1/17 My Mom was admitted to the hospital today. The CAT scan seems to show a cyst on the brain. MRI is tomorrow. I'm frightened for her. Prayers if you could please -- my Mom is the most wonderful person I have ever met.
1/18 Not much to update. She is very dizzy and nauseas -- they are thinking it is an inner ear thing that is making her feel so sick. We have not been told anything from last night's MRI. She is a 2.5 year cancer survivor (uterine, it was stage 3). Because of the cancer history they are doing a fully body cat scan to ensure the cancer has not popped up elsewhere. I was told sometimes people have cysts on their brains and never know it. Pretty scary. Please pray for her.
1/18 Update on the prayer request for my mom: Thank you to all who are praying -- I ask that you please continue. My mom is feeling horrible and they are trying different meds to
control her symptoms (lightheaded, dizzy, severe nausea, vomiting). The neurosurgeon looked at both the CAT scan and the MRI and says the symptoms are from this cyst (or tumor) thing at the base of the brain. This is not an inner ear problem like we had hoped.
They don't know what it is or what they are going to do about it yet -- it depends on the results of the next CAT scan (my mom had uterine cancer 2.5 years ago so they are rechecking her to see if it has returned or popped up anywhere else before they finalize the plan for this thing on her brain). She feels horrible but is coping well. At least today's meds have made it easier to rest (movement makes her ill). My poor Dad, it just kills me because I see the worry eating
him. It is bad enough that she's going through this, but my Dad's pain is horrible and scary (he is a heart patient bypass 22 years ago, recovered from an aortal aneurysm 2 years ago). He says he is fine, but he isn't and I wouldn't be either -- in fact I'm not fine, but I'm
coping.
So we are at the pray and wait stage until they know if there are any other tumors anywhere else. They will biopsy this thing on her brain -- the good news is that it is accessible for surgery. We pray it isn't cancer. We don't know when or what the plan is.... Neither do
her doctors.
Got my brain MRI results back and I'm okay. The MRI on my back is not back yet, but I wasn't worried about that right now anyway. Life has a way of giving you perspective.
Thanks again for all of the prayers -- I know it is the power of prayer that has carried us through all of these close calls. I pray that we dodge this one for my mom as well. Thanks for listening. Thanks for praying......
2/15 Sorry for the lag in updates. Things have been hectic. My mom's cancer is back. Shortly after my last post on this she had brain surgery to remove a tumor that was on the base of the brain (and was causing major vertigo / nausia issues). She did great with the surgery, but has a speck of a tumor that was deeper in that they are going after with radiation (she is one week in on 4 weeks). After the radiation she will have 6 MONTHS of chemo for the tumor on the adrenal gland. She is having major back pain so they are doing another MRI today to see if this tumor is pushing on the spine. Seems strange not to go after it with surgery.... But then again I'm not an oncologist. She has had a 2nd opinion at Karmonos so we feel good about the coarse of treatment. This is scary as hell. At least they say it is treatable. We went wig shopping and got her one on Saturday. She looks good in it. Please pray for her -- she is truly the best person I have ever known and is a light in our lives.
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