Treatment
My dad has Multiple melanoma stage two. He has gone to Portland for experimental treatment and that seemed to help for a while. Right now he is in the plateau stage. He has good and bad days. The doctors say he prolonged his life with the experimental treatment, but if he goes into remission, "when" it comes back he will have less then six months. I'm holding onto hope that they can come up with another experimental treatment to do. The doctors say if it's in the "when" it comes back stage they can't do anything. I think that's kind of stupid to say. I would keep trying regardless. Everyone is different. Just because it hasn't worked on others doesn't mean we shouldn't go down without a fight.
I know many people in my life with or have recovered from cancer. My older sister Jennifer lost her battle to cancer when I was 15. She started out with brain cancer. Her death was probably one of the hardest I have experienced, and I am not wanting to even think of my dad in that way. My grandmother has had liver cancer and survived. She's lived 30 years longer then they expected. My grandfather had skin cancer, but recovered. A few of my friends have cancer right now. One of them we'll call her T - she has skin cancer. My friend R had a rare cancer in her uterus. It was removed then she got lung cancer. Now she has brain cancer. It seems her body is systematically giving up. My husband's mother, who I wish I could have met died from breast cancer. His grandmother survived lung cancer - after having part of one removed. My cousin had ovarian cancer and survived. A friend of mine died of the same cancer my dad has. He died around the same time my dad was diagnosed. Those are just to name a few.
Both my husband's and my family have dealt with cancer on a strong level. We have a concern about this, and hope for the best for both of us and our daughter.
We keep hope and try to stay healthy. It is nice to have each other when we have suffered so much loss and stress from others having these things happen to them.
We remain to be the care takers of those around us. We may not have the cure, but we can at least try to be there for those until their last days.
I know many people in my life with or have recovered from cancer. My older sister Jennifer lost her battle to cancer when I was 15. She started out with brain cancer. Her death was probably one of the hardest I have experienced, and I am not wanting to even think of my dad in that way. My grandmother has had liver cancer and survived. She's lived 30 years longer then they expected. My grandfather had skin cancer, but recovered. A few of my friends have cancer right now. One of them we'll call her T - she has skin cancer. My friend R had a rare cancer in her uterus. It was removed then she got lung cancer. Now she has brain cancer. It seems her body is systematically giving up. My husband's mother, who I wish I could have met died from breast cancer. His grandmother survived lung cancer - after having part of one removed. My cousin had ovarian cancer and survived. A friend of mine died of the same cancer my dad has. He died around the same time my dad was diagnosed. Those are just to name a few.
Both my husband's and my family have dealt with cancer on a strong level. We have a concern about this, and hope for the best for both of us and our daughter.
We keep hope and try to stay healthy. It is nice to have each other when we have suffered so much loss and stress from others having these things happen to them.
We remain to be the care takers of those around us. We may not have the cure, but we can at least try to be there for those until their last days.