caregiver--now it is my turn...prayers, please

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  • dash4
    dash4 Member Posts: 303 Member
    #22
    lisa42 said:

    PM coming
    Hi Mary Kay,

    I'm sorry to hear of your breast cancer diagnosis. You've been through a lot with your husband's care and death. I'm so sorry.
    I guess you're probably already perusing the breast cancer board- hope folks there are as supportive as they are here.
    I'm sending you a PM- please check for it.

    Lisa

    lifting my spirits...
    Lisa,
    Actually, I have not gone to the breast cancer board yet..I first thought of this board-it is like coming home and getting the emotional support I need. I am so grateful for all the responses and kind words.... you have all lifted my spirits.
    With love,
    Mary Kay
  • mom_2_3
    mom_2_3 Member Posts: 953 Member
    #23
    A study of 1
    Mary Kay,

    You have been given some very good advice and thoughtful words here. I am glad that the responses give you courage. I think that someone's advice about this being a different story than your husband's was very intuitive and insightful. The way I think about my own journey is by using a line I read somewhere else and that is that I am "a study of one." Regardless of statistics, of what happens to others I know with the same diagnosis, etc., at the end of the day all that counts to my own story is that I am an individual, not a statistic. I am my own study.

    I am sorry you are going through this, especially after the recent loss of your husband. Rest assured that he looking down upon you and wishing for you all the fight that he had during his own illness. I will keep you in my prayers...

    Amy
  • mom_2_3
    mom_2_3 Member Posts: 953 Member
    #24
    A study of 1
    Mary Kay,

    You have been given some very good advice and thoughtful words here. I am glad that the responses give you courage. I think that someone's advice about this being a different story than your husband's was very intuitive and insightful. The way I think about my own journey is by using a line I read somewhere else and that is that I am "a study of one." Regardless of statistics, of what happens to others I know with the same diagnosis, etc., at the end of the day all that counts to my own story is that I am an individual, not a statistic. I am my own study.

    I am sorry you are going through this, especially after the recent loss of your husband. Rest assured that he looking down upon you and wishing for you all the fight that he had during his own illness. I will keep you in my prayers...

    Amy
  • dash4
    dash4 Member Posts: 303 Member
    #25
    mom_2_3 said:

    A study of 1
    Mary Kay,

    You have been given some very good advice and thoughtful words here. I am glad that the responses give you courage. I think that someone's advice about this being a different story than your husband's was very intuitive and insightful. The way I think about my own journey is by using a line I read somewhere else and that is that I am "a study of one." Regardless of statistics, of what happens to others I know with the same diagnosis, etc., at the end of the day all that counts to my own story is that I am an individual, not a statistic. I am my own study.

    I am sorry you are going through this, especially after the recent loss of your husband. Rest assured that he looking down upon you and wishing for you all the fight that he had during his own illness. I will keep you in my prayers...

    Amy

    great study...
    Amy,
    Thank you for sharing your "study of one"...I do need to keep reminding myself that this is my journey-my own study. You are so right that everyone's advice to me has been so intuitive and insightful. I will be holding onto all the responses when I am feeling alone and need to find my courage...
    Keeping you in my prayers,
    Mary Kay
  • Fight for my love
    Fight for my love Member Posts: 1,522 Member
    #26
    You are in my prayers and I
    You are in my prayers and I have prayed a successful surgery for you on 2/16.Take good care of yourself and best luck with everything.
  • dash4
    dash4 Member Posts: 303 Member
    #27
    Fight for my love said:

    You are in my prayers and I
    You are in my prayers and I have prayed a successful surgery for you on 2/16.Take good care of yourself and best luck with everything.

    power of prayer
    Thank you for your prayers....they give me strength and hope to hold onto. Take care of yourself too and I will keep you in my prayers.
    Hugs,
    Mary Kay
  • scouty
    scouty Member Posts: 1,965 Member
    #28
    Durn Mary Kay
    I remember you and I really sorry to hear about your husband and now your diagnosis. That just stinks but I think you will find lots more info and help with your breast cancer than you got with your hubby's colon cancer. Sad but true, pink rules cancer funding by leaps and bounds.

    Keep us posted and I will be thinking of you daily!!!

    Lisa P.
  • dash4
    dash4 Member Posts: 303 Member
    #29
    scouty said:

    Durn Mary Kay
    I remember you and I really sorry to hear about your husband and now your diagnosis. That just stinks but I think you will find lots more info and help with your breast cancer than you got with your hubby's colon cancer. Sad but true, pink rules cancer funding by leaps and bounds.

    Keep us posted and I will be thinking of you daily!!!

    Lisa P.

    your spirit....
    Lisa,
    It is crazy, but I feel so educated about colon cancer-it is exhausting to start all over again. But then I look at survivors like you with all your strength and the power you have gained from your knowledge and it helps to keep me going at a time that I am feeling very tired. I have always admired your energy and spirit...thank you for your support.
    As always, I will keep you in my prayers.
    Mary Kay
  • Crow71
    Crow71 Member Posts: 679 Member
    #30
    Hi Mary Kay - I'm fairly new
    Hi Mary Kay - I'm fairly new to the board; so we haven'y met. I'm so sorry that you lost your husband, and I'm sorry to hear of your diagnosis. I wanted to say that I hope you'll stay with us as you fight your battle. We won't be able to answer many questions about breast cancer, but we know all about scansiety, surgery, success and failure; and HOPE. Plus, you've got a wealth of cc info that folks like me rely on. So please don't be a stranger.
    Roger
  • HollyID
    HollyID Member Posts: 946 Member
    #31
    Mary Kay,
    I'm pretty new
    Mary Kay,

    I'm pretty new here as well. My deepest condolences about your husband and I'm so sorry that you're facing this beast now, as well.

    Wishing and praying for a speedy and uneventful recovery. I also pray for your physicians and caregivers, that they know how to care for you and your cancer.

    God Bless,

    Holly
  • dash4
    dash4 Member Posts: 303 Member
    #32
    Crow71 said:

    Hi Mary Kay - I'm fairly new
    Hi Mary Kay - I'm fairly new to the board; so we haven'y met. I'm so sorry that you lost your husband, and I'm sorry to hear of your diagnosis. I wanted to say that I hope you'll stay with us as you fight your battle. We won't be able to answer many questions about breast cancer, but we know all about scansiety, surgery, success and failure; and HOPE. Plus, you've got a wealth of cc info that folks like me rely on. So please don't be a stranger.
    Roger

    needed...
    Roger,
    Thanks for helping me feel needed and offering me hope...I will hold onto that. Keeping you in my prayers too.
    Mary Kay
  • dash4
    dash4 Member Posts: 303 Member
    #33
    HollyID said:

    Mary Kay,
    I'm pretty new
    Mary Kay,

    I'm pretty new here as well. My deepest condolences about your husband and I'm so sorry that you're facing this beast now, as well.

    Wishing and praying for a speedy and uneventful recovery. I also pray for your physicians and caregivers, that they know how to care for you and your cancer.

    God Bless,

    Holly

    power of prayer...
    Holly,
    Thank you for letting me know you will keep me in your prayers--that is the main reason I decided to post--I was hoping for prayers-I believe in the power of prayer and everyone here has humbled me with their responses. I am gaining my peace through all of you...thank you.
    May God Bless you too,
    Mary Kay
  • dorookie
    dorookie Member Posts: 1,731 Member
    #34
    I will be praying
    for you, that you recover fast, and that you dont have to do to much treatment, and that you find some peace, with all that you are going to have to go through.

    God Bless
    Beth
  • LVal
    LVal Member Posts: 1
    #35
    Take Care
    My prayers are with you. You are an exceptional individual - stay strong.
  • ann2008
    ann2008 Member Posts: 118
    #36
    Mary Kay
    Please know that you are in my prayers and thoughts. You have been through so much but you do need to remember to let others help you at this time. It will help you mentally and physically to let others help so that you can heal. Keep in touch. Ann
  • dash4
    dash4 Member Posts: 303 Member
    #37
    ann2008 said:

    Mary Kay
    Please know that you are in my prayers and thoughts. You have been through so much but you do need to remember to let others help you at this time. It will help you mentally and physically to let others help so that you can heal. Keep in touch. Ann

    your photo...
    Ann,
    Your photo reminds me of my sons over 20 years ago...they too keep reminding me what you are saying about accepting help. It is hard for me to accept help in the first place and I am beginning to realize that it is doubly hard because my wish is that my husband was the one here to give me my "help" I need. All of you from this site are helping me to remember that he is "helping" me and is with me--maybe even in a stronger sense from where he is now than his physical form here could do. I understand it all in my head and now I am trying to get my heart to understand too.
    Thank you for your kind thoughts.
    Keeping you in my prayers,
    Mary Kay

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