pamela

Dear Laura,

I am very sorry to hear of your Dad’s decline in health. My prayers are with all of you at this difficult time. Please come back and visit with us when you feel up to it. We can always use input from experiences you have had. Hoping for peace for your Dad.

Love, -Pam

Dear Michael,

I am sorry that you have had to face so much. I wish you all the best and hope you find a treatment plan that will make you feel better and stronger. I will pray for your pain to subside. Keep up the fight. We are all rooting for you!! Take care.

Love, -Pam

Dear Byron,

I am really sorry for all the hard times you have suffered lately. I think you will have a wonderful time in Hawaii. You deserve a lovely trip with your wife. I hope you come back all rested and refreshed. I also hope the doctors can come up with a new game plan that will kick your cancer’s butt! Much love to you and your family. Safe travels my friend.

-Pam

I asked Lauren these questions and she said she would have gone to the doctor as soon as she felt pain the first time and would have bugged him until he found out what it was. She says she feels best about her outlook on life now. She doesn’t get upset as much over things, is more happy and grateful just to be alive. Life is just too short to get upset anymore. She is very thankful that her treatments are making her feel better and she doesn’t get sick from chemo.

I would have made Lauren go to the doctor a lot sooner than she did. I thought she was having gall bladder attacks and they would go away or she would have to have it out. I would have definitely called her doctor and bugged him every single day to know the results of her ultrasound instead of thinking nothing was wrong since he never called us back. I don’t know if it really would have made any difference but if I was able to find out that if it was caught a few months earlier it would have made a huge difference, I would never forgive myself for not being more pushy about things. I feel best about knowing I am doing everything I can to help Lauren through all of this. I have quit my job to be her constant companion and full time caregiver. I try to find any information I can to help her. I know all my kids know that I love them more than anything because I tell them I love them every single day. I am so happy to have found this website and all of you. It was so difficult to read things on here at first but I pushed myself to get through it and now I can handle reading things. It feels good to give and seek advice. It is such a special bond to talk with people who have CC or take care of someone who has CC.

Lauren and I both have unwavering hope and will NEVER give up that hope that one day she will be well and cured and no one else will die from this terrible disease.

-Pam

OMG Lisa,

I just saw that you were from Akron, Ohio. We live in Uniontown. You are the first person on here that is close to us. I hope all goes well with the CAT scan. Maybe we can get to know each other better. My daughter would love to have a friend that has CC to talk to. All the best to you.

Love, -Pam

Lisa,

I just wanted to say welcome to the family. You are such a fighter and I am sorry you have been through so much already. There is always hope and we are all here to help in whatever way we can. Take care and hope to hear more from you in the future.

Love, -Pam