SQUEEZING ME IN in Postcards 4
- Aug. 9, 2019, 11:21 a.m.
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Mother and Gunny on their wedding day, Balboa Park, 1939.
I now have a surgeon. I often wonder how mother felt about her cancer, her surgeon, and the decisions they made in 1948. She had stage four colon cancer that first time with an experimental colostomy. They didn’t tell her that cancer always comes back. Later she had breast cancer…both sides, thyroid cancer, cancer in her mouth, and of course, skin cancer. The man she is getting married to in that picture died of cancer…he always had a pipe in his mouth.
I still have to have an MRI of my head to make sure the cancer didn’t’ spread to my brain. They didn’t have MRI’s when either of my parents were struggling with their cancers. They had radiation and they had chemo, but no one used them on my parents.
I haven’t got acres of happy cancer stories to tell you. I plan on being a story with a happy ending tho. Stage 2 all in one lobe, the slow growing kind, is curable. Watch me.
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- Himself: Came with me yesterday, and will tomorrow. A very kind man.
- Myself: Not enjoying the two holes in my left side chest. GP got me in yesterday. Pulmonary man got me in yesterday. Surgeon got me in at 7 tomorrow.
- Photo: I do not know who took this one.
- Reading: E. Moon: Marque and Reprisal.”
- Gratitude’s: Lots, everywhere.
Amelie's Twin ⋅ August 09, 2019
I admire your perseverance and your positive mindset. I fully believe that because of those, you will win this battle. I will be thinking of you often even if you don't have the strength to write much!
Hillbilly Princess ⋅ August 09, 2019
🌺🌹🌸🌺🌹🌸
Zipster ⋅ August 09, 2019
Curable yes and I look forward to years of more entries from you. Yes, you will.
Marg ⋅ August 09, 2019
You go girl!
Why were none of your parents given radiotherapy or chemo - was it just not so widely available then?
ODSago ⋅ August 09, 2019
I remember how it used to be and then our being excited with the more modern choices and outcomes. K had stage four Non-Hodgkins when it was discovered and it never returned; so I believe that you will have a happy story to tell and that you have a long time yet to live healthily. I saw a technique of art therapy for patients that comes to mind for you...a roll of wall paper, painted on the back after each chemo treatment...to show your mood and statement as you move through. I saw some patient "scrolls" of their journeys and they were astonishingly beautiful and personal...very different, very evident that they reflected the process of the journey,which was different for each patient, of course. My best. Be YOU and all will be WELL.
Ragdolls ⋅ August 09, 2019
Sending up healing thoughts for you. (((HUGS)))
aunty EM ⋅ August 10, 2019 (edited August 10, 2019)
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I knew a woman who was on the team that developed the MRI... Amazing person... She passed away a few years ago. Cancer, if I recall correctly. Physician, heel thyself.
NorthernSeeker ⋅ August 11, 2019
You are going to be a happy cancer story. You are a survivor and you have a lot of people supporting you. I know the cancer is something you have to fight on your own but you will have people to lean on at times. Don't forget to ask for help when you need it.
Brakeshoe Bob ⋅ August 12, 2019
Cancer is terrible. My late mother's mother died of Ovarian cancer. Being the stubborn German she was, she waited till too late. I was 7, when she died in 1959, and at home. I have some rails I knew that died as well . Ernie Zumbrumm, probably the best on the roster, didn't even make it 2 weeks into retirement. I remember growing up, no one discussed problems. Was an on a need to know basis. I go to the Doc's.. what is your family history ? LOL they are all passed. Well don't ya know? No I don't God's healing for ya. Will have my Men's group pray over you. As well as a Chief DS I worked with on the Santa Fe, he has lung cancer. smoked. My best always
MageB Brakeshoe Bob ⋅ August 12, 2019
Thank you.
Brakeshoe Bob MageB ⋅ August 15, 2019
I believe.. I claim. His will , we did.
Katren...In Conclusion ⋅ August 13, 2019
Sorry to welcome you to the club. Hope your treatment gos as gently as mine, but more effectibely
MageB Katren...In Conclusion ⋅ August 13, 2019
Yes, yes...and I will let you know.
Adventure before Dementia ⋅ August 14, 2019
If a strong positive attitude can help to fix this.....then you will be a survivor....
Great pic of the wedding day ...