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Thanks Lainy. I miss mom terribly and always will.
Please note that I corrected my post to reflect that she had gallbladder cancer 11 years ago. Not CC – she developed CC later…
So so sorry about the confusion, I am a bit scatter-brained at the moment.
She developed CC ten years later and passed away eleven years after (exactly this month) having her gallbladder was removed. While they thought that her gallbladder cancer was localized back then, we cannot help but wonder if there was already some dysplasia for all these years or something in her bile that ultimately led to both these cancers. We will never know, and that is why I hope that better testing and treatment options are someday available for others. I have read in a few places that gallbladder cancer and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) may be risk factors for CC… maybe someday people with that history can undergo better testing methods, rather than waiting for more testing when CC symptoms appear…
Michele – I am so sorry for your loss! Please know you are in our thoughts and stay strong!
Hello everyone. I am so sorry we have to meet like this… I have visited this website so many times since my mom was diagnosed in July2010, and things so many of you have said have helped me better understand what was going on, as well as what my lie ahead… My brother happens to be a physician and referred me to this website.
My mother’s CC was unresectable, and although she initially did well with chemo (Xeloda) and radiation treatment and her tumor shrunk, she took a turn for the worse in January 2011. She and dad were devastated…
My big brother and I lost our mother during the early morning hours of May 8, 2011. Yes, that’s Mother’s Day… yesterday… She was only 67, and after surviving gallbladder cancer 11 years ago, she had hoped and expected that she had so much more time left with us.
She will be missed greatly, and it is my hope that more is learned about this illness so that someday someone else’s wife, husband, mom, dad, sister, brother…whoever… will have a much better chance…
in the meantime, my big brother has reminded me to live one day at a time…
I will also try my best to remember mom as happy and healthy, and take heed of mom’s frequent remarks that I take it easy (not work too much and stress myself out) and “start living.”I will write again soon…
-Kat
