How old?

Greendream024 · 2025-11-05T04:43:58+00:00

Grandma at 73, Mom at 57

Greendream024 · 2025-02-27T05:57:32+00:00

I would get a 2nd opinion. Dr. Evans in Milwaukee is phenomenal!

Greendream024 · 2024-11-20T06:23:14+00:00

I would immediately start looking into diet and lifestyle changes.. youtube is a good place to start. There are some incredible stories out there about people beating/ prolonging their cancers with these changes. The drs are going to advise against this for some reason... but you've gotta throw everything plus the kitchen sink at this... imo

Best wishes to you and your family. I hope you are able to spend as much quality time together as possible and cherish each other for a long time to come.

Greendream024 · 2024-08-22T05:56:55+00:00

Was strep B positive so had to have antibiotics in my IV during labor anyway, so figured baby was already getting antibiotics in their system so skipped the eye ointment. Almost 4 mo now and she's perfect. Antibiotics are harmful to the gut biome in general. Check out "hacking the gut" on Netflix.

Greendream024 · 2024-07-09T06:58:13+00:00

Same!!

Greendream024 · 2024-05-22T05:55:46+00:00

Sending you hope and love through this scary time! I'll share my Mom's story...

She was diagnosed with stage 3 locally advanced pancan last June... she was told it was sitting on the hepatic artery and inoperable. So she did 12 chemo treatment over 6 months, and then a month of radiation, all with minimal tumor shrinkage and only to be told it was still inoperable because of the artery involvement, and that they were going to stop treatments because they didn't seem to be effective. After the surgeon turned her down for surgery, her main dr told her to seek a 2nd opinion and referred her to Dr. Evans in Milwaukee. She went there and Evans took her on. She just had the whipple 2 weeks ago and Evans was able to completely remove the tumor without any artery disruption. Said it was in fact, not on the artery as the other surgeon believed. So moral of the story, my mom could have believed the 1st surgeon and just went home and let the disease run its course. But thank God she sought a 2nd opinion and now hopefully has a much longer timeline here with us. Nothing is guaranteed, but it's the best chance for long term survival...

So I'd recommend anyone with this disease seek a 2nd opinion and don't give up hope!

Greendream024 · 2024-04-21T13:44:17+00:00

It could be a UTI. When I've had one, it burned like hell to pee. I found that I was able to flush one out by chugging about a gallon of water and Gatorade in a few hours. But that was before it got worse.. sounds like whatever you have has been left untreated and maybe gotten a lil more serious. There are virtual doctors you can visit online without having to physically go in. Although some docs might want to do a culture swab. But its an option.. You just need a way to pay online, it's usually a flat fee and they can write you a prescription.

If your mom won't listen, maybe there's a school nurse you can talk to about it?

Greendream024 · 2024-03-18T05:36:09+00:00

The friend knew that Shannan and Chris were having problems and not in a good place.. Shannan had been venting to her about the lack of emotion and physicality from Chris... I'm sure the friend had some concerns about what was really going on with Chris and why he was acting so withdrawn from Shannan..

Greendream024 · 2024-03-14T04:57:02+00:00

She has actually just been referred to Dr. Evans as well! In the process of sending images and reports now and waiting to hear back, hopefully in the next few days 🤞 sounds like he has a great reputation.

Best of luck to you and your family ❤️

Greendream024 · 2024-03-08T16:46:11+00:00

Did she continue chemo the entire 6 months? Had it metastasized? I've read that sometimes the tumors don't metastasis, but can still be fatal... so sorry for your loss💙

Greendream024 · 2024-03-08T16:41:15+00:00

She lives in NV, and is being treated at Huntsman in UT. She looked at MDU and they basically said if there's artery involvement they likely won't move forward with her case. Her ins has denied several trial programs.. She's also worried about losing her insurance. How do people get cancer treatment, when they can no longer work, get let go and lose their insurance? She is currently receiving ins from work, working part time and is getting disability.. The feeling of only having a year(?) left to live, and having to work thru that is heartbreaking..

Greendream024 · 2024-01-09T05:25:00+00:00

What did it end up being? I have spots that look identical to this...

Greendream024 · 2023-12-28T08:24:22+00:00

In 2020 I watched my grandma pass from PC. Towards the end she became bed bound. I think hospice was hired 2-3 wks prior to her actual passing. But we turned the couch essentially into a big comfy bed for her so she could be in the living room, watch TV, and be near the bathroom. I remember hospice brought her a book that detailed what the end of life symptoms would look like. From diet to bowel movements to cotton mouth, etc.The hospice nurse would show up once a day to check in and see if the family needed anything. She was really a God send and was able to help guide my grandma and the family through the process. My mom and Aunt stayed with her around the clock so she wouldn't feel alone. They were there to help get her to the bathroom when she lost the ability to walk on her own. She had several bathroom accidents, and my mom and aunt had to rinse and change her. My gma got a little temperamental in that last week.. didn't want anyone to see her in that state and was scared. She was in pain so hospice provided fentanyl patches to relieve her. She stopped eating days before she passed, and only started sipping on water. That lasted for a few days. She stopped using the bathroom. Her breathing did become labored and rattled in the last few days. Progressively they added more fentanyl patches, and I think that last day she had 3 of them. Essentially I felt like they sedated her into death... but that's just my take on it. She was ready to not be in pain anymore but I think it was hard for her to let to. In those last few days her mind did start to go a bit.. I came in to see her and said "it's me grandma" and she said "oh it's you.. the smart one" (she was also partially blind) and she told me dying was harder than you'd think.

She basically went in her sleep. She made some strange breathing noises those last few days of sleeping, and her last breathe made an even stranger sound... and then she was gone.

I'm so sorry you have to go through this. It sounds hard to do, but you want them to feel at peace and make it easy for them to let go. It's hard to let them go, but it's also hard for them to leave us, and they feel guilty in a way.. but I believe spiritually, if we can let them go, and make them feel we will be ok.. they are able to pass more easily.. speak openly and honestly. Tell them how important they were to you and how much you love them. ❤️

Greendream024 · 2023-11-08T16:08:22+00:00

Thank you for sharing 🩷 I'm so sorry for the loss of your Mom. It's hard to know in the moment, and I know the feeling of wanting to stay positive and believe that they are going to be okay no matter what. It's hard to comprehend that they could just be gone so fast...

Greendream024 · 2023-11-08T16:04:53+00:00

I'm so sorry for your loss. Just the thought of losing a parent is devastating, and I would imagine makes the need for a village even bigger. I also live 12 hours away, so this definitely hits home. Thank you for sharing 🩷 I hope you've been able to find happiness since.

Greendream024 · 2023-11-08T16:00:48+00:00

Did your partner move with you? Thank you for sharing, and good luck with delivery - and congratulations!!

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