Lost my mom

I just wanted to add to these messages that I too lost my mother but, to Stomach cancer.  My mother was diagnosed formally in May 2007 and she passed away August 21 2007.  With my mother's short life expectancy and her weakened state we chose the path that didn't involve chemo or radiation.  We so hoped to have a couple months of some time to do some special things but, to be honest those things didn't happen.  Well, not as we planned anyways.  It was as if she was on a slippery slope downwards for the rest of her days.

My reason for this message is to let those who did try and battle this awful disease with chemo and radiation know, that there is no way to really know what may have happened if they had not tried their path.  Just as you may wonder if your family members may have had a better quality of life without chemo and radiation, I wonder if we gave in too soon?  I think we all will wonder about something but, in all seriousness we have all tried to do the best we could for the ones that we love so dearly.

God bless, to all those who are still deciding which path to take. 

 i'm so sorry.  What type of ovarian cancer was it?  I feel the same way, I want quality of life...~~Susie

On 2/17/2008 fruitloop62 wrote:

Well I lost my mom on the 9th. She was told about the cancer in mid June of 07, had 3 different kinds of chemo. & nothing helped. The last 8 months of her life were the worst, sick & never felt like doing anything . I want to say to anyone who knows that they don't have much of a chance , my advice would be to you........ don't do a thing & enjoy what little time you have left doing the things that you've always wanted to do !!! When your family is pushing you to do all this chemo. they are being selfish because they don't want to lose you , but they aren't the ones who will be going thru the pain you will & when you don't have much of a chance just enjoy what little time you have left !
Just my two cents !!