Tag: Cancer
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One Year Without Her- Neurological Damage and Therapy
I still feel the weight — a weight of exhaustion. It’s the feeling of responsibility, and of failing at that responsibility. “Give your burdens to the Lord,” can be easier said than done. Certain passages come to mind that fit, but the process of actually doing it is hard. I haven’t lived long enough. I…
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How to Help Kid’s With Sick Parents-Mom’s Cancer Story-Fighting Melanoma
We’re at the hospital again. Mom had a seizure and fell in the kitchen this morning. This was her second seizure, except this time wasn’t because she didn’t refill her meds. She made a pot of coffee, put the spaghetti she wanted to have for dinner on the counter, and then started walking in circles.…
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A Provoked Child-Mom’s Cancer Story-Family Dirt
An explanation/demonstration of why cheap grace/hyper-faith has ruined my family. For all of my life since day one, my family has had two options. But every time, they don’t just pick the wrong option, they master up the most absurd idea known to man. They decide, even though anyone in their right mind wouldn’t even…
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He Did It Again-The God Who Moves Mountains-Mom’s Cancer Story-Gag Me With A Spoon Why Don’t You?
I’m sorry for such a delayed post. You’re all probably hating me right now. Mom made it through, she’s okay. The surgery went according to plan, no mess ups. Doctors were worried and prepared us for the possibility of her not leaving the table. God gave us another miracle. On day one, after surgery, Mom…
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What the First Week Of Radiation Is Like-Mom’s Cancer Story
Her radiation mask was made, dad’s insurance passed for immunotherapy, and we have two treatments behind us already. The doctor told us that her speech and memory declining daily is normal and not to be scared. My little brother and I have learned to show no reaction when we can’t understand her. We try so…
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Another Friday Night In The Hospital- It’s the Same and It’s Different
Another Friday night in the ER. Another rushing from work to the hospital, crying in the car, praying for the same things. Mercy. The same text from dad, a picture of the waiting room from my little brother’s Ipad; sitting in the same chair. It’s just like the time before, and before that, and the…
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Brain Surgery Part #2- Growing up in A Hospital
Hey! I’m back! It turns out that it wasn’t mom’s fancy church heels that were making her tired. On Tuesday we rushed her into the ER, her head started hurting like it did back in August and she knew not to wait to go to the hospital this time. Her MRI came back showing two…
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When Mom Forgets How to Start the Microwave- Mom’s Cancer Story
Mom isn’t feeling good again. She keeps saying she feel’s “off.” She isn’t responding to texts very much which makes me think she isn’t able to. She had to ask dad how to start the microwave, on Sunday she almost passed out “because she was wearing heels.” Her surgery is this upcoming Wednesday, January 11th.…
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When Mom Hates Your Boyfriend-Family Secrets
Heya blog friends. Why are you up at 1:00am? Some of you have been following along with me because you can relate to cancer posts. Sometimes I forget that my mom has cancer, she’s so “zipped lips” about it. Tonight, on my way out of the house to drive my boyfriend’s cousins to his house,…
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Chemo and Radiation- Real Faith vs. Denial.
I know this is my third cancer post in a row, frankly that’s life as of late so that’s my blogging content. Mom’s brain tumor was removed on August 18th, results came back as what we dreadfully expected: Malignant Melanoma, two words I’ve become very familiar with. Every doctor we see is full of fear,…
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