Post by serendipity731 on Jun 20, 2016 11:07:35 GMT -5
I figured I'd start a thread so I don't bring down the randoms.
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Family loss/cancer
Backstory: Spring of '14 MIL was diagnosed with stage 3 uterine cancer. She finished chemo/radiation the end of last year. She went for a scan in May and said her lymph nodes were cancer free (yay!) but they found spots on her liver and need to do a biopsy. After the biopsy we find out its cancer and she'll start treatment. She tends to not share everything, as I'm sure it's hard to tell your kids this type of stuff.
She started chemo last week and it wiped her out. She felt like she had the flu and spent all week in bed. Luckily my SIL (who is an RN) came to town and was able to go to MIL's appt to find out what's going on. Turns out she has 4 huge masses, taking up almost her entire liver. Chemo would give her 6 months, but she'd be sick and in bed the whole time. She has decided to end treatment. They're saying 3 months, but at least she won't feel as awful as when on chemo.
This fucking sucks guys. Fuck cancer! DH (and I) really hope she can make it to meet this new lil guy. He's trying to be strong for me and hasn't said much. I really don't know what to say/do other than asking how he's doing.
So that was really long, and you're awesome if you made it all the way through. I just had to get this out.
***Possible trigger warning***
Family loss/cancer
Backstory: Spring of '14 MIL was diagnosed with stage 3 uterine cancer. She finished chemo/radiation the end of last year. She went for a scan in May and said her lymph nodes were cancer free (yay!) but they found spots on her liver and need to do a biopsy. After the biopsy we find out its cancer and she'll start treatment. She tends to not share everything, as I'm sure it's hard to tell your kids this type of stuff.
She started chemo last week and it wiped her out. She felt like she had the flu and spent all week in bed. Luckily my SIL (who is an RN) came to town and was able to go to MIL's appt to find out what's going on. Turns out she has 4 huge masses, taking up almost her entire liver. Chemo would give her 6 months, but she'd be sick and in bed the whole time. She has decided to end treatment. They're saying 3 months, but at least she won't feel as awful as when on chemo.
This fucking sucks guys. Fuck cancer! DH (and I) really hope she can make it to meet this new lil guy. He's trying to be strong for me and hasn't said much. I really don't know what to say/do other than asking how he's doing.
So that was really long, and you're awesome if you made it all the way through. I just had to get this out.
