I lost my mom on the 8th of February, 2008. She was told she had cancer around March of 2007. She had lung cancer. It started out as a tumor on her lung and they said radiation would help. They tried her one does of chemo but it almost killed her so they decided radiation instead. After about 30 treatments, it shrunk alittle, that's it. Unfortunately, another small tumor popped out on her other lung, go figure. Then in October, she ended up in the hospital as she was run down. She got built up with blood transfusions and iv, then discovered a lump on her forehead. They gave her 5 treatments of radiation (1 every day) That shrunk it alittle but it spread to her hips. From then on she was basically not able to do much at all. She said to me once...if you ever get cancer, don't do the treatments. Now I wonder if maybe she shouldn't have. I pushed her to get them as I thought they would help or prolong her life. Last day I talked to her she was complaining of pains in her head. The next time I saw her was 3:30 am on Thursday in a coma. She lasted until Friday at 6 pm when she just stopped breathing. I had to write because I agree with you fruitloop....maybe I should have let her be. At least then she wouldn't have suffered so much. I loved her and miss her alot. Just my 2 cents.
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 !!