Re: Pam's mother

[Guest guest]

Dear Pam,

How wonderful that your mother has overcome the difficult diagnosis of cancer.

Undoubtedly you all had an amazing impact on her ability to heal so well. The

support is so very critical.

When my mother was sick with cancer 30 years ago, I remember the nurses being

surprised that I brought her to her treatments. The nurse said that oftentimes

famlly members don't help in these ways. It really surprised me.

May your mother continue to feel your support and comfort and may she heal and

recover from these recent mini-strokes. It would seem very positive that she is

aware of changes that have happened.

Best to you and to her,

wendy :-)

Re: soooo off topic...

Pam,

Same here with the snow but Henry isn't quite the crazy person and

we did it with a snowblower and a shovel.

I am so sorry to hear about your mother. Boy, we share allot of the

same experiences being so close in age. I am currently taking care of

my 80 year old mother-in-law. She lives by herself near Henry's

sister but I am the one who takes her for all appointments and take

care of her medications. I go and take her out shopping once a week

too.

My mother passed away 5 years ago. She was 79 and had allot of what

they called mini strokes. Luckily, there are 4 of us girls and we all

live close. It was hard even when we were splitting time between

ourselves. I can understand what your experiencing. The last 10 yrs

of her life we split taking care of her. It's an emotional thing when

the child becomes the caregiver to their caregiver. If I lived closer

I'd come over for some of that irish bread and a good hot cup of tea.

Know that you and your mother will be in my prayers.

Sending hugs on angel wings.

>

> WEll, we are in the midst of a HUGE storm and because I live with a

crazy person, we had to shovel the 11 inches of snow, JUST IN CASE IT

FREEZES OVER NIGHT. Now, I hear the weather man say it will turn to

rain and wash it away, but JUST IN CASE.....

> so, I am awake because now I am pumped from shoveling and making 6

loaves of Irish Bread (it is yummy, if I do say so myself) and going

through mail. Not to take this on a downer, but my mother had a mild

stroke on Sat. and my sisters and I have been dealing with " the

plan " . In the middle of this HUGE storm, the hospital decided that

because she is not acute (despite being on a catheter for a UTI) they

wanted her transferred to rehab!! It is a long and not-so-glorious

story, but I have been on the phone, so my ability to go to sleep

right now is severely compromised.

> pam

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> -----Original Message-----

> From: CHARGE on behalf of artthrobgracie10

[Guest guest]

Oh, Pam,

As you may recall, I went through similar moments with my mother in

2000 (seems like yesterday). It was interesting watching 's

generation of grand kids --- who'd never experienced serious illness

much less death. They piled on " Mince's " bed and had her tell them

stories of how she warned her own cousins about getting with child via

lipstick. I now have " rabbit tobacco " framed in our computer room

because my mother apparently smoked it as a child with her nanny --- and

E. always thought she meant grass! As difficult as the time was, our

family history of snuggling saw us through much. It's nice to remember

that we're not always such a serious bunch!

My thoughts are truly with you - and this is sent with much love. Martha