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Well, my Ma is gonna die...
17 years ago
*Sighs* Its hard to imagine that she is really gonna die. And probably dosen't have that much longer till that point. To some of my closer friends, you already know whats going on. To anyone else who wants to know:
About a year ago my ma was diagnosed with small cell lung cancer. She has been on chemotherapy twice now to fight it off, and for a good 4 months or so it looked like she had really stabilized. They had to stop the chemo though, because it was killing off her bone marrow, and its very difficult to start the bone marrow production again if it goes down. So they laid off the chemo for a while in lieu of killing off her red and white blood cell production.
Several weeks ago they started chemotherapy again by pill. There were the usual signs of nasuea and whatnot that come with chemo. But a two weeks ago, she started throwing up so much taht she couldnt keep food, drink or medicine down, and after 4 days of this finally had to go to the hospital. After about another 4 days of being on IV and such, they belive that the cancer growths are blocking her liver in some way, preventing her from being able to digest food. With nowhere for the food to go, she just ends up throwing it back up. They have also confirmed that the type of cancer she has isnt going to be readily treatable. They can chase it, but frankly there is little hope of driving it off forever. So its pretty much just a matter of time now. Possibly as little as weeks if they cannot deal with the growth obscuring digestion, because they cant keep her alive on IV alone forever.
I should be happy I suppose, she beat the odds. The oncology doctor said when it was diagnosed she would probably only have months to a year to live. Its been over a year and she is still with us, for what that is worth.
About a year ago my ma was diagnosed with small cell lung cancer. She has been on chemotherapy twice now to fight it off, and for a good 4 months or so it looked like she had really stabilized. They had to stop the chemo though, because it was killing off her bone marrow, and its very difficult to start the bone marrow production again if it goes down. So they laid off the chemo for a while in lieu of killing off her red and white blood cell production.
Several weeks ago they started chemotherapy again by pill. There were the usual signs of nasuea and whatnot that come with chemo. But a two weeks ago, she started throwing up so much taht she couldnt keep food, drink or medicine down, and after 4 days of this finally had to go to the hospital. After about another 4 days of being on IV and such, they belive that the cancer growths are blocking her liver in some way, preventing her from being able to digest food. With nowhere for the food to go, she just ends up throwing it back up. They have also confirmed that the type of cancer she has isnt going to be readily treatable. They can chase it, but frankly there is little hope of driving it off forever. So its pretty much just a matter of time now. Possibly as little as weeks if they cannot deal with the growth obscuring digestion, because they cant keep her alive on IV alone forever.
I should be happy I suppose, she beat the odds. The oncology doctor said when it was diagnosed she would probably only have months to a year to live. Its been over a year and she is still with us, for what that is worth.
Coming home from FC last year, I got a call from my mother that my great grandmother had passed away, then coming home from Califur six months later, i lost my grandmother.
Hugs to you, my friend.