Sharing with you the way Cancer has touched my life
Hello Paula & members of the cancer board,
Cancer has touched my life many times.
In the middle 50’s my grandfather was diagnosed with bone cancer and was given six months to live. He was a hard working Christian man who I loved very much. Back then there wasn’t much treatment for it. He stayed at home and the doctor would come visit him and treated him there. As I remember he was given blood transfusions. I was very young at that time but was married and had a little girl who was his first great grand child. My husband made a stool for her to stand on when we visited him so she could talk to him. She was the apple of his eye. I was at his bedside when he passed away.
A little later on my mom came down with cancer. I don’t remember which kind but it begin in her female parts. They gave her radiation by putting the needle inside of her and left them so many days. I know you’ve heard the expression “there is a good kind and a bad kind” we’ll she had the good kind and lived several years. She was constantly in and out of the hospital for several operations. But she was still going.
Then my grandmother had Pancreatic cancer and only lived a few months. She had red hair and had a temper. She was also a great cook and taught me a lot. Us kids would give her a hard time when we were growing up. We would get into water fights in the house and here she would come with her broom and run us out of the house. You see, Her and my grandfather mostly raised us kids. She had this old trunk that she saved her pretty little things in. Today I have some of the most beautiful hankies that belonged to her that I treasure so much. I always called it her treasure trunk.
By that time my mom had bag for her bowels and one for her kidneys. She was also on a feeding tube. We took care of her at home, but on the last we took her to the hospital and she passed away. She had a wonderful doctor who came to my home to see her. My mother was a wonderful person and never complained. She had a lot of faith in God.. We always went to church growing up. I had two sisters and one brother.
Almost one year later, I got a call my sister had passed away at home. She had an Aneurism of the brain and was dead before they got her to the hospital. Her name was Nellie and she was four years younger then me. Oh! what a shock that was to deal with.
That happened in 1983.
Now I had one brother and one sister left. In the year 2000 my brother was diagnosed with lung cancer. He had only 6 months to live. He finished radiation and was going to take chemo but time was not on his side. He only lived 5 months and passed away in November right after Thanksgiving. His name was Richard.
Then the next thing I knew my sister Doris was diagnosed with throat cancer. It was the aggressive kind. She took Radiation and Chemo and was cancer free. She lost her home because she was unable to work. I moved her in with me. Her cancer came back in five months. At that time they operated on her and took it out, leaving her with a very low voice. Part of her vocal cords were taken out. She had lots of problems and had to be put on a feeding tube. She lived with me for two and half years. While she was here she had two heart attacks and had blockage. The doctors said she could die from a massive heart attack if she did not have open heart surgery. When she went to the hospital she was cancer free but passed away from complication of her heart. She was my baby sister.
I feel so blessed to have had her in my life and the time we had together while she was here with me. Now I am the only sibling left in our family. All this was on my moms side of the family.
This year my Daughter Bobbi was diagnosed with breast cancer. It was caught early. She took radiation following an operation on her breast. Today she is cancer free and recently had her six month check up and is fine.
A Few years back my husband had prostate cancer. He took radiation. He still has problems from where they burned him with the radiation. As for now he really does well with his problem, but it will never go away.
My love ones will live on in my heart by the way, they cared, shared, and made me happy.
Sisdailey
Cancer has touched my life many times.
In the middle 50’s my grandfather was diagnosed with bone cancer and was given six months to live. He was a hard working Christian man who I loved very much. Back then there wasn’t much treatment for it. He stayed at home and the doctor would come visit him and treated him there. As I remember he was given blood transfusions. I was very young at that time but was married and had a little girl who was his first great grand child. My husband made a stool for her to stand on when we visited him so she could talk to him. She was the apple of his eye. I was at his bedside when he passed away.
A little later on my mom came down with cancer. I don’t remember which kind but it begin in her female parts. They gave her radiation by putting the needle inside of her and left them so many days. I know you’ve heard the expression “there is a good kind and a bad kind” we’ll she had the good kind and lived several years. She was constantly in and out of the hospital for several operations. But she was still going.
Then my grandmother had Pancreatic cancer and only lived a few months. She had red hair and had a temper. She was also a great cook and taught me a lot. Us kids would give her a hard time when we were growing up. We would get into water fights in the house and here she would come with her broom and run us out of the house. You see, Her and my grandfather mostly raised us kids. She had this old trunk that she saved her pretty little things in. Today I have some of the most beautiful hankies that belonged to her that I treasure so much. I always called it her treasure trunk.
By that time my mom had bag for her bowels and one for her kidneys. She was also on a feeding tube. We took care of her at home, but on the last we took her to the hospital and she passed away. She had a wonderful doctor who came to my home to see her. My mother was a wonderful person and never complained. She had a lot of faith in God.. We always went to church growing up. I had two sisters and one brother.
Almost one year later, I got a call my sister had passed away at home. She had an Aneurism of the brain and was dead before they got her to the hospital. Her name was Nellie and she was four years younger then me. Oh! what a shock that was to deal with.
That happened in 1983.
Now I had one brother and one sister left. In the year 2000 my brother was diagnosed with lung cancer. He had only 6 months to live. He finished radiation and was going to take chemo but time was not on his side. He only lived 5 months and passed away in November right after Thanksgiving. His name was Richard.
Then the next thing I knew my sister Doris was diagnosed with throat cancer. It was the aggressive kind. She took Radiation and Chemo and was cancer free. She lost her home because she was unable to work. I moved her in with me. Her cancer came back in five months. At that time they operated on her and took it out, leaving her with a very low voice. Part of her vocal cords were taken out. She had lots of problems and had to be put on a feeding tube. She lived with me for two and half years. While she was here she had two heart attacks and had blockage. The doctors said she could die from a massive heart attack if she did not have open heart surgery. When she went to the hospital she was cancer free but passed away from complication of her heart. She was my baby sister.
I feel so blessed to have had her in my life and the time we had together while she was here with me. Now I am the only sibling left in our family. All this was on my moms side of the family.
This year my Daughter Bobbi was diagnosed with breast cancer. It was caught early. She took radiation following an operation on her breast. Today she is cancer free and recently had her six month check up and is fine.
A Few years back my husband had prostate cancer. He took radiation. He still has problems from where they burned him with the radiation. As for now he really does well with his problem, but it will never go away.
My love ones will live on in my heart by the way, they cared, shared, and made me happy.
Sisdailey
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