OK…my turn.
Two friends…two different cancers….both in need of some seriously big-time lifting.
You may remember the post from the other day about a friend who was heading back to the chemo room, after a break from her treatment. It appears that her cancer did not take a break. While she was working on getting stronger and healthier and clearing her head from the side effects of chemo brain, her cancer went out in search of new soil and it appears it found what it was looking for. More tests and scans are needed to pin-down just exactly what is happening in her body, but there’s little doubt she’s be in for some rough road ahead. What kind of treatment can be offered? Is she up to the fight? It’s a heartbreaking, unforgettable day.
And on the heels of that news, comes word that my friend with leukemia is being challenged too. That nasty graft-versus-host disease is unrelenting. He’ll take two steps forward and then four steps back. He’s in what could turn out to be his toughest fight yet and I’m very worried about him. He’s been so strong throughout this ordeal. I need your help to send those good vibes to both these warriors.
Another day and more need for thoughts of healing in our world of cancer.
August 17, 2011 @ 11:38 am
Thanks for sraihng. What a pleasure to read!
August 16, 2011 @ 4:26 pm
What an awesmoe way to explain this-now I know everything!
August 12, 2011 @ 8:03 am
Oh my, Laurie… No rest… Lifting and keeping you and your friends in my prayers and as always close to my heart! Your friends are so blessed to have you as there ally! As a family we will keep you grounded and filled with love and support! Laurie
August 11, 2011 @ 10:32 pm
I remember someone on this site compared cancer to rust — It never sleeps. I hate cancer, never lets you rest. Best wishes for continued strength for your friends. My prayers are with them both.
August 11, 2011 @ 9:32 pm
Always ready to help LIFT, both you and your friends.
Offering prayers and blessings.
“The result of prayer is life. Prayer irrigates the earth and heart.” ~ St. Francis
August 15, 2011 @ 11:43 pm
You’re the one with the brains here. I’m watcnihg for your posts.
August 11, 2011 @ 8:08 pm
Laurie… holding your friends in my heart and in my prayers and continue to LIFT!!
How sad that your friend with leukemia is having so many problems as a result of the treatment. It seems so often that the cure is sometimes worse than the disease itself. I know Bill came to the point where he and I both felt that there was no question of his stopping chemo, at least for a while, to give his body time to recover. We worried of course, that he would lose ground or even open a door to further metastasis, but there really was no option. So far, we have been very fortunate. No further sign of the disease and he is back up to his fighting weight and much stronger to fight if the time again comes.
Both of your friends need to keep this in mind; as Al said, don’t second guess. There is no way of ever knowing how a treatment will turn out or whether stopping or not accepting a treatment will be beneficial or not. You just have to go with the facts of the situation as they stand and make the best decision possible for your needs.
I pray that they both are able to continue their fight with much success and I pray for good vibes and peace for all three of you and their families.
August 11, 2011 @ 7:21 pm
Sorry to hear the news. For your friend whose cancer has found fertile ground and is now growing, there will be a treatment or multiple choices, hopefully, of treatments to consider. Have her do the homework; choose the one that seems best for her, go for it and never second guess. We’ll hope and pray that her choice will work..maybe NED will come to visit. But most of all and we all know that you are fighting the beast alone, let her know that the many warriors here will pray and pray and then pray again for her success in meeting NED. The battle is a singular, lonely battle….you, your body, your heart, your soul against the beast with hundreds of others supporting you every step of the way. Never give up; never quit until you decide it is OK.
Don’t know if your friend with leukemia would be a candidate for T cell treatment. Worth asking. Second, don’t know if a second bone marrow transplant is possible but worth asking. Sometimes bone marrow transplants fail. I know…Brigettes did. Regardless, seek treatment, evaluate the options and make the best choice available and never second guess. It is so hard to begin again the fight when it seemed as if NED had taken up residence. But steel yourself, gather up all of the inner strength you have and begin again….focus on tomorrow and the next day and the next…forget about what should have happened but didn’t..the wouldas, couldas and shouldas are detrimental to ones health and well being.
Let us all lift and lift again …..that’s what we can do and hopefully this will be enough.
August 11, 2011 @ 6:10 pm
Laurie, I’m so sorry about your friends and the obstacles they are facing. Please know we will be lifting them and you throughout. Sometimes you’re the liftee and sometimes you’re the lifter.
August 16, 2011 @ 4:03 pm
Why do I bhoetr calling up people when I can just read this!
August 11, 2011 @ 5:02 pm
Sending all the powerful healing energy that I know……Know that we’re still here…
August 16, 2011 @ 5:58 am
It’s much eseair to understand when you put it that way!
August 17, 2011 @ 10:56 am
Information is power and now I’m a !@#$ing dicatotr.