Right now I am battling a battle within my heart. My mother found a lump on her breast. It has spread to her lymph nodes already. She is consulting her doctor who has said that it must be removed. The part that scares me the most is the fact that my mother is a surviving cancer patient already. I have almost lost her many times in my life to cancer only to have her go into remission. She has had tumors removed from her hips, thighs and stomach that weighed more than 10 pounds. I am frightened. Not only for her but for myself. I have always admired my mother. She supported myself and my two sisters on her own. She sacrificed alot so that I may be the person I am today. She gave me reason to believe in myself many times. I am afraid that I will lose her. I will be lost without her here. I don't get to see her often because of the distance between Pennsylvania and Louisiana..but she is always with me in my heart and in my soul. She is the person who taught me to be me no matter what. She is the person who encouraged me when I felt I couldn't go on. She is strong and courageous. All I ask is that anyone who comes to this page pray for her. I don't want to lose her to this horrible disease. Just an update... my mom went to the doctor's office and they took alot of test and they said that she does not have cancer as of right now. She has some kind of muscle disease that is affecting her lymph nodes. She does have 3 masses in her abdomen that they want removed. They have her on 3 different types of medicine and are keeping a watch on the masses. The one in her breast is going down in size. Thanks to everyone who prayed for her.
Yesterday my mother had a small operation to enable the doctors to go into her stomach and get a closer look at the tumors in her abdomen. They did 4 different biopsies. Please pray that those are benign. Thanks again. **Another Update** I got to go home in December to see my family. My mother is looking wonderful despite the fact that she is in constant pain from the fibromyalgia. For people who don't know what that is the only thing I can say is the disease breaks down your muscles and inflames everything. She is on medication to help with the inflamation and the pain. Her nerves are getting worse but she continues to do all she can. She stumbles around and falls alot due to not being able to realize when her legs are working properly. She will be coming here next month to help me out after having the baby. She is still her smiling self. She is trying to get disability from Social Security so if anyone knows anything that can help please let me know. I am going to see what I can do to find some sites on Fibromyalgia so everyone can find out more about this disease.
When I found out I immediately started searching the web trying to gather information. I found alot of useful things that I would like to share with anyone else who may have breast cancer or know a loved one who may have it. I hope that I can help someone learn something about this horrible disease that kills millions of women.
National Alliance of Breast Cancer Organizations
The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation
The Cancer Network
Medical Consult.com
Last updated on April 15, 1999.