He hasn’t had any real problems from the chemo as of yet (stomach sickness, appetite loss, etc.).
Also, they say that while he may loose some hair from the chemo and radiation, his beard should remain!