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messy thoughts
My boyfriend was one of those people who never even gets a cold. Now, in the space of 4 months, he has been hospitalized, undergone treatment for metastasized cancer, and on top of it somehow ended up with a detached retina, and has had 2 surgical procedures to repair it. He was doing really well with the cancer treatment,…
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Any other 20-29 year olds a caregiver for their mom?
I'm 22 and I'm currently my mom's caregiver. She was diagnosed with breast cancer back in 2006 and we discovered it metastasized into her bones last fall. Although most of the time my mom is fine, and I'm there for moral support it is draining me. I'm scared about what the future holds and as of right now statistics say…
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weight loss
My brother is losing so much weight it is scary. He was diagnosed in August with Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer with a grim prognosis. He just had his second round of chemo on Thursday and they drained 10 liters of fluid off of his stomach Friday. The pain is so bad and I can already tell that the fluid is coming back. He is…
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Rollercoaster!
Well, last week was full of the wonderfulness of cancer. A trip to the ER,my car got towed while at the hospital, a one day hospital stay, my neighbors tree fell on my porch during a storm, an advanced liver MRI, dinner out for both of us Saturday night : ) , and then a complete decompensation on Sunday, Mike was not able…
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Preparing
Tomorrow my husband will be having his first MRI (been 3 months) since his bone flap removal. At that time the tumor was 5mm (down from 4.8cm). We will find out the results on Wednesday. So many emotions, feelings and thoughts. Depending on what results are, will make some decisions on what is ahead for "us". I am trying…
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Oh Boy - He's Getting Better
Praise the Lord and pass the biscuits!! Bob is getting better. The last couple of days he seems to have turned some sort of corner. He is still very, very weak and has a long way to go but feels well enough to complain and pace back and forth between the bedroom, the kitchen and the patio. He sits in the bedroom recliner a…
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Consumed
Consumed -- that is exactly how I feel and I am not even the one with the brain tumor. My whole life has been surrounded by it -- my Godfather died at age 24, uncle age 45 and Godmother at age 56. I have always wondered if it would be MY fate. However, never thought the fate of my healthy, young (36 yrs old), newlywed…
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Just plain tired
There's nothing really unnerving or spectacular about where we are in our journey with Jim's cancer. I am just plain old worn out. He's finished his treatments, had (good) preliminary checkups with both oncologists, PET scan is scheduled for next week, finances are levelling out, the kids are all good - and yet, I just…