Joanne:
I feel awful for your mother - as well as yourself and the rest of your
family. It is not an easy thing to do - watch your family members battle a
terrible disease like cancer. It took my mother when I was quite young, and
my brother now has a, supposedly, incurable form of cancer. I truly
believe, though, that a positive attitude is so important and, for me, the
only thing that keeps me from becoming completely overwrought with pain is
to focus on the caretaking. People think it's such a wonderful, selfless
trait - being a caretaker. But, really it's not. In my case, it is quite
selfish, actually; I spend my time thinking of what to do to make him
comfortable, what to say to brighten his day, what to cook that he may want
to eat, and lots & lots of time researching any-
thing I can find about this type of cancer and treatments - medical or
otherwise. It keeps me going intellectually, so that I don't have time to
focus on the emotional part. I don't think I could do my brother much good
if I handled it differently.
You asked about "natural rememdies".....we have seen things on Shark
Cartilage, nutritional supplements, some say grapes have a great healing
effect. You can also contact the National Cancer Hotline to ask about any
clinical trials that may be going on for this type of cancer.
Our thoughts & prayers are with you. The forum has proven itself to be a
great source of information and support for me and I hope it's the same for you.
Lisa
At 07:21 PM 12/4/97 -0800, you wrote:
>jow wrote:
>>
>> Hi to all,
>> I always sit in the background and read all of your supporting posts and
>> now it is my turn to seek support for this terrible disease we call
>> Cancer.. I am Joanne, the one who wrote of my mother beating Stage 4
>> Breast Cancer. We were told last week by a doctor at OHSU she was in
>> remission. You could imagine what our family went through when we heard
>> those words. I almost wrote to you all then but somehow, something in
>> me knew something wasn't right with her. She wasn't remembering things,
>> forgetting where when was, couldn't write as well as she used to and
>> walked very gingerly due to being off balance although she said it was
>> because she was weak from the chemo. I called her doctor a few days ago
>> and asked that they give her an MRI of the brain because I feared the
>> cancer was there. Her doctor doubted this because her tumor marker CA
>> 150-3 was normal. Well, they were wrong. I got the news last night
>> that her cancer is back in the brain and growing. I hate the roller
>> coaster we have all been on with cancer. Ups and downs, that is what we
>> have been enduring. My mom just celebrated her 51st birthday although
>> she is unaware that she had a birthday. It seems she is too young for
>> this to happen. I always thought that the first person I would loose in
>> my life would be a grandparent, they are all still living. I never
>> thought I'd be loosing my mother. They say there is nothing more they
>> can do for her because she already had radiation to the brain. If any
>> of you know of natural remedies we can try, please don't hesitate to
>> write...God bless you all in this fight for cancer.
>> Joanne
>>
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>I read your e-mail just now on my mother's computer, and I am so very
>sorry for you. I am experiencing the same thing and am also losing my
>mother. She is 56 years young and slowly dying before my eyes. I am only
>28 and my sister is 20. You never think things will happen this way. God
>bless you and may He be with you and keep your family strong.
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