Feeling sad and a bit helpless
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| Sun, 11-30-2008 - 5:17pm |
My mom (who just turned 68) was diagnosed with colon cancer 2 years ago. By the time she was diagnosed, she was already Stage 3 d. The cancer had already spread to her liver and possibly her lung. She started chemo but the first mix of drugs made her very ill so she was switched to a low dose of another drug. She had been doing relatively well (or so I thought). Today she told me she had a CT scan recently and the results were "not good". She has multiple tumors on her liver so obviously the low dosage was not working. She is starting a new kind of chemo this week. She has been given 8 months to live and has been told she has already survived longer than most people who have the type of cancer she has. I live in Florida and my entire family is in PA so the information I get is sometimes missing a lot of details. Mom didn't want to tell us the most recent news because she didn't want to spoil the holidays. I have long suspected she was sicker than she told us she was. My dad also underwent radiation therapy for early stages of prostate cancer within the past year.
I don't really have a question, just needed to vent (in a way). It's hard to talk about this to friends as they don't seem to understand. I feel like I am already grieving for both my parents.

I am sorry about your parents.
Lori