Hello Ladies 'tis just me again ....
Thanks so Mrs.B I have had some much needed time to rest and reflect after some very tough times around the h3ad household and I am wanting to share with you all some things on my mind...
....now, marijuana is always on me mind.lol....... but with all serious'ness there has been a flood of other things goin' on up there as well... Two out of three of the items listed above have recently become my passion... Marijuana, I have always loved, and always been a proclaimed recreational user and the medical aspect of it had always been something I heard about, Until my Mother was diagnosed with cancer and did chemo therapy and radiation. I saw first hand what Cannabis can do for a cancer patient in more ways than one...
MAMMOGRAMS!
I want to express to you Ladies, if you do nothing else this year for yourself please get a mammogram... They say over 35 is where to start getting them and please do it yearly... My doctor says if there is cancer history you may want to start a bit earlier...
my story:
Mother had been over due for her to go get checked for about a year and a half and even when she felt a lump it took her 2 months to actually go to the doctor.... I don't know if she was just scared or didn't really think anything was wrong, but she didn't tell me and my sister until she was sure of what it was... so in April of 05 Mother was diagnosed with "invasive duct" breast cancer, the most common type of breast cancer there is....
...................lesson in this is DON'T WAIT!
Long story short she ended up having a mastectomy, removed the breast and at first the breast surgeon had assured us that if the cancer had not spread there would be no reason for any chemo therapy or radiation...
well, everything come back good and clear and we all thought she was home free, just recovery for 4-6 weeks and go back to work... :smile: ....
2 weeks later after major surgery....
....she went for her follow up and this Oncologist, which is just a fancy word for "cancer doctor" started recomending this 'preventative' chemo therapy so to improve her chances of it not returning in the other breast... Now, this was the first time we heard of this so needless to say it was a shock that one doctor would say one thing and then another say something else... This was the start of so called professionals not being straight up from the get-go and I am going to share some hind sight issues with this so that if anyone else is facing a choice like this, maybe my story can help in some way...
Many of you know that this is very difficult to talk about but also theraputic in some ways because my Mother passed away less than two months ago, but Not from breast cancer ... so, please be patient I am going to try and tell this story as best I can... the thread I had about it was deleted by myself during a very hard and emotional time at home and here on IC... so, in a emotional frenzy I deleted it in wanting to get rid of anything that reminded me of what happened, but now I have to face it and I think I am ready to share it all again, with the all important hindsight....
Breast Cancer Awareness
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So, it was layed out there.... Reduce your chances of the cancer coming back by 25% to 6% .... Installing a port and 6 treatments.... more time off work, losing her hair, and being sick...
or...
Take your chances'...
..... of course I told Mom she did not have to do it... Her husband was insistant that she do it.. I told her it was her choice and the doctor seemed very pushy about her doing this... She did not want to...
She told me, she is doing it for him...
.... she started treatment 4 weeks after her surgery.....
......................................................................................................
to be continued.....
Thanks so Mrs.B I have had some much needed time to rest and reflect after some very tough times around the h3ad household and I am wanting to share with you all some things on my mind...
....now, marijuana is always on me mind.lol....... but with all serious'ness there has been a flood of other things goin' on up there as well... Two out of three of the items listed above have recently become my passion... Marijuana, I have always loved, and always been a proclaimed recreational user and the medical aspect of it had always been something I heard about, Until my Mother was diagnosed with cancer and did chemo therapy and radiation. I saw first hand what Cannabis can do for a cancer patient in more ways than one...
MAMMOGRAMS!
I want to express to you Ladies, if you do nothing else this year for yourself please get a mammogram... They say over 35 is where to start getting them and please do it yearly... My doctor says if there is cancer history you may want to start a bit earlier...
my story:
Mother had been over due for her to go get checked for about a year and a half and even when she felt a lump it took her 2 months to actually go to the doctor.... I don't know if she was just scared or didn't really think anything was wrong, but she didn't tell me and my sister until she was sure of what it was... so in April of 05 Mother was diagnosed with "invasive duct" breast cancer, the most common type of breast cancer there is....
...................lesson in this is DON'T WAIT!
Long story short she ended up having a mastectomy, removed the breast and at first the breast surgeon had assured us that if the cancer had not spread there would be no reason for any chemo therapy or radiation...
well, everything come back good and clear and we all thought she was home free, just recovery for 4-6 weeks and go back to work... :smile: ....
2 weeks later after major surgery....
....she went for her follow up and this Oncologist, which is just a fancy word for "cancer doctor" started recomending this 'preventative' chemo therapy so to improve her chances of it not returning in the other breast... Now, this was the first time we heard of this so needless to say it was a shock that one doctor would say one thing and then another say something else... This was the start of so called professionals not being straight up from the get-go and I am going to share some hind sight issues with this so that if anyone else is facing a choice like this, maybe my story can help in some way...
Many of you know that this is very difficult to talk about but also theraputic in some ways because my Mother passed away less than two months ago, but Not from breast cancer ... so, please be patient I am going to try and tell this story as best I can... the thread I had about it was deleted by myself during a very hard and emotional time at home and here on IC... so, in a emotional frenzy I deleted it in wanting to get rid of anything that reminded me of what happened, but now I have to face it and I think I am ready to share it all again, with the all important hindsight....
Breast Cancer Awareness
......................................................................................................
So, it was layed out there.... Reduce your chances of the cancer coming back by 25% to 6% .... Installing a port and 6 treatments.... more time off work, losing her hair, and being sick...
or...
Take your chances'...
..... of course I told Mom she did not have to do it... Her husband was insistant that she do it.. I told her it was her choice and the doctor seemed very pushy about her doing this... She did not want to...
She told me, she is doing it for him...
.... she started treatment 4 weeks after her surgery.....
......................................................................................................
to be continued.....
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