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April 27, 2024 at 6:19 pm #432105SarahParticipant
I hope everyone is having a lovely Saturday.
My mom was diagnosed with Hepatocellular carcinoma (liver cancer) at the end of March. We don’t know what stage it’s at yet, as we are waiting to get an appointment at the Cross Cancer..
She’s been so strong and positive the last month. I am in absolute awe of her and her strength. The idea of losing her is really weighing on me lately, I’m looking to see if anyone has any positive stories or positive outcomes from this type of cancer.. I need some hope right now.
Thanks so much everyone.
April 27, 2024 at 6:58 pm #432106anitaParticipantDear Sarah:
“She’s been so strong and positive the last month. I am in absolute awe of her and her strength. The idea of losing her is really weighing on me lately“- may her strength be your strength, and your strength- hers. Be strong for each other, strong, positive, and realistic.
The Serenity Prayer: “god, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.”
anita
April 28, 2024 at 1:08 am #432107HelcatParticipantHi Sarah
I’m sorry to hear that your mother has been diagnosed with liver cancer. What an amazing lady to be so positive through this.
The idea of potentially losing her is weighing on you and you are looking for hope. She sounds like a wonderful mother and it sounds like you have taken after her looking for hope in these challenging times.
I don’t know if you would find statistics helpful or scary? So I’m just going to ask if you would like to know survival rates for the early and medium stages? There is also a statistic for how many people are diagnosed at an early stage.
Please feel free to talk about anything.
Love and best wishes! ❤️🙏
April 30, 2024 at 7:08 am #432178RobertaParticipantDear Sarah
I am sorry that your mother is ill.
What ever the prognosis is, what is important is to let your mum know that she is loved and that you appreciate all that she has done for you. If you do not have any easy relationship with your mother, now is the time to work on forgiveness/ acceptance look for & hold onto any good memories or qualities. My mother was a strong personality and we had interesting encounters but in the last year of her life I had to see & remind myself that my mother had become frail, fearful & some times in pain, then an up welling of love & compassion would arise within me & I could temporary put aside the baggage of our past.
kind regards
Roberta
July 19, 2024 at 9:45 pm #435154TommyParticipantThis is a sad one. My sister was diagnosed with cancer. She had a cough that bothered her for a year. She didn’t bother to see the doctors because she had so much to take care of and didn’t think much of it. So, one day she goes to the hospital for this cough. Comes back after test were done. The prognosis is Cancer. Time to meet with the oncologist. Getting this news is heart breaking. She raised two daughters thru school and into college. The third was a boy who was about 5 at the time. Chemo therapy and radiation therapy. The Cancer had metastasized. It at one time was in her brain and she had a tough time walking. Radiation killed the Cancer in her brain and her walking got better. But, the rest of her body was not doing well. She ended up in the hospital with a morphine IV drip. She was knocked out most of the time. But, she wasn’t in pain. When the time came, I was working. I got the call to come over asap. I drove as fast as I could. But, I missed her. I walked out the elevator and saw my mom got the news, she collapsed. My father could not hold her up by himself. My older brother helped them. I felt numb. At the time, I couldn’t cry. I just felt horrible. My sister was a person who made friends easily. Lived in a big complex of a building. During the two day wake, everyone from the building came to say good bye. Incredible!, There was no room to sit. People were outside waiting to come in. It was like the entire building was there. Oh, she lived in a hi-rise in NYC. Everyone, hundreds, she had touched with her life came out to see her. Later, when she was buried. I finally let it go and cried. She was a truly remarkable person.
From my experiences, I can only say that I am sorry. I hope she gets better. Good luck to you.
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