Good morning friends. Well, this is the post I have dreaded writing. We did not get good news yesterday. Mothers numbers continue to go up. This current chemo regimen is no longer working. There are a few more chemo options that can be considered, but the risks and side effects of the chemo have to be taken into consideration when compared to the long term benefit. Mother has a PET scan on Tuesday. Sometime following the PET scan there will be a conversation with the doctor about where we go from here. The doctor has been using the term quality of life for a while now. Palliative care entered the conversation yesterday. We do not have a time line. Our doctor says she likes to get palliative care involved very early. As you can imagine, our emotions are a bit raw at this time. Mother and I talked last night about how we wished we could be angry, wished we could rail against something and gnash our teeth about how all of this was so unfair. But we cannot. Mother, and the rest of us, have been blessed with a beautiful life. Sure there have been ups and downs, but looking back there are no regrets. She is not happy about missing things in the future, but is peaceful in knowing that she has lived. loved and been loved more than most. She has made such a difference in the lives of those around her. She can truly say that the world is a better place because she has been here - well, Ill say that for her - thats not something that she would say about herself:) There are so many things more tragic and full of sorrow than what we are going through. This is not to say that we are not sad - we are terribly sad. Things are going to be rough. But in the end, she will be okay, and so will the rest of us.
Posted on: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 13:52:31 +0000
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