BethAnn

My prayers and love are sent to you and your husband, I lost my Mother to sclc on May 1st, 2004 just 5.5 months after she was diagnosed, my Mom's cancer spread to her ribs as well as it was very painful for her to endure that pain on a daily basis, I called in Hospice and they were wonderful getting her pain under control immediately, and although I did not have my Mom around for too much longer after that, I knew she was no longer in any pain from the horrible bone cancer that she had developed, I would encourage you to contact your nearest Hospice care, they are truly a miracle and I felt alot better having them help me with my Mother's care, because if I could do nothing else for my Mom, I felt I gave her a valuable gift, and that was my love and calling hospice to ensure she was not in pain and today I live each day knowing I did something to really help her, she was no longer in pain.

Im so sorry for your diagnosis, my Mom lived 5 1/2 months, had a huge battle with chemo and radiation, take time to spend with her, because this disease is horrible, Im not trying to say, don't fight, fight with all your heart, but just take time each day to show her, cause I am only without my Mom now for 24 hours, and I miss her so much, its hurts so bad

Sorry to all of you that I have not been online in such a while, I just lost my Mom on Saturday night at 10PM to sclc. She fought to the last breath, but couldn't battle the cancer, it took control. Thanks so much for your support, please keep my family in your thoughts and prayers this week. I will post more later as to my Mom's recent history. Love you all, may God touch each of your lives and bless each one of you, as he has me, with a loving and caring, wonderful mother, I will miss her dearly and continue to love her so.

Im so happy for you, I truly hope and pray for you to say this again 1 year from now. Continued love and prayers, I hope to have the opportunity to say this about my Mother. Take Care, Beth Ann

Hear is a prayer for you dear. Lord Jesus, You are the Great Physician. All healing comes from you. Thank you for caring so much about those who are ill. Thank you for your healing power. Your Word says that healing is your children’s bread. It says you are the Lord that heals me. And that by your stripes we are healed. That you took my infirmities and carried my sickness. And whatever things I desire when I pray to believe I receive them and I shall have them. Therefore, I receive your healing now, Lord, in my area of physical need of healing any cancer that is present within my body. I believe you are restoring me to health and vitality. In Jesus name I pray, Amen

Im so happy for you, I hope to share the same news one day soon about my Mom. I wish for you to take this good news and celebrate and continue celebrating. Love & Prayers Beth Ann

I'm so sorry for your loss, may God hold you in the palms of your hands and comfort you during this time of grief. Love and Prayers, Beth Ann

Hi Friends, Mom got more bad news last Friday, her SCLC, mets to the spine, okay did radiation on that area, took chemo, counts went into the toilet, couldn't take it for 2 additional weeks cause so sick, experiencing more pain in her legs and hips, found out from MRI, her pelvis and both femurs are loaded with bone tumors. Restarts chemo tomorrow, doing 1 day each week for 6 weeks instead of 3 days on and 2 weeks off, Dr's say it is a more gentle approach on the body, changing her chemo to tox something cisplatin. Will my Mom ever have good days again, gosh Im so worried and I just want my Mom to have some good news soon, to get her spirits back up. I see Mom losing her strength and her abilities to get up and down and sometimes even walk. Any suggestion for certain foods that are good for her right now through chemo? She has lost alot of weight about 43 lbs. Doesn't like the ensure stuff, would rather have real food, any suggestion that helped yourself or a lovedone. Okay, I need to go and rest, my eyes hurt from crying so hard tonight. Love you all, Beth Ann

Trisha lost her battle with cancer around 8PM, tonight. Although she only posted twice here, she became good friends with Greg, and she really took it hard when he passed, so I hope knowing they are both together again, will bring her peace and joy in her new life with God. Bless you all, BethAnn

Hello It's BethAnn332002, It breaks my heart to share with Trisha's (Pat's) friends, that she is losing the battle of cancer. Trisha needs your prayers for peace and comfort at this time. The end is in the immediate hours, if you would like to respond to share your thoughts, feelings and prayers, that will be shared at Trisha's funeral, please send them to aine777@aol.com. I wish everyone the love of life that Trisha shared with me, and may we keep her in our thoughts. She was a wonderful friend to me and helped me cope with my Mother's prognosis, which is the same as Trisha's. Take time if you knew her to share your prayers and thoughts, she loved you all. Incase you may have known her, this was her entry back in October, 2003. Hello, my name is Trisha and this is my first time here. A friend told me about this site. I get a catscan Monday and so scared of the results. The last one was not so good. I have small cell lung cancer in right lung and liver. I am on Taxol right now. So if catscan shows it is working will stay on it, if not have to change again. I am told by 3 drs. I will die from this cancer, no cure, no remission, no surgery. This is HORRIBLE. I was diagnosed end of January and been on chemo since February. I have been told cannot live long with this disease, 16 to 24 months, but each person is their own individual and only God knows for sure. This is hard to live day to day and no way to plan anything, afraid each day what is going to happen next. Anybody with this type cancer please reply to me and many thanks and prayers to everyone. Trisha

Happy Freaking New Year I'm another daughter of a wonderful Mother who has been diagnosed with extensive SCLC on 11/20/03, since then, wow, has my life changed, and I live each day finding new hope for my best friend (Mom) and myself to look forward too. I can understand fully what each and every one of you are going through, and it is pure hell to say the least. I am blessed with 2 beautiful daughters myself, who are so close to my Mom, that is a blessing that we all together can give her reasons to fight this huge battle and live each day and thank God each day we are blessed to be together. Mom has rejected the chemo treatments big time, and I am awaiting word from the dr's to see if we can even do 2nd round next week, her counts are extremely low, and she has lost 43 lbs in 3.5 weeks. There are days I just don't know where to turn, and I find myself here, reading stories of miracles and hopes to keep my hope, faith and trust alive. My daughter Jessica made a comment last night that cracked me up, My Mom, myself and my youngest daughter Hayleigh were watching a movie and eating popsicles (one of the only things my Mom can keep down) and Jessica came in and said, "hey I want to be apart of the popsicle club" so it made us all laugh, and so now we call ourselves the "popsicle club". Another thing, today I had to shave Mom's hair off, cause her head was hurting her so badly, couldn't sleep lastnight, broke my heart, but she is feeling alot better now that the hair is gone. My youngest daughter bought my Mom a t-shirt for Christmas that says "Im Too Sexy for My Hair - That's Why Im Without" thought Grandma could wear it to her Chemo treatments, it is so cute. Anyway, sorry for blabbering on, I am here, I am another daughter who loves my Mother dearly and I don't ever want to think of the day I don't have her here with me. I can be reached by email bethanncarper@yahoo.com or bethann332002 on yahoo messenger or just send me a message on here anytime. We are all in the same boat, and I know I sure could use more friends and more believers and prayers. Love to you all Beth Ann

My youngest daughter found a t-shirt at the mall for her Grandma (my Mom) that says "IM TOO SEXY FOR MY HAIR - THAT'S WHY IM WITHOUT" I thought it would be great humor for my Mom to wear to chemo treatments. We went wig shopping on one of Mom's good days, and had a blast, I wish I would have taken my camera, I laughed and Mom laughed, it was a great day to remember Best of luck, I would suggest many different fun head wraps and hats. and Mom is now into the 'Funky earrings" they say wearing them, takes away from losing your hair, her head is beginning to hurt so it won't be long before she loses her beautiful red locks.

I know how you feel, I brought Mom home on Thanksgiving Day and she went back twice since then and brought her home on Christmas Eve, she is rejecting the chemo and the Dr's aren't for sure whether or not she will be able to tolerate any more Chemo, she is just vomiting so much and has lost 43 lbs in 3 weeks. God Bless you, and I know, I know just how you feel, and I would give anything in the world just to take this cancer away from everyone. I pray everyday for strength to endure the next step, and thankful for having each moment with my best friend and Mother.

Im sorry to hear your news, as I am in the same boat, my mother is 60 yrs old and we just found out in late November she has SCLC extensive stage. She has had radiation and now is going through chemo, it hurts like hell to see my Mom suffer and be in pain, she has mets to the spine with tumors on Lumbar 1 through 5, I can not give much advice, as this is new to me as well, and they only gave my mom 10-11 months, but that is case scenerio, and I tend to think my Mom will beat those odds, and you need to as well, if you ever need someone to talk to, please don't hesitate to contact me via here or on Yahoo, my ID is BethAnn332002 or my email is bethanncarper@yahoo.com. God Bless Your Mom and your Family, love and prayers to you all. Beth Ann

Hello, My mom has Ext. SCLC and when they found out it was in her bones in her spine lumbar 1- 5 has tumors within the bones, they immediately started radiation I mean, wheeled her to the oncology department after the Dr looked at the MRI, however, they did the radiation on the spine itself to relieve pain and kill the cells, and will start the next series of radiation on her lung mass after the first round of chemo. I don't know if this is of help, but I wanted to let you know our status with Ext. SCLC. God Bless you and your Mom, I am hear if I can lend a shoulder. Beth Ann

My name is Beth Ann, I'm 35 yrs old, from Ohio. I'm new to this message board as my Mom was just diagnosed with Small Cell Lung Cancer on Thursday, November 20th, after a mediastinoscopy and a lung needle biospy. On Wednesday, November 26th, she was also diagnosed with this cancer advancing to the bone in her spine. We started Radiation on the 26th and now we are heading into the Chemo phase. I came here to find out what to expect, how to cope and how to help my Mom, I love her so much and I would do anything in the world to help her right now with the pain, the nausea, and the fear. I am acting as her caregiver and have decided to take a long sabatical from work. I feel my place is to be right beside my mom through this all. If any of you have any advice, please I ask you to share with me. The doctors told Mom, the time line for stage 4 SCLC is 10-11 months on average, I can't accept this and I must help her beat this time frame. I need my Mom, she is only 60 yrs old and I don't want to lose her. She is my world, my Mother, my best friend, I'm having alot of trouble accepting this and I pray to God daily that he will help my Mom. I grieve for all of the cancer patients and I pray for each of you daily. Her brain scan and her liver scan came back okay. If you have anything to offer, please feel free to advise me. I wish you all the best of everyday left with your loved ones, as I treasure each moment with my Mother and entire family and friends. This has really taught me alot. I cannot express what a great support it is to hear from people in my same shoes and I need to hear the positive things that keeps my hopes up, and I grieve with those of you who have lost your loved ones. Thanks again for helping a newcomer, I hope to be a great support back to all of you. Love you all, Beth Ann

My deepest sympathy goes out to you and your family. May you find peace knowing that your Father is now in Heaven and will be your angel to help you through this difficult time. God Bless you and keep you. Beth Ann

Hello Friends, My name is Beth Ann, I'm 35 yrs old, from Ohio. I'm new to this message board as my Mom was just diagnosed with Small Cell Lung Cancer on Thursday, November 20th, after a mediastinoscopy and a lung needle biospy. On Wednesday, November 26th, she was also diagnosed with this cancer advancing to the bone in her spine. We started Radiation on the 26th and now we are heading into the Chemo phase. I came here to find out what to expect, how to cope and how to help my Mom, I love her so much and I would do anything in the world to help her right now with the pain, the nausea, and the fear. I am acting as her caregiver and have decided to take a long sabatical from work. I feel my place is to be right beside my mom through this all. If any of you have any advice, please I ask you to share with me. The doctors told Mom, the time line for stage 4 SCLC is 10-11 months on average, I can't accept this and I must help her beat this time frame. I need my Mom, she is only 60 yrs old and I don't want to lose her. She is my world, my Mother, my best friend, I'm having alot of trouble accepting this and I pray to God daily that he will help my Mom. I grieve for all of the cancer patients and I pray for each of you daily. Her brain scan and her liver scan came back okay. If you have anything to offer, please feel free to advise me. I wish you all the best of everyday left with your loved ones, as I treasure each moment with my Mother and entire family and friends. This has really taught me alot.