jvega2010

Hi, my name is Judy and my younger sister, who turned 40 this past February was diagnosed with advanced cc June 14, 2010. Growing up in a family of 10 kids is great but we are on the verge of losing a 2nd sibling within 5 years, both under the age of 46. My older brother was a testicular cancer survivor only to lose the battle with complications with a kidney transplant 4 years ago.

I am writing because I am concerned because of the length of time they gave my sister to live, 6 months, and because the cancer has completely covered the left lobe of her liver, she has tumors on the right lobe but the right lobe has expanded to compensate for the loss of the left lobe, and the cancer has spread to her lymph nodes. She will begin her chemo treatment of gemzar and another chemo which I am not familiar with, this coming week.

I will be with her for her 1st treatment and was wondering what I should expect. Is there anything I can do to make her more comfortable?

She is definitely a fighter and she will not take any of this lying down. The day she found out she called a family meeting and told all of face-to-face. The next day she invited her friends over and told them face-to face. We are all helping her get her affairs in order so all she has to worry about is fighting and living. She is the most positive person I know. She is not afraid to talk about it and welcomes any advice she can get her hands on. It is all about surviving. I was the one crying and she was consoling me?

I am still in shock and at times it doesn’t seem real. I am so glad I came to this sight because it has given me more hope that my sister can and will live past the 6 months she was given.

I look forward to reading more success stories and welcome any advice on what more I can do to help her through this.