Beloved mascara addict and ex televangelist Tammy Faye Messner, 65, is fighting a hard battle with cancer that has spread from her colon to her lungs. She’s down to 65 pounds and is being cared for at home by her sister and sister’s friends. Doctors are no longer treating her cancer and it may just be a matter of time. She says in a note on her website that she is so thankful for all our well wishes and flowers and that now it’s up to God:

Christmas, Easter, Thanksgiving, 4th of July and several birthdays of family and friends. Envelopes have become separated, or they are still in piles all over the place to send as yet. I have been on so much medication, so many have been trying to help with thank-you notes……I don’t know.

Thank you for the rooms full of flowers, the tables full of cards, and beautiful little gifts laying everywhere. Thank you so much! I know I have missed so many gifts I should have sent for these special occasions. And then, trusting God to heal my sick stomach. Please try to understand.

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.

My precious daughter, Tammy Sue, and her wonderful friends are staying with me while Roe [her husband] builds churches. 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.

To those of you who are suffering as I…..”don’t give up”!! Make up your mind you’re going to LIVE !! That is NOT EASY! The path gets so long. I look at young people and wish with all my heart for just one day of “feeling great”. You see, God gives out his promises, they do not lie, they do not fail. We do not have to BEG him for them, they are FREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I learned a lot about Tammy when she appeared on “The Surreal Life.” I also saw the documentary The Eyes of Tammy Faye. She really is a dear woman who accepts everyone and embraces her fans. I hope she recovers and can somehow pull through this.