your world cand change in a second

[GMan]

This hurts, I know my heart goes out to you.

[Kiltedfirepiper]

first of all I want to thank you all for the thoughts and prayers and good Juju sent our way....when I told mom she had people all over the world praying for her she got a big kick out of it!

She is comming home today,she's in good spirits and has a positive attiude and now she starts her second battle against this evil monster... and your prayers, thoughts and hope are all the ammo she needs to keep fighting!

no one could offend me by wishing good things for my family, although I dont consider myself christian ( if anything I lean more towards the druidic faith, which to me is more of a nature based thing........but this gets into the whole religion thing and as we all know thats a so I will leave it at that )
and again I thank you all.......I have read your posts, and cried quite a few times at some of the memories you have been brave enough to share with me and everyone else in our little corner of the web.. even though I have only met .001 of you I feel very close to all due to the everyday sharing of the mundane, to the extraordinary that happens to us all..

KC....
if anything I am sorry that I caused you pain in remembering your loss, but I know that if you can be strong, but still feel the emptyness and let your guard down, then so can I......

its now 12:10 and at this time she is sitting under a beam of radiation....after that her sister is bringing her home, I would have gotten her, but as I have two little ones to take care of today...well here I am


thanks again
Scott Ellis

[mkmound]

Scott,

Thanks so much for sharing the good news with us!!

Mark

[Arlen]

My thoughts are with you and your family.
I can't imagine how terrible this must be. I recently lost a friend of mine to Lukemia.
You have all the support and sympathy I can offer.
I hope you can spend as much time with her as possible.

[Matthew J. Greene]

Glad to hear that your mother is in good spirits. Like others here, I understand what you are going through. Make every minute you have left with your mother count. I hope you have many!

[Oldhiker]

sorry to hear of your sad news, sounds like you are getting some special time to spead with her. Your don't feel your own mortality until somebdoy close to you is struggling. Tell mom we are thinking about her, here in the Pacific NW

[mexpiper]

My thoughts and prayers go out to you and your family. If your nephews want to cry... then let them. If they want to cry now, allow them. if you want to cry now? Do it!

I know I did, my mom had cervical cancer 3 years ago, it was removed. Than more than a year later, she was dx with throat cancer (never smoked a day in her life, nor anyone in our household). " As a guy we, tend to keep our emotions in check". I was sitting in my cubical, and a co-worker from my team asked how my mom was doing. I turned to say doing good, and i just started to cry... that was the day my mom had to have all her teeth removed and a feeding tube inserted. I cried for about 10 minutes. The only person who knew she had cancer again was my boss. I had told him month before because I was working on a huge project and a little off on things. I felt much better after that. I had a good support system at work... alot of pressure was taken off of me, both mentally and emotionally. I asked my team not to let anyone else know, as i am a somewhat private person. They did not. They found out much later, because a few others came up to see if i was ok, because i was not as jovial and did not smile as much as i had before. They also became a good support with their wishes and prayers...(she is doing good now!) been a year since her last treatment.

So tell your mom, that more people are sending good thoughts and wishes her way!

[Rigged]

I lost a close friend last year. Even when you know it's coming, it's heartbreaking. Best wishes to you, your mom and your whole family.

[Riverkilt]

Having just been through this time of life, know its gonna be rough for you. Best any of us can do is hang in, care for her, help her make her peace, and be there when she passes.

It is a truely spiritual experience if you let it be.

Courage,

Ron

[pbpersson]

Scott -

I'm very sorry to hear of your mom. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your loved ones during this difficult time.


Phil in Phoenix