Re: OTP - Mom's cancer is 'back'
- From: "Cindy" <nospamcindyl57@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2006 20:44:20 -0600
Adelle....You and your circle of family and friends will be getting alot of
prayers from me...and hugs too
Cindy
"Adelle" <adNOstavis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi!
Have been lurking. Saying prayers for those in need; and the need seems to
be pretty great lately. Wish everyone was doing better.
My mom was wiping the counter and her collarbone cracked. Turns out there
is a tumor in the bone. As it turns out, there is also a tumor in her arm
and hip. On scan, the one in the hip and in the arm look similar, but the
one in the collarbone looks different, so it is getting biopsied today.
They biopsied the arm two days ago.
Mom had a very rare form of cancer almost three years ago. It was in her
abdomen. But since it had clear margins and no node involvement, there was
no chemo or radiation. The radiologist who did the biopsy two days ago
said that on initial eyeballing, the tumor from her arm looked like a
spindle cell one, which is what she had three years ago.
It turns out her hospitalizations for what we thought was pancreatitis is
consistent with metastases from that original cancer. She can't remember
if she ever told her oncologist about these attacks. Certainly her doctors
never made the connection. Not sure whether its worth getting angry at the
original oncologist - or whether its our own fault for not researching it
more three years ago.
And with one tumor seeming different from the others, we really don't know
what we are dealing with yet. Sigh! Right now, she has a pretty positive
attitude. Like me - a pragmatist who has trouble connecting with the
emotions. That will serve her well for now. We can fall apart later (at
least for a little while) when there are no decisions to be made, and just
treatment to be endured.
She and my sister are also in an initial panic, because they just bought a
big home together and were relying on my Mom's salary for monthly
expenses. The house they wound up with is a two story (it was less
expensive than the ranch style they first contracted for, by 75K), which
now means looking into a chair/lift so my mom won't have to risk the
stairs (no place to add a bedroom downstairs, and no money in which to do
it even if there were room)
On top of that, a good friend and neighbor has been battling breast cancer
which they found metastasized to her lungs. Chemo is shrinking those. But
it turns out it's in her brain where the chemo can't reach because of the
blood/brain barrier. She is now getting daily radiation therapy. But this
is a really bad turn of events and doesn't bode well. This woman has four
kids, aged 8 (my son's friend) 15, 19 and 21. She is a nurse who has
actually been working until radiation was started last week, making her
too tired. She is on the school committee of her parish school.She could
really use the help of the prayer machine. Her contributions to the rest
of us are just so special.
SO, prayers for my mom, Dorothy Stavis and my friend, Gail Morse, would be
greatly appreciated.
Thanks for listening, guys.
Adelle
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