RE: Daughtersofmoms withBREASTCANCER I'm sorry to have to join this club...

Thanks for the warm welcome Leslie.

Angie

From: daughtersofmomswithbreastcancer@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:daughtersofmomswithbreastcancer@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Lesley
Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2008 7:08 PM
To: daughtersofmomswithbreastcancer@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: Daughtersofmoms withBREASTCANCER I'm sorry to have to join this
club...

Hi Angie-
My heart goes out to you, and to all of us in this group. I think you said
it really well: "I am just trying to hold on to each day, let go of things
that I cannot control, and try to keep joy and normality in my life."

Take care and I'll be thinking of you both,

Lesley

"A soul ought to have something to say to the universe if it's going to be
immortal."
Sheri S. Tepper

"A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military
defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom."
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

--- On Mon, 8/25/08, mizhenderson <zirjmom@gmail.com
<mailto:zirjmom%40gmail.com> > wrote:

From: mizhenderson <zirjmom@gmail.com <mailto:zirjmom%40gmail.com> >
Subject: Daughtersofmoms withBREASTCANCER I'm sorry to have to join this
club...
To: daughtersofmomswithbreastcancer@yahoogroups.com
<mailto:daughtersofmomswithbreastcancer%40yahoogroups.com>
Date: Monday, August 25, 2008, 5:12 PM

But I am glad that you are here.
My mom was diagnosed with BC Mets to her bones, and she has a couple
of spots on her liver that are questionable. It took super human
effort to get her diagnosed, because she does not have any evidence of
cancer in her breasts, or her lymph nodes. The way they found it was
breast cancer was to do a biopsy of her pelvic bone in an area that is
full of cancer. It came back positive for BC markers. It was a shock
and is very frightening.

Right now she is at MD Anderson in Houston. She is receiving
radiation on both of her hips, her left shoulder and the middle of her
spine. They tell her it is the worst case of bone disease that they
have ever seen. For years she thought it was arthritis. It would
have been better if she had actually had BC in her breast, because
then they would have known to look for mets instead of just insisting
that it was arthritis.

She will begin chemo once radiation is finished. Radiation has
provided a great relief from the pain, and it promises to continue to
do so. Of course, I am not naive or in denial and I know that she has
a terminal illness. I do not know however what the future may hold.
I am just trying to hold on to each day, let go of things that I
cannot control, and try to keep joy and normality in my life. My
Mother is my best friend, and she is only 54. I never in my wildest
thoughts would have guessed that I would have the possibility of
losing her at such an early age.

I am here to vent and join my fellow sisters in this fight for our
mother's lives. The good, the bad, the ugly. I've noticed it is slow
around here. I hope that more people are able to find their way here,
because sadly, there are alot of us out there.

Sincerly,
Angie

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