My Mom

I should put a picture up. Will do that when I am home. I have not blogged about my mom having cancer. It has been to difficult to even talk about. She was diagnosed in April with pancreatic cancer and given about 6 months to live. In June she opted for the Chemo Radiation treatments. She had previously made up her mind never to go through that kind of treatment. But something happened to both of us as we talked to her Oncologist and Radiation Dr's. We felt it was right and to go forward. It has has not been easy. But we have been amazingly blessed. Allot of the side effects we were warned about did not happen. She did loose a lot of weight, is very tired, and has a rolling stomach, as she calls it. The last 3 weeks have been the worst, with more fever spikes lasting much longer. Some days she was only a few hours without a fever. But she is a fighter. I have to admit all of my siblings during the last 3 weeks have wondered, did we do the right thing. But Heavenly Father knew, and through a lot of blessings, faith, prayers from a lot of people we received the most amazing news. The results of the CA-19 cancer marker test....this is the test that identified she had cancer (the number then was 950)...the number was down to 33. We were told that the magic number was 35. So technically she is in remission. (There is no cure for this kind of cancer) Words do not express our gratitude and joy at this time. We have a long road to get her back her strength, she is still very tired, listless and no appetite. But we feel the end is in sight, there will be time to complete the things that need to be done. Thank you for your love, prayers and kindness shown.