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Originally Posted by CamaroGirlie
Jim
Good luck to you and your family. My mom started with breast cancer, had a masectomy, 5 years later it went to ther lungs, had a lobectomy, and now its in her spine. She is currently undergoing chemo and will have to do it for a full year. She also had a burst brain aneurisym, a stroke, and seizures. And yet she's still fighting and working 55 hours per week. I hope everything turns out well for ur father in law. Some people are really good fighters.
Christine
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wow, three strikes and she's still in the game? that's why i say you have to put things into perspective. no matter how bad you have it, there is someone out there who has it worse than you. tell her i said, "way to fight it. don't let it beat you!"
an update on the situation: come to find out, one of the doctors jumped the gun by saying it was where it was, and the type that it was. basically, he's undergone a battery of tests to determine where it is and what kind, and it's not as grim as we were first led to believe. he's still got a fight on his hands and i hope he is strong enough to beat it, and i am pulling for him and will be in his corner against this life-stealer.
he decided on the chemo, so he will stay in the hospital another week while they administer the therapy. the prognosis is a little bit better, as well, as they are giving him a 50/50 chance to survive the chemo. we'll just have to hang in there and see how strong his will really is (i know he is strong willed, but he's never come up against this before). one of the doctors commented about him quitting smoking a few weeks ago, that he's already done the damage to his lungs, years ago, and it really doesn't matter if he smokes now or not. i guess if he's happier smoking then i will go to the store and get him a pack. a lot more thought is going to go into his quality of life now, to make sure he is as content as possible, because he doesn't have much time left, regardless of whether he survives the chemo or not. then again, he could go into remission, get hit by a bus a week later and die. you never really know how much time you have left. it's just that the rest of us are a little more aware of his wants and needs right now.
i wish i had better news, but this isn't all that bad.
stiff upper lip, and all that.