Hello ellen,i tryed writting this on tell your story but mine was too long so i figured id write it here. my name is gabrielle iam from vermont. iam 23 years old. where do i start.in may 2005 my grandfather who was only 63 passed due to lung an bone cancer, in may 2007 my uncle who was only 42 passed of lung an bone cancer. In October 2007 i was 21 and pregnant with my first child. at 37 weeks i found out i had stage 2 non hodgkins lymphomia. an i was in dying need of chemo therapy. i found out i had cancer on october 14th an had to have my son october 17th. my son was the first baby in 25 yrs born in the s.i.c.u. (sergical intensive care unit) in a hospital 3 hours away form our home. at the time of my delivery i had fluid in my heart cavity, the bottom half of my lungs started collapsing, an my kindeys started to shut down. an hour after i had my son they did a second biopsy of my neck because the first one that my hospital did it got lost. the nexy day i had to have a bone marrow aspration because they didn't know what type of cancer i had at first. an at that time they couldn't give me anything because my o2 was dropping so i had no pain meds. then an hour after that i had to have a spinal tap done. three days after i had my son i was put in the oncology ward where i started my first round of chemo. i stayed inthe hospial for 10 days after i had my son he was discharged a few days after he was born he is perfictly healthy. i did 6 months of chemo, an my second chemo they did a scan an said it was a 50% reduction in the main mass in my chest which was a 6 inch tumor when i was pregnant, also had a tumor in my neck. after my chemo i was in remission an to this day i still am thank god. but after chemo they had me do 25 rounds of radiation just to be on the safe side. i ended all my treatments in may 2008. they told me i had only a 30% chance of having anymore children, well when i finished my treatments i found out i was pregnant with TWINS. i was in an out of the hospital when i was pregnant for them because i started dialateing at 27 weeks. they wanted me to stay in the hospital until they babies where born. but i couldn't stand being 3 hours away from my son. so i kept signing myslef out. an get checked my my doctor here. see at the hospial where i live they don't deliver babies befor 36 weeks. its a small hospital. anyways i made it up to 34 weeks an 2 days at 5 centimeters dialated, the day they were born we were home an i had this funny feeling that the babies were comeing. i told my boyfriend that we needed to go to the hospial 3 hours away i just felt a lil pain in my back. well we made it to my hospital an my doctor had just gotten home from vk 5 mins before he got the call that i was there. an my pediatrison had sent emails like an hour before to all that where on staff that weekend to give them a heads up that i was in town, even though i wasn't suppose to be. well anyways we got the the hospital cuz my boyfriend said he wasn't driving 3 hours with me breathing the way i was. we got there an i was 8 centimeters dialated. they wheeled me down to the O.R. just in case, an see my hospital don't like to delvier twins exspecaily when they are premees. there was no time for drugs, my daughter was born at 7pm an she was 3pounds 10.2oz,17inches long. an my son was born at 740pm but he was breach. his head was stuck for 10 mins they thought they'd have to cut me opean but they didn't. he was 4pounds 1oz,18 inches long. after he came out i started to hemrage. the next morning i had to have 2 bags of blood, which wasn't my first time having a blood transfusion, i had to have one after my first son.The twins were shipped to the hospital 3 hours away an had to be in the nicu for a week then they were shipped back to our hospial an had to stay for 2 weeks. both hospitals the one 3 hours away an the one thats in our town. has had the most complacatied deliverys from me. my doctor that delivered the twins actually delivered my boyfriend (father to our children) hes been doing this for well over 35 yrs probly...an he said i was the most complacted delivery hes ever had.thank god i had him that day. i love your show. an try to watch it as much as i can. thank you for all the laughs. but i wanted to share my story with you. i was on the doctors 2 yrs ago about my story. an i have heard there were more ppl that wanted to hear more of my story. i would love to give ppl hope, mothers new mothers that are going threw this. thank your for takeing your time reading this. i know its so long but thought id tell you my story. gabrielle

ROFL! I knew HCJ could sing but I had no idea he had such a sense of humor. Weird to see Ellen as the straight man role when she's usually the one delivering the zingers. She handles it so well, which made the whole interview even more funny. That sidelong "are you out of your mind?" look of hers is the best!

Hi Ellen,
Just wanted to thank you for what your show does for people everyday. Especially for what you've done for my fiance and I today! :) After receiving some disappointing news and feeling sorry for ourselves, we decided we needed to just pick ourselves up and watch something funny, and my fiance said "Let's watch Ellen" and boy we are glad we did! You and Harry Conick Jr. were hilarious and you've completely made our day, in fact, our week!! We always watch your show up here in Canada, but we usually record it all week and then catch up on the weekend. So we're really glad we watched the show live today!
In reading through some of the comments left on here today, we see we are not the only one whose lives you've brought a little bit of joy to today. And, when we put it all in perspective, our defeat today is nothing compared to someone who is fighting for their life (re: Needed a giggle), nonetheless, what we are trying to say is THANK YOU for making our day better!
And "Needed a giggle", you are in our prayers. Keep fighting!

I'm in week 5 of cancer treatments. Must admit that I've slept through a few lately even though she's one of my favorites. Today, in fact all week, had been really struggling with the effects of chemo and radiation. At my worst, crying at least four times a day. But today for some reason I caught the show. I'm so glad I did. From Ellen's opening comments about living each day as if it might be first/last to Harry's super funny comments and his great memory walk down memory lane with his music. Oh middle school choir!!! Thanks Ellen for helping this cancer fighter find a reason to smile!!!

Wow--people write the most insane things on this site. Hey Annoyed...RELAX. It must not be very fun to be living your life if THAT offends you.

Hey ellen,I love your show and I am a big fan love you

OMG!!! Harry Connick jr. is so friggin funny! What a great interview with Ellen! Loved it!