leighayn4517

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• leighayn4517 has replied to a post on the message board

  I am sorry for your loss. I know how powerful a dream can be. While my mom was in the late stages of her battle with lung cancer with brain mets, I dreamed I saw her on a deserted highway. She hugged me and said "everything is going to be okay." Then, she was off in the distance waving to me. When I was six, my dad was killed by a drunk driver. My mom said she dreamed that he met her on a bridge and said that he ...

  August 27 at 11:50 AM view post

• leighayn4517 has replied to a post on the message board

  I agree that everyone is different. This sounds a lot like my mom, who lost her battle in June. Leading up to her final days, she showed signs of mottling (bluish/bruised looking skin on legs and hands)and she slept more and more. Her breathing became very shallow and slowed. She couldn't eat solids anymore. She just didn't seem lucid at all near the end. She died peacefully in her sleep. I hope you have peace for al...

  August 24 at 2:25 PM view post

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  My mom lost her battle with lung cancer with brain mets on June 5, 2012. Toward the end, I asked her to show me a sign that she is okay. I told her to make it obvious because I would be grief stricken. Two days after she passed, I was "attacked" by butterflies. My mom and I always loved butterflies! I got a butterfly tattoo in my younger days and she had a butterfly bush that she cut part off of to give to me for my ...

  August 24 at 1:32 PM view discussion

• leighayn4517 has replied to a post on the message board

  This post hit me especially hard because I lost my mom on June 5. She was only 55 and had lung cancer spread to her brain. She fought for a little over a year since her diagnosis. It just happened so fast. I watched her suffer mercilessly and still find myself so angry at the "why her?" I also feel lost and no longer strong w/o my momma. I miss her every day. Especially now that I'm pregnant with baby #3. God bless y...

  August 08 at 1:31 PM view post

• leighayn4517 has replied to a post on the message board

  I'm so sorry to hear of the new mass. When my mom's lung cancer spread to her brain and after all treatment failed, I literally saw all hope leave her with one breath. She declined very rapidly after that. When she was actively dying, she wouldn't even look at or acknowledge me. It was so hard, but I know that (as a parent) it is harder for them than it is for us. We don't ever want to leave our children. Just be the...

  August 08 at 1:28 PM view post

• leighayn4517 has created a new message board discussion

  My mom lost her battle with lung cancer with brain mets Tuesday, June 5. She died peacefully in her sleep and suffers no more. I miss her every day. May all of you find your miracles, strength to pull through and have faith in God. I can't believe this is real. I want my mom back.

  June 11 at 1:38 PM view discussion
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    childofcancerpt I am so sorry to just now be reading your post. I wish you and your family God Speed in your time of sorrow.

    June 12 at 4:22 PM

• leighayn4517 has replied to a post on the message board

  Hi, I am sorry to hear about your mom. My mom is dying from lung cancer with brain mets. I found brainhospice.com to be a great resource. My mom's disease went fast. She was diagnosed a year ago and is not expected to live another week, as her organs are failing her. I think in these situations it is normally the kidneys or heart that just give out on them and that is what kills them, not the actual cancer. But, I'm ...

  May 21, 2012 view post

• leighayn4517 has created a new message board discussion

  My mom's kidneys and heart are starting to fail her, according to hospice. I know she is in great pain and is suffereing terribly (lung cancer/removed part of her lung but it had already spread to her brain). The nurse said she will most likely have congestive heart failure. When I talk to her it's like she doesn't even know I'm there. Does anyone know what we can expect next? How do cancer patients like this normall...

  May 21, 2012 view discussion

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  April 18, 2012

• leighayn4517 has created a new message board discussion

  My mom found out she had brain cancer in April 2011. She had surgery to remove part of her upper left lung. The doctors told us she was "cancer free." It was a miracle. Fast forward to October 2011. Mom had a seizure at work and was taken to the hospital. Spread to the brain and not just one or two lesions, that whole screen lit up like a Christmas tree. 17 lesions. I wanted to die. My mom is 55 years young. My dad w...

  April 18, 2012 view discussion