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Irene,
Thoughts and prayers are with you in having a successful surgery and recovery. I am sure your Mom is watching over you.
KarenIrene,
I am so sorry to hear about your Mom passing. When my husband passed away, only 1 week ago, my children kept telling me that he has left us physically but will be in all of our hearts forever. I am holding on to that & so must you. Good luck today & know that your Mom is still with you in your heart to give you strength. My thoughts & prayers are with you.
Darla
Irene,
You will be in my thoughts and I am off to light a candle for your successful surgery. You are strong, stronger than your circumstances. YES, bring your own pillow and pjs (and all our best thoughts and prayers) with you to the hospital. Please make sure your visitors wash their hands before visiting you to keep infections low. I will also suggest audio books because sometimes it is easier than reading or watching tv.And please eat even when you dont feel like it because you need to get your bowels moving asap! I ended up staying about 5 days more in the hospital because I got so constipated from not eating enough and sluggish bowels. Trust me, nobody wants a suppository.
Best of luck and give us the news when you can.
Kris
Irene
I am so very glad you’re going ahead with the surgery…I know it has been such a struggle to have made this decision. But, I think it is what you need to do. And what a time to have to do it…I just can’t imagine. My beloved father died a year ago and I miss him still so very much. He lived a long and good life…and was so loved. I know what a hole it leaves in your life to have just lost your mother. And now you’re facing the surgery tomorrow. I just know you will do well…strength and hope are so powerful.
Think of getting well as your new “full time” job. Do all of the deep breathing and coughing, get up and around early and often, eat well, take as much pain medication as you need…it will greatly help with all of the above! Bring some familiar things…maybe your own pillow, bathrobe and PJ’s. They just make you feel better!
I wanted you to know that you have been so much in my thoughts and was so glad you let us know you were going ahead with the surgery. Know that we will all be sending such positive thoughts of hope for your healing.
Jean
(Surgery 5/08…1st follow up CT scan Thursday!)
Tomorrow is the big day, Irene! May God wrap his arms around you and hold you through it as well as lending that surgeon a hand. I have some old cats up there too so maybe they are friends with yours, and our moms will be watching each of us as we go through our trials. God Bless You!
Prayers for you,
SophieIrene… I will be thinking of you, tomorrow. Can’t wait to hear about the successful resection.
Hugs coming your way,
MarionDear Irene,
Best of luck with the surgery – please keep us posted. I’m so sorry you’re having such a tough time. I know how hard it is to go on without your mother. All the luck and love in the world is going out to you —
Joyce M.Hello,
I thank you so much for your kind and incredibly comforting posts.
As an update: I did try to delay ther resection — for a week, at least, just to give myself the smallest time to heal emotionally — but the surgery feels like we are so close to being non-resectable now that I can’t afford to wait.
So…I march forward, through the tears (and boy are there tears). Tomorrow is surgery.
I know you all send good thoughts so I don’t need to ask. ANd I fully expect that my mom — accompanied by our beloved old family cats — will be watching over the surgery and get me through it safely.
Courage to each of us. And love.
Irene
Irene, I was so sorry to read of your mother’s passing and wish you much strength and sympathy. May you find comfort and solace to cope with this huge huge loss. I read once, that as long as we have our mothers, we are children and when we lose her, even well into adulthood, we are orphaned. I thought then and now that that’s so true. YES do go on with the scheduled resection. You feel depleted, and you are! But you are strong and young and otherwise healthy and those are factors that weigh heavily in your favor in your fight. Don’t delay. It gives those nasty cc creatures time to explore and find cousins and friends.
Best wishes and you can do it and we’re all rooting for you, BelleIrene,
I am so, so sorry to hear about your Mom. Words really cannot express how sad I am for you. I have an only child myself, and I know how close we are. To have to cope with this loss, and at the same time cope with the cc is just so unfair to you! I do think, however, that your Mom would want you to go on and fight – have the resection and keep on trying. I know that is what I would want my daughter to do.Joyce C
Dearest Irene,
I have been so exhausted I haven’t even checked the site, or I wouldn’t have been so remiss to tell you my heart aches for you and the loss of your dear mom. I wish I had a fond memory to tell you about your mom, but I know you must have been her pride and joy, and she would want you to fight, Irene. Fight, darn it, fight!!@! Let us be here for you, Irene. Vent, scream, cry; there are some on this site who have such beautiful words to give you some peace. Let them.
Prayers and love to you,
SophieIrene, I am deeply sorry for your loss. I too am an only child and when my Dad passed away from this illness after only been diagnosed 2 months prior, I felt like a part of me went with him. Our lives are never the same when we lose someone we love, however, what I’ve tried to do was to honour my Dad with the way I was living my life and to be there for my mom as much as I can. To try to move one step at a time and to allow myself to be still when I needed to.
I can’t imagine how you may be feeling and although there are no substitutes for family, I hope you are able to draw support from the members on this board, some of whom can relate to you because they are dealing with the same illness, others such as myself who relate from walking alongside a loved one who put up a brave fight.
My heart goes out to you and I send you prayers that you may be surrounded by comfort and support and that when you are ready for treatment that the doctors’ hands are divinely guided and can truly help you. I hope you can find comfort in the great amount of support you provided to your dear mother, being with her up until her last minutes on this earth. I am certain that in the way that she can, she will be with you too supporting you and loving you from that place that is only but a breath away from where we are.
Brightest Blessings,
Missing UIrene,
I am so sorry to hear your sad news, life really should throw only one thing at a time at a person, it’s not fair.
Not sure what to tell you about the surgery, I can understand you being depleted and thinking that is not the best condition to be in for recovery.
I also understand that this doesn’t leave much room for grieving, which you need to do. Here is a poem that has comforted me:
http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/poem/1757.html
Patty
Dear Irene, I’m so sorry about your Mom and so glad you were with her. You’re having to bear so much right now being newly diagnosed and the loss of your Mother. I know you are a strong person. It comes through in your writing about your Mom. You have strength you may not even be aware of yet. I would also advise to go through with the surgery if you can, but only you can make that decision. The fact that you’re young and asymptomatic I think are in your favor and the fact that you’re being offered resection at all, which is still the best chance for long term survival with cc is another plus. Please keep us updated and I know you’ll figure out what’s best for you.
Carol
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