Today & Recently

Today - Took mom to the doctor to get a checkup on her Thyroid since she had surgery about a month ago. The office didn't have track of her appointment so she got really anxious and nervous about the situation and it ended up taking a few hours. We did some errands and came home, mom took a few naps and is watching TV now not feeling well... Her stomach has been bothering her a lot recently as well as mine.

Recently - Mom had Thyroid surgery about a month ago for cancer in that area, the surgery was a marginal success, they were only able to remove about 80% of the growth on her Thyroid due to it being attached to her larynx and surrounding areas. During the surgical/recovery period she was off of chemo so during that time it spread (currently stage 4) to her brain in two spots; one of the spots effects her decision-making and memory. Because of that she cannot drive anymore, but since i'm on Spring Break taking her where she needs to go is no problem; and once school starts back up she has some amazing people that make sure she gets where she needs to go. She is soon going to have brain surgery with the new CyberKnife procedure, that doing some research on it looks fascinating. It looks like it will take care of the terminal status that has been lingering since the discovery of the brain growths, but we both remain hopeful and will continue to be strong together until she is better; then we will use our strength to help other people going through the same thing, hopefully Faces For A Cure will help us out on that goal.