Sad news to report about Donna ~UPDATE 8-1-10~

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  • pf78248
    pf78248 Member Posts: 209
    #22
    Oh, Donna, we all HATE this!!!
    Donna Dear,

    You are so loved on this board. What an inspiration you have been from your very first post! So positive and enthusiastic and how you showed so much love for your kids and husband. I wish you peace and no more pain and I am boldly and without hesitation asking God for a miracle for you and everyone else on this board who needs one. You are one of the best and are truly loved!

    Brooks, thanks for updating. This is terrible news. I HATE, HATE, HATE CANCER, TOO

    Priscilla
  • Aud
    Aud Member Posts: 479 Member
    #23
    Brooks
    thank you for telling us. This is terrible. Donna is in my prayers and thoughts as she has been.
    Audrey
  • damama24
    damama24 Member Posts: 174 Member
    #24
    AnneCan said:

    Donna
    Please know my thoughts are with you. We all love you so much.

    Donna
    This is hard news to hear. Donna was one of the first to welcome me here last year when I was dx. She is such a bright light of hope and strength for me. I pray that she gets through this. We all love you Donna. Please God grant her healing.
    Deb
  • Aud
    Aud Member Posts: 479 Member
    #25
    Donna
    I am so sorry that you're going through this. Know that we all care about you and love you. You were one of the first people who welcomed me on this board and you're such a joy and inspiration on this board. I, too, HATE cancer!!
    Holding you in the Light, Donna, for healing and hope.
    Love,
    Audrey
  • chicoturner
    chicoturner Member Posts: 282
    #26
    Brooks, thank you for
    Brooks, thank you for sharing this news. It is not an easy thing to do. Donna, you and your family are in my prayers even as I write this tonite. I Pray for peace for all of you. Jean
  • Jaylo969
    Jaylo969 Member Posts: 824 Member
    #27
    Aud said:

    Donna
    I am so sorry that you're going through this. Know that we all care about you and love you. You were one of the first people who welcomed me on this board and you're such a joy and inspiration on this board. I, too, HATE cancer!!
    Holding you in the Light, Donna, for healing and hope.
    Love,
    Audrey

    Dear Donna and family
    I too wish to express my feelings but I just don't know the right words to say.

    Donna, you are a brave, beautiful person. I have always felt your kindness coming through cyberspace and it has always been a joy to read your posts.I am so sad to hear the news that your cancer has spread. Please know that you have touched many people, on this board and elsewhere, and you have a multitude of folks sending prayers, hope, good vibes, and many sparks your way. You are a much loved woman and always remember that.

    Love,
    Pat
  • Lilmiss82
    Lilmiss82 Member Posts: 257 Member
    #28
    chicoturner said:

    Brooks, thank you for
    Brooks, thank you for sharing this news. It is not an easy thing to do. Donna, you and your family are in my prayers even as I write this tonite. I Pray for peace for all of you. Jean

    Dear Donna
    I dont know what to say, your smiling face always brings happiness to my heart. You have given many of us such positive support. I will pray for you and your family.
  • lisa42
    lisa42 Member Posts: 3,625 Member
    #29
    no!
    Oh, dear God, no! I'm crying as I write this.

    I do know that colon cancer metastasizing to the brain is rare, but I do know of someone who recently also has had a brain met from colorectal cancer and recently underwent cyberknife for it. Wondering if that can be proposed to Donna's doctors- gammaknife has been the norm, but now cyberknife is replacing radiation to the brain over gammaknife in many places.
    Cheyenne or Donna- if you're reading this, please, please suggest that and ask the doctors about it. Hold tight, if you can. You are loved and cared for by many, many people.

    I am praying.

    Lisa
  • coloCan
    coloCan Member Posts: 1,944 Member
    #30
    lisa42 said:

    no!
    Oh, dear God, no! I'm crying as I write this.

    I do know that colon cancer metastasizing to the brain is rare, but I do know of someone who recently also has had a brain met from colorectal cancer and recently underwent cyberknife for it. Wondering if that can be proposed to Donna's doctors- gammaknife has been the norm, but now cyberknife is replacing radiation to the brain over gammaknife in many places.
    Cheyenne or Donna- if you're reading this, please, please suggest that and ask the doctors about it. Hold tight, if you can. You are loved and cared for by many, many people.

    I am praying.

    Lisa

    Such grim news to awake to.......
    Among the first to respond to my plea for help when I found this site, Donna was one of you who helped me learn to live with a bag. How I wish I could blast this disease to smithereens,I feel so helpless.....steve
  • KathiM
    KathiM Member Posts: 8,028 Member
    #31
    I am sending my best hugs.....
    But, I will say that one of my patient partners had mets to her brain, and it was removed, and she is still kickin' cancer's butt!!!!

    I am sending up prayers, sweet soul, that the same will be for you!!!

    Hugs, Kathi
  • ktlcs
    ktlcs Member Posts: 358
    #32
    I HATE THIS DISEASE
    It has only been 2 weeks since this monster took my husband and in those two weeks how may others have been lost? This just s--ks!

    Donna you and your family are in my prayers

    K
  • daydreamer110761
    daydreamer110761 Member Posts: 487 Member
    #33
    KathiM said:

    I am sending my best hugs.....
    But, I will say that one of my patient partners had mets to her brain, and it was removed, and she is still kickin' cancer's butt!!!!

    I am sending up prayers, sweet soul, that the same will be for you!!!

    Hugs, Kathi

    I love Donna,,,,
    All I can think of is - Oh God, not her.....she has to be ok, and there has to be something they can do....that's all.
  • HollyID
    HollyID Member Posts: 946 Member
    #34
    I am totally devastated.
    I am totally devastated. Cheyenne or Donna, please know that I'm sending prayers and good vibes your way. Love you all!!
  • impactzone
    impactzone Member Posts: 555 Member
    #35
    ktlcs said:

    I HATE THIS DISEASE
    It has only been 2 weeks since this monster took my husband and in those two weeks how may others have been lost? This just s--ks!

    Donna you and your family are in my prayers

    K

    Crushed...again.....I HATE
    Crushed...again.....I HATE CANCER!
    Chip
  • shubunkin
    shubunkin Member Posts: 60
    #36
    HollyID said:

    I am totally devastated.
    I am totally devastated. Cheyenne or Donna, please know that I'm sending prayers and good vibes your way. Love you all!!

    :(
    this is so horrible. I dont post often but have been coming here for about 8 years. My mom died at age 46 to colon cancer. Hers too had spread to the brain. She also had it in her lungs, liver, ovaries and bones. They did surgery on her brain tumors and also radiation. This is just so sad. She is such a wonderful spirit. It saddens me deeply. It seems there would be something they could do.
  • MelanieT
    MelanieT Member Posts: 186
    #37
    My heart is overwhelming sad
    My heart is overwhelming sad !!! What an amazing person she is and I feel so lucky to know her!! My thoughts and prayers are with Donna and her family :(

    Loves,
    Mel
  • Sonia32
    Sonia32 Member Posts: 1,071 Member
    #38
    ...totally numb. But I agree with Jennie, Lisa and Kathi there must be something else they can do. Radiation, surgery, anything. Chey if you read this, I've sent an fb message to your sister, and I mean everything I say. Love you sis, your in my prayers, please don't give up no matter what the doctors say, you can't. :'-(
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    #39
    MelanieT said:

    My heart is overwhelming sad
    My heart is overwhelming sad !!! What an amazing person she is and I feel so lucky to know her!! My thoughts and prayers are with Donna and her family :(

    Loves,
    Mel

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  • dorookie
    dorookie Member Posts: 1,731 Member
    #40
    Sonia32 said:

    ...totally numb. But I agree with Jennie, Lisa and Kathi there must be something else they can do. Radiation, surgery, anything. Chey if you read this, I've sent an fb message to your sister, and I mean everything I say. Love you sis, your in my prayers, please don't give up no matter what the doctors say, you can't. :'-(

    NOBODY GIVE UP
    SHE IS NOT DEAD, so there is hope!!! KEEP PRAYING OR WHAT EVER YOU BELIEVE IN, PLEASE JUST DO IT FOR DONNA.

    I am at a lost for words, but my prayers are flying, Please God dont take your angel Donna now, to many people need her, I know I do. We have come along way together, please God hear our prayers.

    *PRAYING
    Beth
  • linandtom
    linandtom Member Posts: 67
    #41
    dorookie said:

    NOBODY GIVE UP
    SHE IS NOT DEAD, so there is hope!!! KEEP PRAYING OR WHAT EVER YOU BELIEVE IN, PLEASE JUST DO IT FOR DONNA.

    I am at a lost for words, but my prayers are flying, Please God dont take your angel Donna now, to many people need her, I know I do. We have come along way together, please God hear our prayers.

    *PRAYING
    Beth

    So sad but never give up....
    This is what Donna would be telling each of us today. Don't give up. Yes, I have known several with brain mets from colon cancer. My husbands father died years ago from cc and had brain mets...but there has to be something that can be done - tried - all these years later! I hope Donna's doctor will have her some options for now, I know even radiation is very effective on tumors that have spread to the brain. Will not cure, but can slow the growth. I also know everything if any that can be done will depend on the location of the brain met. If it is in a location that controls speech, movement, sight, then maybe they cannot do radiation. I'm praying they give Donna some options to try - and we all know her well enough that she is asking them all these questions as well. Crying, sad, but also lifting Donna in prayer - hang in there dear - keep fighting - as you would encourage any and all of us to do.

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