laura 1964's blog

Good bye to my wee maw

2009-03-16T14:15:26Z

My wee maw finally lost her battle today, I have never known a more brave & courageous woman than my mum, she fought a long hard battle, my dad & I have been by my mums side for the last week & a half as she fought to stay with us, she never complained once & was forever apologising to us (can you believe that) it just shows what a truly remarkable woman she was, I will miss her forever & a day. I was honored to be there on her final journey & was with her to the end, I,ve cried a river as nothing will ever be the same without my wee maw & best friend, the fat lady has sung mum. I would also like to thank this wonderful site & the people who have supported me over the last 6 months, it was my saviour in my darkest hours, I,ve laughed & cried & shared thoughts & concerns on here.

Looking for advice please

2009-02-24T09:44:18Z

Looking for advice - My mum had her last chemo 4 weeks ago, was supposed to start another cycle last Thursday, but, her bloods were very low so, no chemo, my mum is very weak & appears to be getting weaker! is this normal?, (was her 4th cycle of chemo) I thought that with her not having had her chemo for a month that she might start to pick up, (her tumour had shrunk significantly - result of scan mid January) also very poor appettite. At her consultation on Thursday she did,nt see her normal consultant & was told by doc that she saw that she reckoned that her own consultant will recommend that she does,nt have any more chemo as it's having such a bad effect on her, I know that chemo can affect everbody differently, I just hoped that my mum would have picked up a bit by now.

Thank god for this site

2008-11-25T11:12:58Z

Hello All, Thank god for this site, I was about at my wits end & feeling so lonely, my mum was diagnosed with non small cell lung cancer 2 weeks ago which can't be cured, but, she has been offered clinical trials which I think she is going to go for which can improve quality of live & prolong (god I hope so) just reading some of the other bloggs has given me such hope & inspiration for my wee maw, my mum is such a fighter, she had cancer of the womb when she was 40 & nailed that, a kidney removed when she was 44 & because of wrong medication heart failure when she was 68, she is such a fighter & now after everything that she has been through & fought with dignity she has another fight on her hands, I just hope that she is strong enough for this up hill struggle, I will be with her every step of the way though.