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Post by Robin on Jul 26, 2004 10:14:38 GMT -5
Oh No Laurie!!!!!!!! My heart is aching for you and your mom and your whole family!!!!! My mom died from cancer so I have been down that road and my prayers will be going out triple time for your mom to get a negative test result back!!!!! Please know we are all thinking of you guys and praying hard!!!!! love, Robin
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Post by christie on Jul 26, 2004 20:47:59 GMT -5
Awwwww LAURIE, you got it girl, your MOM and you are very much on my prayer list I know its easier to say then do BUT try and take it one step or day at a time. PLEASE let us know as soon as you find out the results. Many HUGS going out your way from Jersey.
CC
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Post by meghans_mom on Jul 26, 2004 21:11:57 GMT -5
thanks guys - I'm still in a total state of shock. My dad died 20 yrs ago from colon cancer & this is really the last thing I expected for my mom to get - My mom is too....but she had a blood test today, that I don't know what it's supposed to tell...and later this week she's having an endoscopy (biopsy sort of?). Tomorrow she meets w/ the oncologist and surgeon. Pancreatic cancer is one of the hardest to treat but the spot is fairly small, so if it is malignant, I'm hoping they caught it way early....because then her chances will be better. sorry if i'm babbling but she wants to wait til she tells the rest of my family so I'm having a tough time not being able to talk to my brothers about it. anyways - thank you for the prayers -- and please - keep them up for her many hugs! laurie
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Post by alisonzmom on Jul 26, 2004 23:35:55 GMT -5
Laurie,
Lots of prayers being said here for your Mom, you, and all of your family.
Barb
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Post by Robin on Jul 27, 2004 7:36:47 GMT -5
Laurie, take your left hand and place it over your right shoulder. Take your right hand and wrap it around your waist. That hug is from me because I feel so d**n helpless. This is the kind of time I wish we all had one huge place wher we could all live in our own houses but close to one another for support. Your mom is in my prayers morning and night. hugs, Robin
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Post by meghans_mom on Jul 27, 2004 23:06:54 GMT -5
Robin - thanks for tht hug! It made me smile & cry a little bit too -- it's soooo appreciated!! and thanks everyone for the good thoughts and prayers as well. we met w/ the oncologist this afternoon- not encouraging. met w/ the surgeon tonight (after waiting TWO AND A HALF HOURS IN THE WAITING ROOM!) - a little encouraging. he's not sure that it's definitely cancer...could be other things. And if it is cancer, he feels they caught it surprisingly early -- and that's got to be a good thing. so she's having tests next week to see what it is, and we went ahead and scheduled the surgery anyways for early Sept. (the quickest he could do it) good thing is the surgeon is one of the best at doing this procedure, which is horrid and difficult - 2 week stay in the hospital for recovery! then maybe chemo and radiation. however -- if the crap hasn't spread - and if the surgery is 100% successful, well - then that's a *good thing*. so, I am feeling a bit better - and hopefully even if it turns out to be cancerous, we'll still have a really good outcome thanks everyone -- i can't tell you how much your support has meant to me :-) hugs to you all! LAURIE
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Post by Robin on Jul 28, 2004 8:56:28 GMT -5
Laurie....the news from the surgeon sounds great, maybe all the prayers are working already? I am going to be optimistic and say this is going to have great outcomes too!!!!!! Please give a hug to your mom for us, I know she has to be terrifed, love to you guys and lots and lots of prayers! Robin
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Post by PaigesMom on Jul 28, 2004 14:52:08 GMT -5
Laurie,
Sorry I am so late on this, but I just saw it and haven't been around alot lately.........
Prayers are coming this way from me as well. I know how you must be feeling now.... my mom had Ovarian cancer.........
The bad news is that she eventually did pass away from this.......the GOOD NEWS is that she lived with the disease for 12 years AFTER they told her she only had 6 months to survive..........SO, keep your head up, doctors talk grim but half the time dont know what they are talking about, and we'll be here sending the prayers up for you!!!
Take care, Debbie
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Post by meghans_mom on Jul 28, 2004 15:11:39 GMT -5
Debbie - I'm sorry to hear about your mom -- my dad, too, had cancer for 16 yrs...he was diagnosed when i was just a baby and died when I was 16 - and at the time, there weren't any good treatments for colon cancer - so, yes, I am hoping that my mom will do as well! thanks :-) laurie
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Post by updowns on Jul 31, 2004 19:43:01 GMT -5
Laurie, sending prayers and positive thoughts to you and your Mom.
hugs
Stella
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Post by steffipoo on Jul 31, 2004 21:26:02 GMT -5
HUGS HUGS and MORE HUGS!!!!!!! The news sounds encouraging to say the least so... we'll be praying BIG TIME for your mom!!!! PSSSTTTT... my kids got it in GOOD with GOD.
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Post by meghans_mom on Aug 2, 2004 8:47:40 GMT -5
Steff -- glad to hear your kids have an in w/ the Man Upstairs....we need it :-) Criminy - the phone rings at 8am this morning...Oh, Mrs Lynch - aren't you coming in this morning for your test? You were supposed to be here at 6:45. WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE IF SOMEONE HAD TOLD MY MOTHER ABOUT THE STINKING APPOINTMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (sorry - had to yell, these dr's really need to get it together) laurie - who asks once again to remember my mom this week as she'll be undergoing several procedures
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Post by Robin on Aug 3, 2004 12:59:16 GMT -5
Awwww laurie, just what you guys needed first thing in the a.m. was an appt that you didnt know your mom had, grrrrrrr to those dr's!!!! You just yell away, we are here for you and will be most happy to listen to you vent any time you want!!!!! Your mom is still in my prayers!!! Keep us posted! huggers, Robin
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Post by meghans_mom on Aug 3, 2004 15:00:34 GMT -5
Robin, thanks! She's meeting w/ a new surgeon this week because now both dr's (the other surgeon and oncologist) can't do the biopsy and surgery until late this month -- and time is of the essence. a little positive news though -- 2 different dr's did cancer marker tests on her and one came back normal (ie - negative or 0) and the other came back almost 0. like negligible - because people, even those w/ no cancer can still produce some of that marker - as long as it's under 5, it's suposedly good. so - maybe it's benign, whatever it is -- but this waiting to find out, UGH! it's pretty strange though..my mom is turning bright yellow (jaundice) because of the blockage in her bile duct -- it's such a lovely color! not! i always do a double take when I see her laurie
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Post by Robin on Aug 4, 2004 9:00:10 GMT -5
Laugh at me if you will people as I am no doctor but Laurie I am doing postive thinking here and .....couldnt the lovely shade of yellow your mom is 8-)becoming from the blocked bile duct, be from a stone or something? Wouldnt it be so wonderful to find out it is simple as that? Okay, I know I am dreaming, but hey girls, dreams do come true and my dream is for Lauire's mom to live at the very least long enough to see all her grandchildren grown and married with babies of their own ;)BTW...how disgusting is it that you need a surgery immediately and cant find a dr to do it!!!!! Can they not rearrange their schedules to do a crucial one first?? !!!!!!!!!!!!! Sheeeeeeeeeeesh! hugs, Robin hugs, Robin
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