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TAnn - prayers and thoughts coming your way! I hope you will start to feel better and get good news regarding the lumps on your breast!
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Hi Welthy - it sounds like your husband is a real warrior! I hope he continues to get stronger each and every day!
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Hi Deeswi, welcome and thanks for sharing your good news, which is encouraging to all of us here!
Wishing you continued good health...
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Hi Jen, welcome from a relative newbie too and thank you for sharing your story and your faith. I remember talking to my dad when my mom was first diagnosed with lung cancer, at that time I was very angry with God for "allowing" this to happen because only 3 months before, my family had to bury a second brother (first brother died in 1994). Mom is a very deeply religious person and I couldn't imagine that she would have to endure battling with cancer after having just buried her second son - it didn't seem fair! But one day when I was with my dad, he said "please don't say anything bad about God because it upsets mom", and in my tears I blurted something negative about not knowing how mom could trust God and he said "it's times like these when you really need to have faith". And then when I would talk to mom, she would say "i'm not mad at God, he didn't do this to me, I did it to myself".
After the first week or two of dealing with mom's diagnosis, it suddenly occured to me that my family wasn't being punished and that bad things do happen to very good people. I knew I had the choice to either let anger destroy me, or I could let God in to sustain me during this very trying time. Thankfully I chose the latter...
May God continue to bless and nourish you Jen T, and everyone here, who is battling this horrendous disease!
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Thank you all again - we will certainly be pushing for some type of adjunctive chemo for mom!
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Linda661, I just read your signature and saw that you are an only child...and man, I can't imagine how you are handling this alone, or do you have other relatives/friends helping you? We're fortunate to have 3 siblings and my father (although it's hard for him because he has Parkinsons) involved in the process with my mom, and to take turns doing this and that!
I'm sorry that your mom has to be on continous oxygen too! My mom is only allowing herself to use no more than 2 liters continous oxygen because she is determined not to be dependent on it. Mom really labors just to move from her chair to the bathroom (about 15 feet) and the oxygen rep told her that she really should turn up the oxygen to 3 or 4 when she is moving around, but she refuses to do so. Bless her heart though - her determination and fight is what she will need to beat this thing!
I also can relate to when you said your mom was being "mean" to you at some point. My mom was like that on and off for the past two weeks but seems to be leveling out now. She would get snappy and then feel so bad and apologize, but we told her that she had every right to be angry. We want her to express her emotions because she oftens keeps everything inside.
Thanks again..and all the best to you and your mom!
Diane
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Is she going to have Chemo?
We are always here for you 24/7.
Maryanne
Thank you Maryanne, and the rest of the gang, who have made me feel so welcome already!
Maryanne, we don't know yet if mom will have chemo. When she had her first checkup with the surgeon last Friday, he said he didn't think she would need it but we should find our more today when she goes back to see him again. My family is new to this process but we all feel like it would be safer if she gets some chemo "just in case" and no matter what the surgeon tells us today, we will have mom followup with an oncologist soon...
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Dear Eppie,
I was so touched by the tribute and memorial to your dad - it is so obvious that he was a remarkable man and loved by so many. I don't think I've ever seen a family pull together like yours did during your dad's battle and at the end of his life, and to celebrate his life.
I have read a lot of your postings, and the deep love that you have for your dad would always shine through. I am so sorry that your dad had to leave you in the physically sense, but I a confident that your love and that of your family's will always keep him so very close in spirit. Love never dies...your dad was as blessed to have you as his daughter as you were to have him as a father. Treasure this mutually wonderful gift of love that you shared and carry it with you always.
Peace be with you during this very difficult time!
Diane
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Thank you all for the warm welcome and words of encouragement, and good wishes for mom's recovery. I hope to become a more integral/participating member of this wonderful group.
Gail - my mom was originally diagnosed by Lankenau hospital, but then referred to Dr. Larry Kaiser (lung surgeon) down at the Hospital of the University of Penn by an oncologist/cancer treatment center (in Doylestown), where she had gone for a second opinion. She had surgery at Univ. of Pa and now has follow-up care with them (until the air leak closes) but for the other preliminary tests and such before surgery, she went Central Montgomery (formerly North Penn).
In many ways, dealing with mom's cancer has made me appreciate life so much more, and with all the hardships during this time, I have also felt so blessed in a lot of ways too, to have the love of family and friends. And I have never felt closer to my family then I do today...
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On January 31, my mom (63 y/o) was diagnosed with lung cancer and since then, life for me and my family feels like it has not stopped spinning. This horrible disease consumes you like nothing else in life - you know that there are no absolutes guarantees and so you struggle to find anything that will cure your love one. I found this site shortly after mom was diagnosed, and though I am only de-lurking today, it has been a sustaining force for me during these very difficult 2 months, and I have benefited from all the stories that have been shared by all of you and also from all of the support and advice that has been offered.
There is strength in numbers...
Thank you!!!!
Diane
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Dear Tina, I am so sorry to hear that your mom has been diagnosed with lung cancer!! You are not alone, all of here know what you are experiencing, and can validate how you are feeling. I hope your mom will follow your advice and get a second opinion at Mayo!!
The amount of information that you must take in and how fast you must educate yourself when a loved one is diagnosed with cancer is incredibly stressful but this forum is full of information that should be very helpful in getting the answers that you need.
All the best wishes for your mom and the rest of your family. This battle has so many ups and downs, and one lesson that I have learned is to "Keep Hope Alive"..even when it all looks grim.
All the Best!
Diane