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My mom has Stage 4 Lung Cancer
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10:22AM, October 28, 2008
This is the time and date that I found out that my mom was diagnosed with Stage 4 Lung Cancer that has spread to her Liver and bones. My mom is not a smoker, showed no signs of having anything wrong with her. My mom had been complaining of chest pains and being sore around her ribs, or as she says "right below my bra." My mom went to the doctors on October 22, 2008, the day after her 57th birthday, to find out what was wrong with her. At that time she has had a series of CAT scans, bone density tests and a mammogram which all proved that she had cancer and it had spread. She started IV chemo around the first of December and right around Christmas time she had lost all of her hair. She did about 6 treatments of chemo and they did a CT scan and her results came back that her tumor in her lung had decreased by 20%. Since this was good news the doctor wanted her to take Tarceva and as long as she didn't get any worse she could continue taking pill form chemo since the IV form was making her very tired and ill. August 9, 2009 my mom called me crying because she was in a lot of pain and could barely move. We took her to the emergency room and she was given pain medication and they decided to admit her. August 10th they did a bone scan that determined that there was not a single bone in her body that the cancer had not spread to...which would explain her pain. They decided to do a couple of radiation treatments and told her that they would do 10 treatments and then she could decide if she wanted to go back on IV chemo again...she was against that. She was in the hospital from August 9-21. She agreed to 7 out of 10 radiation treatments and some Palliative care before she decided she had enough and wanted to go home. The doctors released her under 24/7 care and Hospice care at the home. I was told by the oncologist's nurse that she could possibly have 3 months to live. Mom is doing ok at home. She is still in a lot of pain and her doctor/Hospice have not 100% found out what will make her better. And she cannot get comfortable anymore. She goes around the house in circles trying to find the best best, chair, couch that she can sit in. Posted on 09/16/09, 04:09 pm |
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Thank you Liz...I will check out your husband's book.
Lori, thank you for your thoughts. I'm very interested in more information on support groups. I've been trying to find things in my area, I just haven't found the best one yet I guess? 
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Sadly my mom passed away on the 10th. My last post on the 9th said that hospice told us that she would not make it through the weekend...they were right. When I got to the house on the 9th that night mom was pretty much in a comatosed state. Her breathing was like nothing I had ever heard before, her eyes were open in a nonresponsive stare and she was no longer corresponding with us. My sister was up and down all that night checking on her and gave her meds at 6:30am on the 10th. Right before 8am Stephanie heard my mom and it sounded like she was choking, that was her last breath. Her visitation was the 13th and her funeral was the 14th. My sisters and I are doing ok. We are relieved that mom is now able to rest and no longer be in pain. Her birthday is Wednesday and i'm dreading this day knowing that she is not here anymore.
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I am so sorry to hear about your mom, I just lost my 49 year old brother to 4th stage lung cancer that had spread to his liver and adrenal glands. He went to the ER April 9, 2009 with pain in his ribs and passed away July 28th at 10:12 am. He declined any treatment. He was with me and my husband for his last 17 days. I had not seen him in about 15 years. We put him in the Hospice House on Monday, he was in and out of responsiveness - the nurse told us he would probably be home by the weekend because when the doctor saw him he was in fact responsive. He passed away the next morning. I miss him so much. We lost our mother on June 17, 1979 to lukemia she was 49 also. Your mom is in a better place and she is watching over you. God Bless you
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