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this week is going better. mom has been working some, a couple half days and a couple full. she's tired, but happy to be back at work ( Read more... )

ah. that odd, sad, defeated feeling I've been waiting for since mom got sick is finally here. i'm 32, my 58 year old mother is going to live with me off and on for the next seven years or less and then die. there's not a thing in the world i can do about it. if i feel this awful, what the hell does she feel like?

Mom's sick. I can't tell how sick because she won't talk about it. Yesterday all she said was she was tired and felt kind of like she was about to come down with something. Today she still feels icky, but all I got was it's "different." There's nothing she needs, so I'm leaving her alone ( Read more... )

I'm keeping my fingers crossed. So far, the CHOP part of the chemo isn't so bad. She's on stuff to settle her stomach, and they gave her Imodium samples in case she needs them. She has a list of signs and symptoms that require calling the doctor, and another set that are normal. So far, all she has is the runny nose. She's down right chipper ( Read more... )

first part of mom's chemo was today (just the R from the R-CHOP.) she had weird shivery spasms all over her body. they had to stop the treatment for a while until everything settled down. she's feeling OK, if really tired tonight, so i guess it wasn't that bad ( Read more... )

Your result for The Heart Test...

Broken Heart


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My Mom has cancer. It's mantle cell lymphoma. It's a very aggressive lymphoma, and the prognosis with chemo is 1-7 years. Remission is possible, but not permanent with this form of cancer. She's some how twice as annoying as she was when she was just sick and in pain. I love her, I don't want her to die, and she still pisses me off.

I am so fucking angry ( Read more... )