Cancer treatments

Bob Sanders

Bob Sanders

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This has been poking at my brain for a couple months. When someone you love is being treated, everything is all positive and hopeful. When the course is complete, it's like waiting for the lottery numbers to pop out of the ball. My mom has one more treatment, and I loathe gambling. So far my family has come up craps dealing with cancer.

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Thanks Jesse. It's just getting so old. And I constantly worry about my kids developing a melanoman, too, especially since the docs say they have twice the probability now. And my boy has the same complexion as his mom. Some days this crap just weighs on your brain.

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Thanks guys. I keep telling myself that I've never heard of anyone dying of bladder cancer. Worst case I hope is that she may be inconvenienced. Better than pushing up daisys, though.

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I got an aunt at MD Anderson right now dealing with invasive colon cancer. Naturally it's the one sister that actually makes an effort to take care of herself.

We don't know what the plan is, but then again we're not supposed to know it either. But there is a plan, that's what is important to realize. That realization made it possible for me to go on after losing my 53 week old grand daughter to leukemia. Things happen for a reason, it sucks sometimes, but there's a plan for us all. Tell your mom to hang in there.
 
BobS761 said:
Thanks Jesse. It's just getting so old. And I constantly worry about my kids developing a melanoman, too, especially since the docs say they have twice the probability now. And my boy has the same complexion as his mom. Some days this crap just weighs on your brain.

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My perspective is that of your kids. My father died at 49 of male breast cancer. Look that one up. Powerball is easier to hit. His brother died of cancer very young. We have no medical records that my physicians can reference. So I having just turned 45 I have the thought that it is just a matter of time. Make sure you and as they are old enough are aware, find a good Doc make sure they see the doc regularly. Ask questions of their Doc and let their Doc know the family history. The one thing about most cancers is the earlier it is caught the more they can do. Once it starts moving in the body it becomes a much different thing.

Best of luck with your mother.
 
Scott Hearn said:
I got an aunt at MD Anderson right now dealing with invasive colon cancer. Naturally it's the one sister that actually makes an effort to take care of herself.

I spent a lot of time at MD Anderson in 2005

We don't know what the plan is, but then again we're not supposed to know it either. But there is a plan, that's what is important to realize. That realization made it possible for me to go on after losing my 53 week old grand daughter to leukemia. Things happen for a reason, it sucks sometimes, but there's a plan for us all. Tell your mom to hang in there.
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My perspective is that of your kids. My father died at 49 of male breast cancer. Look that one up. Powerball is easier to hit. His brother died of cancer very young. We have no medical records that my physicians can reference. So I having just turned 45 I have the thought that it is just a matter of time. Make sure you and as they are old enough are aware, find a good Doc make sure they see the doc regularly. Ask questions of their Doc and let their Doc know the family history. The one thing about most cancers is the earlier it is caught the more they can do. Once it starts moving in the body it becomes a much different thing.

Best of luck with your mother.
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My concern for my kids is melanoma. The lost their mom January 2006. I sometimes still cannot wrap my brain around how a mole the size of a pin head can be fatal. Yeah, I know there is a plan, and it's a good one, but it would be a lie if I said I was onboard with it.

Interrestingly, my mom is being treated with a turberculosis virus. Supposed to kick start the immune system. Doc just runs it into her bladder and tells her to slosh around.
 
Prays for you and your family Bob. Cancer is a cat lady for sure. Both my parents have had cancer scares and it to my grandfather 11 years ago this September.
 
Pulling for your mom Bob. Is she still in Ark City?

Dad is from Ark City. He met mom here when he was stationed at Ft Campbell. Thanks for the support!

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BobS761 said:
This has been poking at my brain for a couple months. When someone you love is being treated, everything is all positive and hopeful. When the course is complete, it's like waiting for the lottery numbers to pop out of the ball. My mom has one more treatment, and I loathe gambling. So far my family has come up craps dealing with cancer.

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Hoping and praying your mom beats cancer.

Lost my father a year ago to cancer.

I wouldn't wish any of it on anyone.
 
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