--- On Thu, 6/5/08, SABRINA LANCE <sabydl@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: SABRINA LANCE <sabydl@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Daughtersofmoms withBREASTCANCER Daughters in college???
To: daughtersofmomswithbreastcancer@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, June 5, 2008, 2:05 PM
What is esential is that she is very very closely
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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>
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