The Wise One
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- Jun 21, 2012
I went to the oncologist with my Mother-In-Law today. She was diagnosed with ovarian cancer back in 1989 when my hubby was 4. She has been fighting it since then, that's 23 years or chemo, nearly 20 surgeries and even more chemo. Last year she had a really extensive surgery in which they basically cut out major parts of her organs to the point that they can no longer take anymore out. She was tumor free from January 2010 until April of this year. Well she had another scan this past week and they have found her tumors have progressed despite medication. She will now be taking chemo again. Her doctor told us today that at this point she will be on different chemos for the rest of her life, it is basically going to be a fight to shrink the tumors and keep more from growing. He said he hasn't given up, but at the same time it was disheartening to think that remission most likely is not a possibility ever.
I lost my mother in 2009, my father-in-law (her husband, he also died of cancer they spent their last months sick together) January 2011, and my father June 2011. I can't imagine losing her too. No one could ever replace my mother, but she is as close as it's going to get. It just doesn't seem fair for her to fight this horrible disease for so long only to hear that it's back with a rage. The doctor made it seem like she should still live for quite some time, but living your whole life on chemo? What kind of life is that?
I lost my mother in 2009, my father-in-law (her husband, he also died of cancer they spent their last months sick together) January 2011, and my father June 2011. I can't imagine losing her too. No one could ever replace my mother, but she is as close as it's going to get. It just doesn't seem fair for her to fight this horrible disease for so long only to hear that it's back with a rage. The doctor made it seem like she should still live for quite some time, but living your whole life on chemo? What kind of life is that?
