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Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Moms history on cancer

In 1998 my mother was diagnosed with breast cancer. I dont remember much. I knew she did chemo (not very strong) she never got sick. It never returned. In 2008 she was told she had PPC stage IV. She did her six rounds of chemo and did get sick. Lost her hair and I remember we didnt hear from her for at least two or three days after chemo. She stayed in bed not feeling well. Eventually the cancer got small enough they did surgery to remove the rest of tumor. And tada, she was cured.. Well, Last year 2010 I started noticing mom out of breath easily. This was around Sept.. Then by Christmas she was told she had CML. A slow progressing Leukemia. Hey "Slow" thats good news huh. But she kept getting Pneumonia alot.. Coughing really bad. Fluid around her heart and lungs. In hospital twice for it. And two added ER visits. With really high BP, diabetes and beginning stages of congestive heart failure thats scarey stuff. So, fast forward to beginning of this year (as if all that wasnt enough) her test showed levels high at her every six months test. Great.. But numbers werent that high. Below 100. Ok, so then the cat scans.. Well they showed a tumor on a lymph node near the aorta and liver. Two spots on the kidney. So biopsy was next. The week before Easter we were up at MD Anderson on Tuesday. By Friday sitting at the beach with my sister she informs me that mom had already gotten the results on her lymph node. It was the PPC. Came back. And it comes back as how it was last time. Stage IV. The tumors on her kidney, we still dont know. Sounds fishy though. Mom may be hiding something. So, mom spent her Easter (she was hoping they wouldnt call until that following Monday) with this bad news. That following Tues they already scheduled her for Chemo.. The tumor on the node is 4cm. Size of a walnut. Its really scarey with all these other issues she is facing now as compared to 2008 she wasnt. They added a new medicine called Doxil but it isnt treating her very well.. I wont go into detail for respect of my mother but it is almost a month now and she is still feeling very sick to her stomach and that was only her first round... =(  And this is only the beginning. I pray for my mother every day after I drop my husband off at work. I was the sun rise over the bay and know... Its all in Gods hands. I pray for strength and recovery for my momma.

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