Say a Little Prayer for my Mom - Update 3/9 - Page 4;Post #46

[Tonya2426]

I was lucky enough to be attending Mousefest this past week. But I got one of those calls that no one wants to receive while on vacation - they found a tumor in my Mom's neck.

She had been having neck pain for the last few weeks and went to the doctor who of course ordered an MRI which showed that one of her vertebrae was fractured from a tumor. Upon further CT and bone scans it has been determined that her breast cancer from 25 years ago has metastized and she has lesions on her pelvis, spine and skull but only in her bones and not in any soft tissue. She started radiation today to shrink the neck tumor so her neck can be stabilized and will start some form of chemo in the next week.

Please keep my mother in your prayers and thoughts as she fights this battle. She is the backbone of our family and it has been a difficult past few days for my family.

Thankfully, I was amongst my DIS friends when I got the news and was distracted enough to not totally break down - well, most of the time at least. :) I think I need another DATW and TSM dessert party to distract me though. :rolleyes1

[Annette_VA]

Oh, no! I am so sorry, Tonya. Now I understand why you were off talking to your dad.

Your mom will definitely be in my thoughts. Please keep us posted. :hug:

[Jacksmom99]

:grouphug: Tonya, of course I'll say an extra prayer for your mom and your family. Let us know when you need some support from your Dis friends.

Kim

[ADP]

Tonya,

I'm so sorry to hear this. I'll be keeping your mom in my thoughts and payers. If there is anything I can do to help please don't hesitate to ask. Just send me a PM.

It was a pleasure hanging out with you this past week. Thanks for being our fearless leader during the Drink Around the World meet.
Happy thoughts...Ok.

Your friend,
Aaron
ADP

[kab407]

Tonya - keeping your Mom in my prayers.:grouphug:

[winotracy]

Tonya I'm so sorry to hear this. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.

[scarlett873]

:hug:

You and your mom will be in my thoughts, sweetie!

You were a blast to hang out with...I miss the LIGHTSABER!!!

[DVCsince02]

A big Flattie hug to you Tonya and your family Tonya.

[tickledtink33]

I'm so sorry to hear this Tonya. I will keep you and your mom in my thoughts and prayers.

[lttlmc3]

:hug: from me too, your family will be in my thoughts.

[calypso*a*go-go]

Oh Tonya -- I'm so sorry! This must have been such a shock for your family. Try to be strong and know that we are all hoping and praying that your mom will be okay. :hug:

[parrotheadlois]

oh Tonya, :grouphug:

your Mom will be in my thoughts and prayers

[LilGMom]

Your mom, you and entire family are in my thoughts. :hug:

[krissy2803]

I will keep your mom and family in my prayers. :hug:

[peacelovemickey]

Prayers, thoughts and pixie dust headed your way....I know what it is llike to get those calls on vacation.

[SamSam]

Tonya, Your mom and entire family are in my thoughts and prayers.

[Goofy_Girl]

I will include you and your family in my prayers, I hope all goes well with the therapy and a speedy, healing recovery for your mom:hug:

[BrizMarc]

YOu and your mum will be in my prayers. I hope it turns out well

[aspen37]

Your Mom and your whole family will be in my thoughts and prayers.:grouphug:

[Plutes]

Tonya,

You & your mom will be in my thoughts & prayers. There are no words when you get news like this. :grouphug:

[NC Belle]

:grouphug:

[BRobson]

Tonya - so sorry to hear the news about your mum. Take care of yourself and will keep you and your family in my prayers :hug:

[UrsulasShadow]

Hang in there, chickie. You know we're here for you....and you have my phone number. Use it whenever you like (and I'll continue to call you by mistake!).

[Madi100]

Tonya, I'm sorry to hear this. I will keep your family in my praeyers

[disneyholic family]

i am so very very sorry to hear this Tonya....
you and your mother and your family will be in my prayers...

metasteses in the bone can be extraordinarily painful......even more than in soft tissue....pain control is very important when cancer metastesizes to the bones...
if your mom is the stiff upper lip sort of person, she may not let on how painful it is......your dad might want to talk to her doctor about it (in terms of helping your mom in that area...
patients sometimes don't like to complain - or sometimes wait and suffer a really long time before they finally ask for something to alleviate the pain..

i hope her treatments go well...:hug:

[mandymommy4]

Your mom will be in my prayers :hug:

[corky441]

Tonya, so very very sorry to hear about your Mom, my thoughts and prayers are with her and your entire family during this hard time...:daisy:

[Yvet]

I thought of you the whole week.....

This is really not the news you wanted and like we already talked about, it's facing reality......
I hate reality........

Lots of :hug: and we think about you and your family.

[exwdwcm]

Oh Tonya, my heart goes out to you. Lots of prayers are coming your mom's way now. :grouphug:

[sandyh67]

Tonya-
I will keep your mom in my prayers that she fights this and has a full recovery- Cancer is such a nasty thing- I am thinking of you and your family :grouphug:

[Mrs. M. Mouse]

Prayers and thoughts for your mom and your family.

[jblrn2b]

My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.

Being a caretaker can be a very demanding job, remember to take little moments to take care of yourself so that you can give your mom and family every bit of love you can.

Judith

[drakethib]

Done.

Please keep us updated,

[Kristina]

I am sorry to hear about your Mom and will include her and your family in my prayers.

[IWISHFORDISNEY]

I am so sorry to hear this. I hope she does well with treatment and improves quickly. :hug:

I have been through this twice so if you have any questions feel free to ask. I will keep your family in my prayers.

[Bouncing4Tigger]

:grouphug: pixiedust: pixiedust:

[NeverLandDreamer]

Prayers and thoughts are with you.

[Tonya2426]

Thank you all for your prayers and concerns. I knew I could count on my DIS family. :grouphug: I told my Mom that all of my DIS friends from around the world were praying and thinking of her - she said thank you and that she needs them.


My Mom is doing exceptionally well. She is able to move her neck some so the radiation must be starting to shrink the tumor. Her pain seems to be under control with the pain patch - although it does make her groggy at times. We will get the results of the biopsy today or tomorrow and then know whether she only has to take chemo pills or IV chemo - hopefully only the pills.


This would all be easier if it wasn't during the holidays and my Mom's birthday wasn't the 21st. We keep doing the WASP thing and smiling through the pain for the grandkids sake but there is an undercurrent of sadness that is hard to overcome. These "this could be the last time" thoughts keep popping in to your head and you just want to burst in to tears. :sad1:


Okay, enough with the depressing stuff. I hope all you have a wonderful Christmas/holiday with your families and hopefully Santa will leave everyone a trip to Disney World or a Podcast Cruise. :mickeyjum




Oh, no! I am so sorry, Tonya. Now I understand why you were off talking to your dad.

Your mom will definitely be in my thoughts. Please keep us posted. :hug:

If anyone needs to know the quiet spots to make phone calls so no one knows you are in a theme park, just let me know - they are hard to come by. :rotfl2:

Tonya,

I'm so sorry to hear this. I'll be keeping your mom in my thoughts and payers. If there is anything I can do to help please don't hesitate to ask. Just send me a PM.

It was a pleasure hanging out with you this past week. Thanks for being our fearless leader during the Drink Around the World meet.
Happy thoughts...Ok.

Your friend,
Aaron
ADP

Tonya - keeping your Mom in my prayers.:grouphug:

What I wouldn't do to have a lemon slushie under the glow of the Mickey light saber with all of my friends! right now!! I miss everyone and can't wait until May!!!!

Hang in there, chickie. You know we're here for you....and you have my phone number. Use it whenever you like (and I'll continue to call you by mistake!).

Hmmm, maybe I should change my phone number. :rotfl2: Wouldn't want to end up in a cistern - unless Will is in there already. ;)

i am so very very sorry to hear this Tonya....
you and your mother and your family will be in my prayers...

metasteses in the bone can be extraordinarily painful......even more than in soft tissue....pain control is very important when cancer metastesizes to the bones...
if your mom is the stiff upper lip sort of person, she may not let on how painful it is......your dad might want to talk to her doctor about it (in terms of helping your mom in that area...
patients sometimes don't like to complain - or sometimes wait and suffer a really long time before they finally ask for something to alleviate the pain..

i hope her treatments go well...:hug:

She is using a Fentanyl patch that is keeping everything pain free right now. Thankfully my father is a doctor and is adamant about pain control. The biggest problem right now is that she doesn't have any appetite so I keep having to put food in front of her although she doesn't want any. At least it is Christmas time and there is lots of food around the house - now if only I would stop eating those darned cookies. :rolleyes1

I thought of you the whole week.....

This is really not the news you wanted and like we already talked about, it's facing reality......
I hate reality........

Lots of :hug: and we think about you and your family.

Sometimes reality sucks!!! :lmao: What I wouldn't do to just be hanging out at Epcot with you right now. :hug:

[Tonya2426]

Oh and did I mention that my father is in the middle of a kidney stone episode. And if there was a picture of a bad patient in the dictionary, it would be my father. :rolleyes1 I am trying to be understanding but have been mumbling my nickname for him under my breath a lot lately - Cranky A** :rotfl:

[calypso*a*go-go]

Just take it a day at a time Tonya...:hug:

[scarlett873]

:hug: :hug: :hug:

[Yvet]

Sometimes reality sucks!!! :lmao: What I wouldn't do to just be hanging out at Epcot with you right now. :hug:

Let's do it!!!!
Let us just run off and then we go to Epcot, do a drink around the world and just enjoy Disney.....
We can do it........ Even when it's only in our minds...........
Just think about it, picture it in your head and then probably the Disney feeling is in your body and soul and a smile wil be there on your face.

And about your Dad, the worst patiënt is a doctor himself.....

[calypso*a*go-go]

Let's do it!!!!
Let us just run off and then we go to Epcot, do a drink around the world and just enjoy Disney.....
We can do it........ Even when it's only in our minds...........
Just think about it, picture it in your head and then probably the Disney feeling is in your body and soul and a smile wil be there on your face.

And about your Dad, the worst patiënt is a doctor himself.....

Hey Yvet and Tonya...can I come too? (If I'm a good girl, can I hold the light saber? :) )

[IWISHFORDISNEY]

hang in there girl. It is so hard, I have been in those shoes. I will continue to keep your family in my prayers.:hug:

[cocowum]

Tonya, I just found this thread. You and your mom are in our thoughts and prayers. :hug:

[Tonya2426]

My Mom's treatment has been going fairly well. She finished her 10 days of radiation on her neck right before New Years and although spent most of January and February extremely fatigued she was doing well. She has been taking Femara pills everyday and tolerating those and getting monthly infusions of Zometa which other than a few episodes of vomiting and general achiness she has been tolerating that also.

The tumor markers have decreased and her neck has been feeling better. We thought everything was great but the last few weeks her shoulder has been bothering her. After an x-ray they found another tumor on her shoulder and she started 10 more days of radiation on Friday. It is a little disturbing since this tumor didn't show up on her original bone scan in December. Unfortunately, I am not in Augusta with my parents because last week I had strep throat and went back to my house so I wouldn't infect my mother - and it sucks to be sick by yourself. (When you are sick you always want your mom!!!) Since I haven't actually seen my mom since she got the news of the latest tumor I can't get a good idea of how she is dealing with things but my sister did say she cried at the doctor's office. It is hard to see her cry because she always has a positive outlook on things and to see a chink in that makes my heart break at the thought of losing her.

She is having another CT scan in a few weeks so we should know how things are progressing then. Until then, please keep up the prayers. I think the doctors are still optimistic but the second round of radiation is definitely a set back.

[maiziezoe]

:grouphug: :grouphug: :grouphug:

[Madi100]

:grouphug: :grouphug:

I will keep your mom in my prayers. That is hard to deal with.

[YellowMickeyPonchos]

Oh girl - hang in there. I do bone scans for a living (for 20 years now) and it never endingly amazes me how aggressive some cancers are. I have a lot of patients I see more than once a year because of it. I have cried with/for my patients many times.

I'll keep you in my thoughts. :grouphug:

[safetymom]

I will keep you all in my prayers.

[BRobson]

Sending you and your family big :grouphug:

[cocowum]

Oh Tonya, hang in there. :hug: You are in our thoughts and prayers. :hug: :hug: :hug:

[beachwarmer]

:hug: You and your family will be in my thoughts.

[Yvet]

:grouphug: :grouphug: :grouphug:

[aspen37]

:grouphug: :grouphug: :grouphug: I will keep your family in my thoughts.

[aGoofyMom]

:grouphug: :grouphug:
Keeping your family in my thoughts...

[DVCsince02]

Tonya, big hugs to you and your family.

[LilGMom]

Your mom, you and your family are in my thoughts.

:grouphug:

[ADP]

We are thinking of your Mom and your family Tonya! Please keep us posted on the progress. :grouphug:

[Jennygt]

:grouphug: :grouphug: :grouphug: hang in there

[LovesThumper]

:grouphug: :grouphug: :grouphug: Your whole family is in my prayers.

[tickledtink33]

Keeping you and your family in my thoughts Tonya. :grouphug:

[georgemoe]

Big :grouphug: and prayers to you're mom, family, and you Tonya.

[Jacksmom99]

:grouphug::grouphug: Tonya and prayers for you and your family. Hang in there!

[scarlett873]

:grouphug: