Guest guest Posted January 14, 2010 Report Share Posted January 14, 2010 Whether you are religious or not, please say a prayer for my Mom today & send positive thoughts ... Calm if it's out there can also be sent this way ... cause I've not seen it yet this morning ... with love .. ox ¢¾ I could be better at this point. Just trying to stay in the moment. How are you? ... 2010 needs a re-do in my opinion ... Doing my best to stay positive, but finding it hard. With my mom being admitted to Mass General on Tuesday for treatment this will leave me at the house to manage things. At the moment thankful for the comfort pets bring. Am not looking forward at all to being here alone for a month. We're going to try and see if we know of a friend who can come stay with me while she's gone. Treatment involves heavy heavy doses of chemotherapy to essentially kill off all the infected bone marrow .. with the hope it will come back healthy ... she may also need blood & platelet transfusions .. as she'll have very low blood counts. God damn! My brother knows, now and said he wanted to " move home " for good -- mom tried to assure him this was not needed -- as he has made a life for himself & Kirsten (his girlfriend) in NYC -- but that it would be good to come home on weekends etc. We shall see. I have not talked to anyone in my family yet. Right now just can't go there. Trying my best to hold things together ... but am afraid I'm not doing a very good job. I'll hopefully catch you later. Soon Mom and I are headed to do some errands (and get out of the house) ... get my car inspected (so I don't have to feel as if I'm dodging Maine State Police or the local one's around here) and do some other shopping ... of course using this as a distraction. Have no appetite. Wishing all this were not true. ox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 14, 2010 Report Share Posted January 14, 2010 ((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((HUG)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))\  Subject: re: Bad News To: tetheredspinalcord Date: Thursday, January 14, 2010, 11:10 AM  Whether you are religious or not, please say a prayer for my Mom today & send positive thoughts ... Calm if it's out there can also be sent this way ... cause I've not seen it yet this morning ... with love .. ox ¢¾ I could be better at this point. Just trying to stay in the moment. How are you? ... 2010 needs a re-do in my opinion ... Doing my best to stay positive, but finding it hard. With my mom being admitted to Mass General on Tuesday for treatment this will leave me at the house to manage things. At the moment thankful for the comfort pets bring. Am not looking forward at all to being here alone for a month. We're going to try and see if we know of a friend who can come stay with me while she's gone. Treatment involves heavy heavy doses of chemotherapy to essentially kill off all the infected bone marrow .. with the hope it will come back healthy ... she may also need blood & platelet transfusions .. as she'll have very low blood counts. God damn! My brother knows, now and said he wanted to " move home " for good -- mom tried to assure him this was not needed -- as he has made a life for himself & Kirsten (his girlfriend) in NYC -- but that it would be good to come home on weekends etc. We shall see. I have not talked to anyone in my family yet. Right now just can't go there. Trying my best to hold things together ... but am afraid I'm not doing a very good job. I'll hopefully catch you later. Soon Mom and I are headed to do some errands (and get out of the house) ... get my car inspected (so I don't have to feel as if I'm dodging Maine State Police or the local one's around here) and do some other shopping ... of course using this as a distraction. Have no appetite. Wishing all this were not true. ox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 14, 2010 Report Share Posted January 14, 2010 , My mom is in Mass (I'm in NC) and she is treated bi-weekly with chemo at Emerson in Concord. She is now on her third type of chemo - first was ok, but stopped working, second was a killer and she couldn't take it, third starts this week. She has six months of life without chemo - a year at the most with it. We've been going through this for almost a year and a half now. She has not stopped chemo for more than two months and that was at he request over the holidays. I always thought people had chemo and then stopped - I didn't know people actually " lived " having chemo treatments regularly. She has to have epagen (sp) shots all the time for her blood counts, she has been hospitalized three times now for low counts and blood transfusions, she has a port in her chest ... on and on. I feel so badly for her and I don't know how she does it. She must be much older than your mom - she's in her mid-seventies. However, before this started she honestly was playing basketball with my son. (And held her own.) I understand how hard this is on the one that is living at home. My sister takes care of my mom and I talk with my sister at least four times a week and my mom at least once. I don't feel horribly guilty - I took care of my dad for years before he died (very long story, but when my parents divorced, we were in our teens, my sister got custody of my mom and I got custody of my dad - and it isn't the other way around - we got custody). I hope you'll take care of yourself and remember that your mom is going through something terrible and time for her to come first now, but at the same time, you must, must take care of yourself. Have things gotten much worse for you physically? (Is that why you need someone to stay with you?) Didn't know if it was that or if you didn't like staying alone. When I was a single mom eons ago - I slept on the couch for months. I was petrified to sleep in the back of the house. It took a long time for me to get used to being the only adult in the home. Peace sent your way. Kathy re: Bad News Whether you are religious or not, please say a prayer for my Mom today & send positive thoughts ... Calm if it's out there can also be sent this way ... cause I've not seen it yet this morning ... with love .. ox ¢¾ I could be better at this point. Just trying to stay in the moment. How are you? ... 2010 needs a re-do in my opinion ... Doing my best to stay positive, but finding it hard. With my mom being admitted to Mass General on Tuesday for treatment this will leave me at the house to manage things. At the moment thankful for the comfort pets bring. Am not looking forward at all to being here alone for a month. We're going to try and see if we know of a friend who can come stay with me while she's gone. Treatment involves heavy heavy doses of chemotherapy to essentially kill off all the infected bone marrow .. with the hope it will come back healthy ... she may also need blood & platelet transfusions .. as she'll have very low blood counts. God damn! My brother knows, now and said he wanted to " move home " for good -- mom tried to assure him this was not needed -- as he has made a life for himself & Kirsten (his girlfriend) in NYC -- but that it would be good to come home on weekends etc. We shall see. I have not talked to anyone in my family yet. Right now just can't go there. Trying my best to hold things together ... but am afraid I'm not doing a very good job. I'll hopefully catch you later. Soon Mom and I are headed to do some errands (and get out of the house) ... get my car inspected (so I don't have to feel as if I'm dodging Maine State Police or the local one's around here) and do some other shopping ... of course using this as a distraction. Have no appetite. Wishing all this were not true. ox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 15, 2010 Report Share Posted January 15, 2010 Both my prayers and calms thoughts are coming your way. <<hugs>. M. On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 11:10 AM, hollygolightly1916 wrote: > Whether you are religious or not, please say a prayer for my Mom today & send positive thoughts ... Calm if it's out there can also be sent this way ... cause I've not seen it yet this morning ... with love .. ox ¢¾ I could be better at this point. Just trying to stay in the moment. > > How are you? ... 2010 needs a re-do in my opinion ... Doing my best to stay positive, but finding it hard. With my mom being admitted to Mass General on Tuesday for treatment this will leave me at the house to manage things. At the moment thankful for the comfort pets bring. Am not looking forward at all to being here alone for a month. We're going to try and see if we know of a friend who can come stay with me while she's gone. > > Treatment involves heavy heavy doses of chemotherapy to essentially kill off all the infected bone marrow .. with the hope it will come back healthy ... she may also need blood & platelet transfusions .. as she'll have very low blood counts. God damn! > > My brother knows, now and said he wanted to " move home " for good -- mom tried to assure him this was not needed -- as he has made a life for himself & Kirsten (his girlfriend) in NYC -- but that it would be good to come home on weekends etc. We shall see. I have not talked to anyone in my family yet. Right now just can't go there. > > Trying my best to hold things together ... but am afraid I'm not doing a very good job. I'll hopefully catch you later. > > Soon Mom and I are headed to do some errands (and get out of the house) ... get my car inspected (so I don't have to feel as if I'm dodging Maine State Police or the local one's around here) and do some other shopping ... of course using this as a distraction. Have no appetite. > > Wishing all this were not true. ox > > > > ------------------------------------ > > NOT MEDICAL ADVICE. We Are Not Doctors. > Need help with list?Email Darlene: darlene_self@... or > : hollygolightly1916@... > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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