Hi Joyce~~~~~When I saw that you have won the water lily naming contest, I was really happy for you. I had no idea that you were going thru Chemo! :'( I am so glad that you're almost thru with it! It's really sad and scary when they have tv comercials and radio ads for Cancer treatment options! MY GOD, it's like if you don't know someone with Cancer, it's really rare!
Both of my parents mom's had Cancer, Dad's Mom had both breasts removed, years apart from each surgury. Mom's Mom was in her 40's and had ovarian or Cervical Cancer, she was taken off oxygen before she could breathe on her own, my mom was 16 and her mom was all she had. Her Mom was a vedgetable for six months after and died. She mumbled like a baby, and my mom would say to her mom "Mom, don't you know who I am"?
My Mother went thru 8 different foster homes her senior year of highschool, had a nervous breakdown. The Foster home people told my mom that she couldn't leave until she was 21, so on her 18 birthday she thought that she was eloping, went to Reno and married a 16 yr old! Needless to say, he never held a job, was out partying while my mom stayed home scared to death to be alone. My sperm donar became a heroin addict, lives in jail now that his mom died and he can't rip her off anymore. my mom left him after 3 yrs of marriage. My dads mom tried to adopt my mother and take care of her but the state said no because she was dating my dad! My Grandmas friends tried to adopt her but they said no because she'd be home alone with the old man.
My mom and I don't speak, she's like dealing with a 15 yr old, very self centered. My Grandma (Dad's mom)took care of me most of my life, she actually got custody of my wehn I was 15 yrs old. My DH said "I'm am so happy that despite the parents you had, that you didn't turn out like them. My Dad is like a brother to me and my mom like a sister. My mother has some strange view of me, I got a Mercedes for my Birthday last year, she said yea well Mel (my dh) looks better in it!
My Dad's mom's parents both died of lung cancer, but never smoked!
Sorry for the rant.
Take good care Joyce!
Tammi