I lost my mom in nov 29 2003 from breast cancer
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I lost my mom in nov 29 2003 from breast cancer
My Mom-in-law is in a battle with multiple myeloma. Back in August and September we thought her battle was just about over. But she has bounced back a bit, and her cancer numbers have come back down a bit, for which we are thankful.
Cancer is such a scary, hard disease, and my heart goes out to everybody who's life has been touched (in one way or other) by it.
I have several...
My sisters granson had a brain tumor when he was about 7, had surgery and was fine. It grew back a few years later, they went in and removed it again and he has been fine since, he is now a handsome young man.
Best friend had cancer 3 times. First time, she was about 18, cancer in female organs.. She made them wait till she had a baby to do surgery so she went and get herself pregnant before all parts had to be taken out. Then, breast cancer in left breast at about 40, removed the breast and even though she begged them to take both breasts, they wouldn't do it. A year later, she got it in the other breast and they had to take it too. She was a big breasted woman and she was GLAD to be rid of them and unless it is s special event, she won't wear her prostisies(sp?)
ones. She says she is all "breasted out" and don't like them!
My oldest brother put off having his colonscopy done to long and got colon cancer. Was cancer free for 2 years and it showed up again. Had surgery again and was cancer free for another 2 years and it showed up again, this time on the liver. He died during the surgery on his liver.
Five years later, Mama has it. She refuses to have surgery for it and we all knew if she did have the surgery at age 80, she would not survive the surgery so we did not argue with her. They gave her only 1 year without the surgery. She lived 17 months. We kept her at home. The week before she passed away, she started telling my sister to call us to come, that she was dying and wanted to see us before she left this world. As the week went on, Mama got more and more insistant that she wanted to see us before she left. (I was at work on a boat on the lower Mississippi River) Anyhow, I got home Saturday and Mama passed away Sunday night. She just went to sleep after a day of everyone coming by to see her and say "Goodbye". It was a peaceful death and she suffered VERY little. She was ready to go and said she had, had a good life and was ready. I hope I can go with the love and dignity she did.
So many of us have been touched by someone with cancer. The youngest are definitely the hardest I think. It is great to hear some success stories!!!!! Congrats to everyone who is currently cancer-free!! That is a huge success!!! :D As more stories are added, I will continue to add names to my prayer list. Loosing anyone for any reason is not easy....and having to watch a loved one suffer...:( Thank you to everyone for your stories. I is comforting to know that you're not alone in some situations.
guster girl ~ purple on my wrist for my daddy too! :D I love to get comments on my braclet because it gives me a chance to tell my story and get the word about pancreatic cancer out.
Richard ~ There are so few of us who can really understand pancreatic cancer. I'm so sorry for your "loss", or "found"! Thank you for sharing...and definitely for the plea for research funding. There is just not enough funding or research for this disease because it is not as wide-spread as some of the more common forms of cancer...but the truth seems to be that it is a death sentence for anyone who gets the diagnosis. Out of the appx. 30,000 who are diagnosed, about 28,000-29,000 will die within the first year. :( I know the scenario all too well. Thankfully, our loved ones are pain-free now.
My mother is a breast, and skin cancer survivor. My aunt in a breast cancer survivor. My dad's father was lost to lung cancer. My grandfater is a colon cancer survivor.
Every woman on my mom's side of the family has had breast cancer, and every generation is about 5-10 years earlier. The only person it has skipped on my mom's side is my grandma.
wow! so many survivors in your family! That is great...your family is full of fighters. I'm sorry your dad's father was taken, but I'm sure he put up a good fight! With that streak of breast cancer, I hope your in good practice of doing self-tests already. It's never to soon to start! :DQuote:
Originally posted by cubby31682
My mother is a breast, and skin cancer survivor. My aunt in a breast cancer survivor. My dad's father was lost to lung cancer. My grandfater is a colon cancer survivor.
Every woman on my mom's side of the family has had breast cancer, and every generation is about 5-10 years earlier. The only person it has skipped on my mom's side is my grandma.
My mother's father died of some form of cancer 50 years ago. I was only 12, but I remember my mom and aunts nursing him.
My mother died of several cancers in 1996. She had beaten breast cancer in 1955, and again in 1958. She developed skin cancer on several spots and had them removed. She had a hysterectomy in 1995. Eventually, the doctors found cancer in her arm and lungs.
I watched her die a slow death of starvation. By this time, she was no longer in pain and told me she was ready. I laid on the floor with her for a week telling her it was OK to let go. She smiled as she slipped away, so I know she was at peace.
It nearly killed me to watch. I still miss her after all these years.
Mary
I lost my both my natural parents to cancer.
My grandmother and sister had breast cancer and beat it. :)
To all of you who have lost someone special and close to this cruel disease I am truely sorry.
My mother is also a Breast Cancer survivor a year past now coming up two soon, unfortunatley NZ has one of the highest cases of Breast Cancer in the world, and we don't yet know why?
I also lost my Adopted Uncle Joe ( the only uncle I ever knew as a child) to lung cancer over 13 years ago.
I hope not to loose anyone to this awful disease and take heart at all the survivor stories here.
Thank you to everyone for sharing their private stories,some make me want to cry and others give me hope.:)
My father and his youngest brother, my uncle, have Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL). At this point it is believed that the disease results from an acquired (not inherited) injury to the DNA of a single cell in the bone marrow.
Right now my uncle is much sicker than my father. My uncle was diagnosed earlier and shirked chemotherapy and his doctor’s recommendations for other modes of healing. He now regrets it. :( My father has had only one "round" of chemotherapy although he has been living with the disease for at least four years now. Although traumatic and horrible, the chemotherapy gave him positive results and he is now in a sort of remission period.
This cancer is not fast acting and patients generally live for five to ten years after diagnosis. This type of leukemia generally does not respond to bone marrow transplants, which is something I would do in an instant for my father or uncle. Well, I'm in the national registry so really I'd do it for any match. Anyway, I just wish there was something I could do...the situation makes me feel very helpless. :(
Thanks for starting this thread shutterbug0303 and thanks to everyone for sharing their stories.
I lost my great grandpa to lung cancer when I was 2 years old. I also just learned that a close family friend of ours was recently diagnosed with breast cancer. :(
My nephew (Ralph's sister's 3 child out of 4) was diagnosed with bone cancer when he was 5 years old. This past month he passed his 5th year cancer free and is cured!!
My grandmother was diagnosed with cancer about 3 years ago, and has been in remission for almost 2 years.
Ralph's dad was diagnosed with cancer of the throat about 2 or 3 years ago and is in remission.
A woman I worked with and became good friends with was diagnosed with breast cancer, about 6 years ago. After about 4 1/2 years, her cancer came back. She has been battling ever since, and last year was given 6 months-6 years. It has been up and down since, but she has been getting worse recently. Everytime she is feeling well, she travels as much as possible, arund the country and to Africa to visit her daughter who is a missionary. She has a very positive outlook about the whole thing.
I've had to do them since I was 10 years old. If I didn't I would get grounded because my mom wanted to stress the importance of doing them. If I found anythingn I always went and asked my mom to check it out for me just to be on the safe side. I have already gone through a bunch of tests, shots, ultra sounds. I have to start mamagrams at 25 now. I will be going in soon for a cells test, just to find out if I have any of the cells at all.Quote:
I hope your in good practice of doing self-tests already. It's never to soon to start!