followed. With my Mom they said she was cured and her
check ups were not as often and not monitered as it
should of been.
--- Tiffany Sierra <sierragirls3@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> This is exactly what I am scared of because my mom
> is considered in "remission" right now. There has
> to be some test or something they can do to prevent
> these recurrences from happening right!? I am so
> worried. I want to be so happy for my mom but this
> is what I am worried about, it taking back over and
> spreading so quickly. I hate sitting by helpless
> and waiting for the floor to drop so to speak.
> Tiffany
>
> SABRINA LANCE <sabydl@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi
> I can somewhat relate to your story... My mother was
> diagnosed back in 2000 and was told that she had a
> very agressive cancer and not expected to live long.
> I
> was with my family in the Philippines becasue of my
> husband job. When I heard the news I left with my
> kids placed them in school and helped my mom out for
> 4 months . She maid a full recovery after chemo and
> radiation. However in 2006 she was diagnosed with
> brain cancer but they successfully removed the tumor
> and now she has it in the neck and chest area. What
> I
> have done since the recurrence is spent the entire
> summers helping her. Finally this year, after 9
> years
> of living overseas we deceided it was time to move
> back home so that I can help my mother and spend
> time
> with her.
> I can understand how you feel being far away and not
> spending time with her or helping out. I have
> struggled these past years where I have no sense of
> peace. What you need to do is what your heart tells
> you to do.. It s aful to live with regrets... have
> you
> thought about taking a semester off?
> Keep in touch with us and if you ever need to vent
> feel free to contact me. Good Luck and you are in my
> thoughts
> Sabrina
> --- ixheartxstitch <ixheartxstitch@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > So I was originally a member of this group in
> early
> > 2006, when my mom
> > was first diagnosed with breast cancer. That same
> > year my mom
> > finished up her treatments, and had surgery to
> > remove what was left of
> > the cancer. A year later, in late 2007, my mom
> > suffered from severe
> > breathing problems which we later discovered was a
> > result of her
> > breast cancer spreading to her lungs. And
> recently,
> > I discovered that
> > her doctors had informed her that her cancer
> spread
> > to her brain.
> > And, now I find myself back in this group seeking
> > advice.
> >
> > While the news that my mom's cancer had returned
> was
> > devastating, it
> > hurt even more receiving the news on the phone.
> You
> > see, I attend a
> > college approx. 400 miles away from home. And I
> was
> > wondering if there
> > is any one out there in a similar situation? I
> feel
> > guilty for being
> > at school while my family struggles to pick up the
> > pieces at home, and
> > while my mom suffers through her cancer
> treatments.
> > My parents want
> > my to stay in school and not worry (which is why
> it
> > took them a month
> > to tell me that her cancer had spread to her
> brain).
> > While, I go home
> > a lot (I think I've spent about $2,000 on plane
> > tickets this past
> > year), I know that I shouldn't have spent all that
> > money just for
> > flights. I'm in this weird situation where I want
> > to be at school
> > because I'm at my dream school and have so many
> > opportunities, but I
> > don't want to be at school because the situation
> I'm
> > in is so
> > paralyzing that it's affecting my school work,
> > paticipation in clubs
> > and activities, etc. I'm basically tearing myself
> up
> > trying to figure
> > out what my priorities are. If there's anyone out
> > there who can
> > relate, what did you do? Did you take some time
> off
> > school? I know
> > this sounds kinda selfish, but did you feel like
> you
> > put your dreams
> > on hold?
> >
> > I don't know... I'm turning 20 this year, and I
> > feel like I'm at this
> > prime time in my life with school and everything
> so
> > I should take full
> > advantage of my college experience and being such
> a
> > large, diverse
> > city. But at the same time, I love my family and
> it
> > kills me to watch
> > my dad work 10 hour days just so he could get one
> > day off to take my
> > mom to her treatments, then having to do all the
> > groceries and
> > housework, AND its crazy because my relatives are
> > also helping out by
> > taking my mom to doctor appointments, picking up
> my
> > younger sibling
> > from school, etc. Plus, I want to spend as much
> > time as I can with my
> > mom because I really don't know how long she has.
> >
> > Sorry, its such a long post. I had a lot on my
> > mind.
> >
> >
> > =)
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
>
>
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> removed]
>
>
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