Author Topic: my mom has breast cancer update (Read 7828 times)

superjaz · « **on:** March 30, 2009, 07:35:16 pm »

She went in for a biopsy week before last and the results came back that she has 2 types of breast cancer, one that attacts the mamory glads, and one that spreads thru the glands.

She said not to worry about it,
it is in late stage one or early stage 2, blood tests this week and such and in the week after or 2 surgery then cemo

I am a worry wart, partily cuz in my fam SOME one had to worry, and in my past history usualy the worst is more likly to happen
she has always been there for me, I always known that if I need a place to stay her home is always open to me, she worked a hard job some times stressful job that provied for us growing up not always easy for a single mom with 3 kids and little to no child support

she let me use a trip to the very first k-con as my 21 birthday present, six years ago

so yeah i am worried, i know they have lots of good docs and meds out their but still they wont know how bad it really is till they preform the surgery
my mom said just to keep her in my prayers and send positive thoughts her way, and I do,
but when i am at work I dont always have a lot to do and my mind has time to wander and worry about the worst and thats a dark place

Washougal_Otaku · « **Reply #1 on:** March 30, 2009, 08:05:04 pm »

Jaz, we hope the best for your mother, and those of us who pray have your mother in their prayers. Since I don't pray, I'll wish upon the first star out tonight.

Oh yeah, one more thing...

nikkiolie · « **Reply #2 on:** March 30, 2009, 08:05:28 pm »

I'm sorry to hear that. I hope everything turns out well.

My mothers side of the family is known fro breast cancer. My mom has already had a few lumps removed >_>;;

MiriaRose · « **Reply #3 on:** March 30, 2009, 08:17:35 pm »

D: I'm really sorry.

My aunt had breast cancer, and so did one of my dad's ex-roommates.

At least it can be treated, right? :3

I really hope she gets better.

Teasel · « **Reply #4 on:** March 30, 2009, 08:31:11 pm »

As a wise man once said "Don't worry, be happy".
I personally know several people who kicked breast cancer's ass.
But realy, the only thing you should be worrying about is getting her a wig once the cemo treatments start.

All the same, I'll keep your mom in my thoughts and prayers.

tofutakeout · « **Reply #5 on:** March 30, 2009, 08:42:55 pm »

I feel for you. my grandma has breast cancer and is still fighting it. but we know not to worry or be downers too much because we know she doesn't want to be bugged with it.

so keep smiling and all of us here will hope for the best. <3 I hope things go well for you and your mom. I know I'd miss my mom if she were gone. :<

p.s. who knows if this is true but they say mushrooms prevent breast cancer. who knows if thats likely since well now a days everything gives you cancer. but I thought I'd just add that in as maybe a little stupid benefit. ^_^;;

StarryShay · « **Reply #6 on:** March 30, 2009, 08:47:30 pm »

Um, this is treat-able, right?
=(

bou12345318 · « **Reply #7 on:** March 30, 2009, 09:13:40 pm »

My grandma had Breast Cancer to...All I can say is just make every moment count

jaybug · « **Reply #8 on:** March 30, 2009, 09:31:36 pm »

Godspeed to your mother Jaz.

RemSaverem · « **Reply #9 on:** March 30, 2009, 10:42:22 pm »

My friend Judy just had her 12 year anniversary since breast cancer diagnosis, and my friend Lindsay just had her one year anniversary since brain cancer diagnosis. So let's pray for your mom to have many such anniversaries.

Kahlan4 · « **Reply #10 on:** March 31, 2009, 03:45:37 am »

you guys will be in my prayers <3 if you ever need to talk or vent or anything, i'm here. my dad fought cancer for almost 2 years, so i know what it's like to worry and everything. the best thing you can do is just to keep praying and try to be positive- a good attitude really helps the person with cancer get through it. sounds like they caught it fairly early, which is great, and that means there is a better chance for them to get rid of the cancer ^.^

superjaz · « **Reply #11 on:** March 31, 2009, 06:59:03 pm »

my mom was saying a few weeks ago that she wanted to go see "wicked" (she belives it is really about her and her sister)
and I know my mom could use some cheering up so i got us tickets for saturdays show i told her for a early mothers day,

i told my manager at work today so if i need to take some time off work to help my mom it should not be a problem

every one at my work has the biggest mouths, I have told a few coworkers (the ones who were on duty when i found out) and now every one knows, the way my manager had heard it, she thought I was the one who had breast cancer, ???and she was waiting for me to talk to her about it

kinda annoying a bit really,

so anyway I am going to spend saturday with her, I know I will feel better then, I haven't had the chance to really spend any time with her since i found out,
I really wanted to show her repo movie next time she came to viset, funny it seems oddly aproperate

Thanks for all the support I wonderd about posting it here, i am glad i did its another thing that can help me come to terms about it.

Hawkeye · « **Reply #12 on:** April 01, 2009, 11:19:05 am »

Jaz, your mom will be fine. The fact that it's no worse than a stage 2 will be a good thing, means that chemo/radiation/bio-therapy may all be options, and worst case she can have a mastectomy done. We will all be here for you to help.

superjaz · « **Reply #13 on:** April 02, 2009, 07:12:15 pm »

surgery day for my mom is next tuesday, they want to get in there and get it out before it spreads

Teasel · « **Reply #14 on:** April 09, 2009, 12:55:48 am »

Here is a tip for you: NEVER under ANY circumstances say "At least this day can't get any worse". Because we all know it can (and WILL, if we utter that phrase).

And idk about your mom, but if I were to show my mom Repo, she would just be going "Eww" throughout the ENTIRE movie.

superjaz · « **Reply #15 on:** April 09, 2009, 08:44:05 pm »

moms breast cancer surgery was tuesday but the docs chanced their minds on what to do a few times they settled on this: at the last min they decided to inject her with dye and remove some lymph nodes that looked suspisious, cuz if they test positive for cancer then she needs cemo, so they would wait for the lump to get smaller before removing it

either way my mom is going to have another surgery and they are hard to the system, she has a draning tube in her chest to drain blood, that her boyfriend looked scarred to try to empty it, I did it a few times, she loses quite a bit blood from it, I just wish i could be at my moms and take care of her did i mention i am so tired,
after the surgery I wonderd if my mom realized how scary it is when she is attached to a macinie that starts buzzing in a scary way, and she takes a big breath and complains that she " I just keep forgeting to breath"

she goes back tomorrow and gets the tube out and hopefuly we will find out more then

jaybug · « **Reply #16 on:** April 09, 2009, 10:16:55 pm »

It sounds like you are staying strong Jaz. Keep it up!

superjaz · « **Reply #17 on:** April 10, 2009, 12:26:12 pm »

my mom just got her test results back, the breast cancer has spread to her lymph nodes and she will be needing to start cemo soon, she will prob lose her hair tho it verys for every one, also doctors said there is another suspisious spot on the other side of her chest that they want to ultera sound and possibly biops

i wonder if between me and my brothers have enough hair to make a wig for her, or where to send it how much it would cost..

Kahlan4 · « **Reply #18 on:** April 11, 2009, 03:32:55 am »

^sorry to hear about the test results... but, try to stay strong for her and positive, it will help a ton through the treatment process. you'll be in everyone's thoughts and prayers ^.^

superjaz · « **Reply #19 on:** April 17, 2009, 06:25:45 pm »

whew other biopsys turned out to be benig, now to start the cemo

Teasel · « **Reply #20 on:** April 26, 2009, 09:49:22 pm »

superjaz · « **Reply #21 on:** April 27, 2009, 12:26:33 pm »

hehem (just went to doc appointment on friday)
they want to do one more test to doubley make sure the other spots are benign then cemo start date is may 11 my brothers birthday, time for wig shopping

superjaz · « **Reply #22 on:** May 08, 2009, 10:46:32 am »

one last test was not good results it is going to be mascetomey time
I talked to her yesterday, I told her not having breasts wont make her any less of a bitch
(trust me it was a complment, she laughted so hard)

makichan · « **Reply #23 on:** May 08, 2009, 10:54:47 am »

I found out on Wednesday that my mom might have breast cancer, as well. We're waiting for the results

superjaz · « **Reply #24 on:** May 08, 2009, 03:24:31 pm »

it is not a fun waiting game

xxxchihiroxxx · « **Reply #25 on:** May 08, 2009, 05:54:14 pm »

I know how you feel ) : my dad recently just had hes prostate removed because of prostate cancer. hes still recovering.

cancer is a scary thing. even if you know its a smaller cancer that is often recovered from. its still the idea of the word that scares me.

i wish you best of luck and the little advice i can offer

sometimes people dont act woried to disguise that they really are, so they can keep the one their worrying over happy and confident that things will be alright. sometmes you just need to keep positive thinking and keep telling yourself it will be alright.

I hope everything turns out for the better for you, cancer is a scary thing, and though it can ocasionly seem like the end of the world, know that there is always something to smile about. Right now let it be that your moms at least still alive, and that you caught it now instead of later. <3

best of luck darling! Always here to talk : )

superjaz · « **Reply #26 on:** May 09, 2009, 11:48:02 pm »

on top of this my grandma was just put in the hospital with potetial internal bleeding they dont know where yet,

xxxchihiroxxx · « **Reply #27 on:** May 10, 2009, 12:17:17 pm »

D: man that does suck! Try to keep your chin up through it though, you have friends who are always htere to listen and talk

superjaz · « **Reply #28 on:** May 19, 2009, 03:04:09 pm »

went over all the reconstruction options today

did you know that they can take a tummy (6pac) muscle into a breast?

they can
its kinda weird
and some other muscle in the sholder added with donated tissue
and oh yeah the tush muscle
you better belive that can be made into a boob
learn somthing new every day

superjaz · « **Reply #29 on:** May 26, 2009, 10:11:53 pm »

surgery day in next tuesday june second

xxxchihiroxxx · « **Reply #30 on:** May 26, 2009, 10:31:28 pm »

D: best of luck Jaz, I hope the surgery goes over well <3

superjaz · « **Reply #31 on:** May 27, 2009, 07:43:21 am »

thanks
we are going to do fun stuff on sat, saturday market and going to see terminator

Teasel · « **Reply #32 on:** May 27, 2009, 12:16:21 pm »

FYI, Terminator apparently sucks. More so than Wolverine, or so I hear.

superjaz · « **Reply #33 on:** June 02, 2009, 09:17:26 am »

she ended up wanting to yard salein, go fig
its surgery time

Washougal_Otaku · « **Reply #34 on:** June 02, 2009, 09:27:01 am »

Hope it all works out for her!

superjaz · « **Reply #35 on:** June 02, 2009, 08:35:30 pm »

she went thru fine she will be in the hospital tonight possibly another day or 2 and then she will be staying with me for a bit,
its keeping me from the staff retreat but my mom is worth it

jaybug · « **Reply #36 on:** June 02, 2009, 10:23:43 pm »

Are you going to Cooking Mama for her?

superjaz · « **Reply #37 on:** June 03, 2009, 09:45:40 am »

basicaly i told her if there is anything she feels like eatting i will obtain it, w will prob bbq on sat

I called and talked to her today and she said she got breakfast in bed today first time in a while, she is staying an extra night and come sta with me tomorrow

jaybug · « **Reply #38 on:** June 03, 2009, 08:39:49 pm »

Did you get started on the Jell-O yet? Hospital patients always need Jell-O!

I hope she get to feel rested, relaxed, well-cared for, and most of all deeply loved.

superjaz · « **Reply #39 on:** August 12, 2009, 01:08:19 am »

I just realised that I never updated so a bit late
july 22
my mom was recovering from sugery but hadn't been feeling well, she went to her doctor and he said she needed to have sugery the very next day, so she called me for a ride there and back, meant missing work tho i cant really afford it,
her spacer (thing making room for an implant in her breast) was infected and had to be removed= very last minit surgery, a daughters gotta do what a daughters gotta do

I drove her and while she was in surgery i bought a movie for us to watch when she was in recovery. she stayed with me after, I could tell right away she was feeling better, tho the surgery meant that she cant have the reconstruction on that side for another half a year, she says she feels like a shark had a bite out of her.

my brother was already going to move in with me and my husband, but now my mom is going to as well, just till she is done with her treatment

so it looks like our computer/sewing/library room will have to wait, but that is life, and I know it will give me peace of mind having her close, you know,

tho I am keeping her from k-con this year for sure, she is going to start cemo soon and I do not want to expose her to the con cold

sabata · « **Reply #40 on:** August 12, 2009, 01:17:38 am »

my grandma had breast cancer, and this was when she was very....fragile? i think that would describe her. but she battled through it. so just think, if my old fragile grandma could battle cancer, your mom will most likely just brush it off soon. so as our lord almighty would say,

LIVE LONG AND PROSPER!

RemSaverem · « **Reply #41 on:** August 12, 2009, 09:34:13 am »

Today my dad is having an MRI because on this last MRI which he got because of neck pain they found a little what might G-d forbid be a brain tumor
Prayers for you mom and my dad and anyone who needs protection from cancer

xcthulhux · « **Reply #42 on:** August 17, 2009, 11:41:52 am »

cancer kind of runs in my family.
my grandmother died to it.
my mom made it through it.

i wish you the best of luck with it.
im sorry for your situation.

superjaz · « **Reply #43 on:** August 17, 2009, 06:39:01 pm »

i appeashete all the warm wishes, now for some news ,my mom was chosen for a cancer drug study she gets the new drug with her cemo, don't know if it will be good in the long run but she said that its the least she can do to help future girls fight Cancer it does mean she will have treatment for a year instead of 6 months

xcthulhux · « **Reply #44 on:** August 17, 2009, 06:44:06 pm »

Quote from: superjaz on August 17, 2009, 06:39:01 pm

i appeashete all the warm wishes, now for some news ,my mom was chosen for a cancer drug study she gets the new drug with her cemo, don't know if it will be good in the long run but she said that its the least she can do to help future girls fight Cancer it does mean she will have treatment for a year instead of 6 months

well i wish for the best for you and your mother, and good luck.

sabata · « **Reply #45 on:** August 19, 2009, 02:00:30 am »

same. send her my regards, and pocky. pocky can heal. it was on tv. so it has to be true. but on a more serious note, we all hope your mother gets better. in fact, ima starting a get well card at the con. anyone who wants to sign it, look for the moron who is addicted to pocky. and most likely pantsless.

superjaz · « **Reply #46 on:** August 19, 2009, 12:16:33 pm »

today is her first day of cemo

Asylymescapeie · « **Reply #47 on:** August 19, 2009, 12:28:51 pm »

My brother had stage 3 leukimia when he was little and we all thought we were going to lose him but look at him now he is a profitable lithia car salesman. The worst thing you can do is lose hope. If you ever need to talk asylymescapeie@hotmail.com. If you need extra help my father runs a cancer support group and you welcome to join. I know what you are going through my family has a bad history of cancer. I want you to know that even though I don't know you I am here for you.

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Author Topic: my mom has breast cancer *update* (Read 7828 times)

Author Topic: my mom has breast cancer update (Read 7828 times)