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| Mon, 09-22-2008 - 11:01am |
My Mom was diagnosed with Breast Cancer in 2005. She fought and won the battle against that. Things had been going good until she went to see her oncologist last week for a follow-up appointment and she had been having a sore throat and he thought it felt bigger than normal so he sent her for an ultrasound of her thyroid. They found a nodule but still no big deal since lots of people will get those and they won't be anything. We did a biopsy last Monday and it came back last Wednesday as follicular thyroid cancer, stage 3. Now her doctor had told her that once she had breast cancer (again stage 3 when they caught it because another doctor had misdiagnosed her for 2 years) that if it ever came back anywhere in her body that it would still be breast cancer. He was wrong. This is actual thyroid cancer (the cells are different).
Mom is going this week for surgeon consultations to get her thyroid removed but right now we don't know where this has spread to or if it has. As you all know though stage 3 means it's not contained in that one area any more. They have not done any other scans or x-rays which really has me concerned.
Also, last night my mom told my husband and I that she has a feeling it won't turn out okay this time. She was going to go back to school and build a house but now is putting it all off. This really kills me. My mom is only 48 years old and I'm only 28. I have a 14 year old brother also. Neither one of us are ready to loose our mother. It kills me to think about it. I'm so sick about this that I think I've started having anxiety attacks. My health isn't great either. I'm just beside myself and not sure what to do. Of course I don't let my mother see this. I don't want her to worry about me but I know she does. She is divorced from my brother's father now so I'm really the only one really close to her she has. Thank you all for listening as I know you understand where my husband just really doesn't get it.


Hi Angie,
Firstly I want to say -- I LOVE your siggy photo.
Thank you so much for your kind words. Nobody else really understands what I'm going through. My husband pretty much tells me to suck it up (not in those words) and what I really want is someone to be strong for ME and to let me cry so I can be strong for my mom. I do take care of myself, my biggest problem is remembering to take my medication that really makes me feel horrible. I have so many health problems it seems like I'm constantly seeing one doctor or another. Hopefully all that will be coming to an end soon!
Thank you for the compliment on my siggy. I LOVE my boys and am trying to hard to keep them untouched by this. Good luck with your dad and your sister. I know it must be incredibly hard. They say God won't give you more than you can handle...I sure hope he knows what he's doing with me!