Cindy's Diary.... - Page 40 - ThinnerTimes

Cinerbelle · 09-12-2008, 11:53 AM

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Originally Posted by mistymee

My point in telling you this is to know that YES, it is grueling but it can be so worth it, and know that if your MIL can keep a positive outlook, and believe that she can beat this, that it can really help a lot. My dad believed he was going to beat it and the power of positive thinking can work wonders.

{{{hugs to you}}}

Thanks! She has the BEST outlook. Plans on taking all of us kids and grandkids to the 2012 olympics in London and then to Scotland to visit relatives. She says she is not scared of the treatment and will take the side effects as they come. She is awesome.

Thank you to everyone for the well wishes! I am seeing her tonight and plan on giving her a great big hug to hopefully pass on all the strength you all are giving me. She is taking my kids for the weekend (whoo hoo, I am kid free). She is taking them Christmas shopping just in case she doesn't feel like it in December (which she probably won't)...and God only knows what my FIL would buy them if it was left up to him.

sdgrrl · 09-16-2008, 05:25 AM

Cindy, I totally meant what I said in my pm to you....just let me know! Does your little Corgi buddy need social time with one of his own? We can do that, too!

OsoDelDesierto · 09-16-2008, 08:48 AM

Cindy, I just read your recent updates - I'm so sorry about your MIL's cancer. I send her, you, your husband, and family my good thoughts and prayers.

I know what you and DH are feeling right now. My mom is a cancer survivor (diagnosed with Stage 4B cervical and uterine cancer in 2005 and given a "get your affairs in order" prognosis, with only a 40% chance that her chemo would have any effect at all on the cancer at that stage, much less a significant benefit) who is doing fabulously. The chemo and radiation were really rough on her, but she added a lot of alternative therapies, etc. that helped tremendously.

Her oncologist has never heard of a Stage 4B cervical/uterine patient surviving more than two years, but she's more than three years out now and the last CT scan shows "cancer free". I hope things go well for your MIL, too - moms are good to have around! Blessings, love, and best wishes to all of you!