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January 2011 Moms
itsmegin
Hey, I see that you're on. How did your mom's appt go today?
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Re: itsmegin
Well, for what it was, it was really good news, when you're expecting the worst, anything positive sounds amazing! A few years ago, her particular form of cancer would have been a for sure death sentence, but a doctor at UCLA (her oncologist's boss) discovered a drug that makes it treatable, he might even win a Nobel prize for it, it's such an amazing discovery, and my mom is lucky that they have a UCLA satellite office 5 minutes from her house where she can get this treatment.
He also said she should try to exercise (nothing more than light walking, but at least move around), which made her happy, since she was told in the hospital not to do anything, and she was already, after a week, getting bored and horrified anticipating a year of never moving from the couch.
Tomorrow I'm taking her for some scan, and then Thursday she will start chemo if everything from the scan looks good.
Thank you so much for asking, it means a lot that I have you girls to talk to about this and when I want to get my mind off of it!!
Oh my gosh I'm glad you got through your cancer, that must have been so tough as a teenager, I can't imagine!! I thought just being a healthy teenager was tough. I'm sure it has made you a really strong adult.
She has a pretty good prognosis, all things considered. I mean, it is extremely aggressive stage 4 cancer, so it's not good, but considering that, the oncologist is relatively confident that she has many years ahead of her.
The grandbaby is very motivating and inspiring. I am so glad DH and I changed our minds on when to start trying and got pregnant right away, it ended up being an even bigger blessing because of this unexpected illness. Our original plan was to start TTC in May of 2011, and then we moved it to May of this year, and I nagged/seduced DH into trying a month early in April, thank God. I feel like knowing about the baby has been amazingly healing for not just my mom, but our entire family. Without the idea of the baby, we would have nothing but bad news to focus on.
She is able to do it outpatient. She will go in once a week for three weeks, then have a week off. They're doing chemo combined with another drug-Herceptin (the new one that they developed for her type) so the doctor thinks she'll tolerate everything well.
Thank you so much for the kind words and caring, it means a lot!