On November 20, 2006 at 8:30 p.m. my mum crossed to the other side. She got her wish to die at home. I still can’t breathe.

Mum signed on to hospice today. There is a lot more to say, but I can type none of it. She will not be in pain. This is important. How much time she has left is unknown, but she wishes not to fight the cancer anymore. She’s had enough, and at the end of your […]

I have inside of me a really long rant and rave about the care my mother has received, and alternately the continual brush-offs I’ve received in inquiring about certain meds she is getting that are overdone/overprescribed. Also, I kept getting questioned as to why she is listed as “full code”. This would be phrased to […]

She was moved to “transitional care” on Tuesday. In about 12 hours time it was decided, I had to choose the site and the group of doctors to follow her as she uses her pulmologist as her PC and that is not allowed inside medical institutions. Um, thanks for the time to research.

Biopsy positive for cancer, no surprise, no type yet as that will take a few days and really, after the brain tumor I’m not necessarily expecting a type to be found. the spot for biopsy was mid-back as that vertebra was quite dark on the MRI. The biopsy increased the pain a great deal and […]

The cancer is back with my mum, in her spine per the MRI. Oncologist says very treatable and radiation will get rid of the pain (which is pretty horrendous from the expressions in my mum’s face), but since it cropped up once it will crop up again. He said she’ll still be here for the […]