 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 1,627 | Lisa,
Are you sure your mom doesn't know my dad?? We are an awful lot alike! The first time I heard that song I knew it would stick with me and it makes me emotional everytime I hear it. My kids are like yours, they label stuff "Moms cancer thingy", like when I did the Walk in 2004, it was called "moms cancer walk". They have gotten to the comfort level of even describing events as BC and AC, meaning before cancer and after cancer. my 14 year old was trying to help her 15 year old sister remember something and she very casually said "it was before moms cancer". In a twisted kind of way, it does make our kids not fear cancer as much to see us surviving it so well!
Keep on keeping on Lisa, I'm going to get down there and meet you someday soon.
Minnie
SCC Left Mandible. Jaw replaced with bone from leg. Neck disection, 37 radiation treatments. Recurrence 8-28-07, stage 2, tongue. One third of tongue removed 10-4-07. 5-23-08 chemo started for tumor behind swallowing passage, Our good friend and much loved OCF member Minnie has been lost to the disease (RIP 10-29-08). We will all miss her greatly.
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