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Dear Jenni,
I'm glad you're reaching out for support as this is a good place for that...many of us are Stage IV survivors, and able to live with stable disease or even reach remission for extended periods of time.
This is possibly the hardest time for you and your family; the shock does eventually ease, the fear is more difficult to deal with. It may be hard to believe now, but you do get used to living with it and learn how to keep it on the back burner, so to speak, so it doesn't consume you. It actually serves a purpose, if you harness the fear as energy in helping your mom through the treatments and in pursuing the best treatments for her.
You didn't say where the cancer has spread; if you choose to share that with the board there is much good advice here from those who have had,or are going through, treatments for bone, liver, and brain metastisis.
It's pretty overwhelming, I know and symphatize deeply, but hang in there and you'll get to a better place and in the process be able to help your mom and family. Keep us posted, we care.
Love, Lolly
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