I am so sorry for your loss Monica. Thank you for sharing your story.
Kimiko At 10:41 AM 2/25/2006, you wrote:
This is a sad thread. My mom was given 6 months when they FINALLY diagnosed the anal lesion that she had as 3rd stage cancer. It was diagnosed because the lesion contained LUNG cells... which means the primary site was in her lungs --- All due to smoking from the time she was a teenager. She was active and a beautiful woman who had been a professional ballerina and actress in her youth , before her marriage to my Dad at age 23. It was awful to watch the disease progress to the point that she had skin cancer, lung cancer, spinal cancer, liver cancer, pelvic cancer--- you name it . She lost her hair and her eyesight to chemo. Maybe it was a blessing-- at least she didn't have to see the fist size black spots all over her body that was skin cancer. She was in terrible pain and she was not only given oral morphine, but the morpine patch, which had to be moved periodicallu to a new spot that had not been used before. It became a major problem quickly because she had so many skin lesions that they were running out of places to place the patch. BTW-- she only lasted 4 months after the diagnosis. I considered it a blessing. I wish we who have see this could explain to smokers, who all think they are immortal... Monica Spence (Catriona MacDuff in the SCA)
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