Wednesday Randoms
Apr 26, 2017 7:11:32 GMT -5
Post by amch8 on Apr 26, 2017 7:11:32 GMT -5
Sorry I've been so MIA. This week has been rough so far. H left Sunday and doesn't get back until Friday, and as I've expressed before, being solo with JR is NBD and we have a great time just girls, but being solo with the dog, ESPECIALLY when it's been raining all week and I can't just let him outside to run around and expend energy, is tough.
On Monday I spoke with my mother who had just gotten out of an appointment with her oncologist where they discussed the findings of her most recent PET scan. The scan shows that not only did the oral chemotherapy not kill some of the cancer, the cancer actually spread and is now in her liver, in addition to her lungs and bones. The cancer is really, really strong, I guess, and they're going to start her back on infusion chemo. She's in surgery right now having a port placed.
She's upset and exhausted and really doesn't want to do chemo infusions again. She cried to me that it's not fair that she's been sliced and diced so much and she beat cancer once and she can't believe it came back so soon. The chemo infusions made her so sick last time and I'd hate to see her go through that again. BUT if she doesn't at least try, the doctor said she won't likely make it to 2018. The other issue is, in cases where oral chemo doesn't work, it is sometimes the case that infused chemo won't work, either. So, basically the whole situation is a huge pile of shit.
I really don't want to lose my mom.
On Monday I spoke with my mother who had just gotten out of an appointment with her oncologist where they discussed the findings of her most recent PET scan. The scan shows that not only did the oral chemotherapy not kill some of the cancer, the cancer actually spread and is now in her liver, in addition to her lungs and bones. The cancer is really, really strong, I guess, and they're going to start her back on infusion chemo. She's in surgery right now having a port placed.
She's upset and exhausted and really doesn't want to do chemo infusions again. She cried to me that it's not fair that she's been sliced and diced so much and she beat cancer once and she can't believe it came back so soon. The chemo infusions made her so sick last time and I'd hate to see her go through that again. BUT if she doesn't at least try, the doctor said she won't likely make it to 2018. The other issue is, in cases where oral chemo doesn't work, it is sometimes the case that infused chemo won't work, either. So, basically the whole situation is a huge pile of shit.
I really don't want to lose my mom.