Don't know what to think!!!!!

January 5, 2007

I do not know how to start this, so, I'm just going to put it out

there. My aunt, , passed from skin cancer a few years ago. I

saw her frequently as her illness got worse and worse for her (she

had both chemo and radiation). I kissed her on her head two days

before her death and it was like kissing a baby bird. She was so

thin, bone thin, and was just so exhausted. I have three children.

My eldest daughter (age 16) has a step mother who has beat breast

cancer (so far) and I saw her as well through her treatments (both

chemo and radiation). She gained weight, lost her hair, was red and

puffy, went through surgeries (which is dangerous per infections) and

to this day, she works a full time job plus a part time job. Right

from the onset, she decided to include her younger child (age 9) in

all the treatments and doctor visits. Here is what I don't

understand. Anyone can answer. My youngest two children also have a

step mother who has cancer. She had her lymphnoids removed, they

found 12 spots on her lungs, went through radiation (in the hospital

where everything was covered with plastic), then they found 2 or 3

spots on her lungs, she takes a radiation pill every month, (does not

do chemo), and now claims it is in her blood stream. She has never

lost her hair ofcourse, did have burn marks on her back from the

radiation, works third shift as an LNA, and has a three year old

son. If her cancer is in her blood stream, (and the first onset of

her cancer was three years ago after the birth of her son..??)

shouldn't she be going through chemo, too? Wouldn't her doctors'

advice this? If you have cancer, you want all the possible

treatments available, woulnd't you? Please do not get me wrong with

what I am going to say next....but, if it is in her bloodstream as

she claims, would she still be able to work, and look as pretty as

ever, and why doesn't she have chemo? I do not want to say that she

is lying about her cancer, yet, after three years she looks and acts

no different (she and the kids' father kept her cancer a secret for

months before they told anyone). Does this sound weird to anyone???

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