Posted on 09/13/2010 7:08:11 PM PDT by firerosemom
An update on Linda T, diagnosed with stage 4 cancer of the lung/bone (they're still not sure which was the original site) - anyway she has gone through all 10 radiation treatments, and is slated to begin chemo (taxol/carboplatin) later this month. Thanks for your prayers - she has really appreciated them!
(PS - when I originally posted this, I mentioned that she was in her late 50's - apparently I was mistaken! She's in her *mid* 50's! I got some 'what-for' for that one !!) :)
I also thought I'd add the link to the website her family is posting updates, for those who are interested.
Thanks - Anne
http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/lindatamburino/journal?jid=6093954
Quite the battle. Prayers up that she stays strong.
I have a very good friend in the same situation, starting chemo next week.
Prayers for both brave ladies.
Prayers UP for the 50-something young lady!
I have said a prayer for her. May the Lord cure her today.
God bless you, hang in there!
Prayers always for Linda and those in need.
haha, what’s her definition of “MID” fifties?
42 to 48?
Sincere prayers up for a blessed healing.
I hope she wins this one. Cancer takes away far too many loved ones.
I’ve been through chemotherapy, and it’s no freaking fun. Tell her to hang in there; she’s not alone.
Prayers up for Linda.
I will keep Linda in my prayers.
Dyspnea from lungs that were in "white-out" (completely covered in cancer) ultimately was her undoing, as her destroyed lung nerve endings robbed her of the life-long biofeedback/sensation that she was, in fact, breathing.
This led to hyperventilation, calmed occasionally by pain medication, but the conscious effort also depleted the last of her significant energy and tremendous tolerance for pain.
R.I.P!
HF
Everybody's path through the cancer minefield--once they find themselves in it--seems to be different, such that one cannot infer from general statistics--or your neighbor's anecdotal experiences--about what one's individual story will be. Nonetheless, the general statics have remained nearly unmoved over the last two and a half decades.
The best advice I can come up with is: if there's some suspicious thing happening to you that COULD be cancer, spend the $200 for a general cancer screening to check for the presence of any of the most typical types of cancer. Not detecting cancer early is often the difference between not-so successful treatment and the successful, IMHO.
HF
When one of my sibs was in med school, at one of the very first lectures attended, the professor asked what the warning signs of cancer were. Nobody knew more than a couple (which is all I know, and I need to learn them all before sib finds out).
Then he asked, “What’s on a Big Mac?” Perfect scores for all.
My sympathies, Holden, and I hope you post her photo/story on the FReeper memorial page.
I am sorry I don’t know the link but someone reading this may.
May I offer to FReepers that shortness of breath is not necessarily a sign of being “out of shape,” in our case it was severe anemia brought on my undiscovered leukemia. Who knew?
Prayers from Texas.
Prayer sent to Mary Queen of Angels and all her Angels+
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