I think we have to cancel.

[TwingleMum]

Linda~ I'm sooo sorry You certainly aren't whining. Your human. DL is an escape and right now I can understand the need to escape. Your lucky that you can take the time tell Mom how much you love and appreciate her. Not everyone gets the chance. It stinks that you have to see her suffer. You are always so kind and generous with helping everyone on the Dis let us help you. If you need to vent or cry we're here with a bunch of shoulders and prayers for you. God Bless you and your family and may He strength you for what lies ahead.

 

[Disneyaunt4]

Prayers and hugs for you and your family Linda

 

[MommyWithDreams]

My prayers go out to you and the family.

 

[ter-moo]

Oh Linda...

I don't even know what to say, except I'm so sorry you're having to go through this. Parents are precious, and watching them suffer must be awful. I am so sorry.

You will be in my prayers everyday. We miss you on our "team," but you did the right thing in getting your priorities in order to take care of your mom.

I wish I could do this in person, but ...

Much love,
Terri

 

[snowwhitesmom]

hugs and prayers coming your way

 

[hlbtimes2]

Thank you all for the kind words and support. We talked to the oncologist today. He said that she is a strong healthy woman, and she has a good chance at this. We very openly asked him if the risk of quality of life for her was worth the treatment. We watched our father go so quickly (5 weeks after lung cancer diagnosis), and his quality of life was horrible. He said that he doesnt see that being the case with her. He said that yes it will be harder then her breast cancer was but not as bad as dads lung cancer.

We have a long tough road ahead of us.

Again, thank for the support.

 

[DR64]

I'm coming to terms with a lot of things right now. One of the smaller ones is canceling our trip in April. I'm hoping that say it "out loud" on here, and getting some support will make it a bit easier.

We were going to surprise the kids with a trip in April. We booked a week- thats a couple days more then we normally do. We were going to San Deigo and Legoland, and a bunch of days in Disneyland. Think we even had club 33 reservations in the works. My mom was coming with us for 3-4 days and my MIL and FIL for the other 3 or 4 days.

We found out on Friday that my mother has cancer of the esophogus. There is no way I can leave her and go on vacation. She had breast cancer 8 years ago and beat it. But I don't have good feeling this time around. Frankly, with the weight she has dropped in the last month, she just doesnt have it in her to fight something this big. They put a feeding tube in yesterday, hopefully that will help.

I'm just working through all the emotions. I hope this post doesnt come across as me complaining that I have to cancel. That is not it at all. Its just one of the many emotions I'm dealing with. I was supposed to have a great vacation with her. Now I have to hold her hand while she dies. I dont want to that! We just did this with my dad 4 years ago (lung cancer for him). I've done cancer with both of them, isnt that enough? I guess sometimes life just sucks.

Disney will be there when we are ready. I guess I should be happy that we've only paid $200 so we arent out much.

We'll be praying for you Linda! So sorry to hear this! Had fun working on WPASADI with you and we'll definitely be thinking of you while working on the next challenge

 

[tracer]

Thoughts and prayers to you and your family.

 

[PeterPansPixie]

Linda, I am new here but my prayers are with you, your mom and your family. Take care of yourself so you can take care of your mom. (((HUGS))) to you.

 

[debbiedoo]

and to you and your family

 

[sweetinmaine]

Hi Linda,

I'm so sorry to hear about your mom...Don't give up! These prayers that people are sending your way really work...I'm sure that your family will be very supporting when you cancel the trip...As we all know Disneyland will always be there.

Be strong and keep telling her how strong a woman she is...It will be a bumpy road for everyone but you can beat this!

My thoughts and prayers to you, your family and especially your mom!

 

[Aimee K]

Linda,

Sending you and your family lots of love and healing energy.

 

[ZipaDeeDooDah]

Linda, I am so sorry about your mom. I will be keeping all of you in my prayers.

 

[AJA55]

I give you my shoulder to squeeze, lean on, cry on or what ever is needed.

The news from the oncologist sounds great!

Throughout history, "tender loving care" has uniformly been recognized as a valuable element in healing. ~Larry Dossey

 

[Alex2kMommy]

Awww, Linda. I'm so sorry.

I agree with Tink33, you know that the Disney trip is a postponement. The news from the oncologist is reassuring, so I take hope in that. My own mother had a recurrence of breast cancer and a mastectomy late in the fall, so I know how scary (again!) this is for you.

Hang in there, ride it out, and vent away when you need to. And hopefully soon you can reschedule that trip with your mom. I'll be thinking of you.

 

[Adi12982]

Your family is in my thoughts and prayers. I wish you all the very best during this difficult time.

 

[Skroops]

Just to let you know there is one more prayer from me. Actually two, one for your Mom for her speedy recovery and one for you; thanking God she has you to help her through this.

 

[tlynk]

Linda, I'm sorry to hear about your mom. I will be praying for both of you.