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Jo40 · 07-17-2009, 05:42 AM

Thanks so much to all of you who responded to my plea/post yesterday. I actually do feel much better after reading about people beating the odds. Its hard to ignore statistics, which are terrifying. Real life stories of people beating the odds are what keeps everyone going, and these sites are a God-send for that.

I will try as hard as possible to keep hope alive. I pray for the day when the three-month mark arriving on the calendar, and knowing that scans are coming with it, won't be quite as frightening for my mother and the rest of it.

My mother gets her second PET scan etc in the beginning of September, and then celebrates her 64th birthday right after that. My only wish is to have her celebrate with a light heart. We know scans won't always be clean, but we're still aborbing the initial diagnosis, so a break in the action would be really nice.

Again, thanks to all of you brave women (and men) who take the time to make the site work and lift peoples' spirit and share your own stories. It makes all the difference.

Jo

07-17-2009, 05:42 AM	#10
Jo40 Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 2	thank you! Thanks so much to all of you who responded to my plea/post yesterday. I actually do feel much better after reading about people beating the odds. Its hard to ignore statistics, which are terrifying. Real life stories of people beating the odds are what keeps everyone going, and these sites are a God-send for that. I will try as hard as possible to keep hope alive. I pray for the day when the three-month mark arriving on the calendar, and knowing that scans are coming with it, won't be quite as frightening for my mother and the rest of it. My mother gets her second PET scan etc in the beginning of September, and then celebrates her 64th birthday right after that. My only wish is to have her celebrate with a light heart. We know scans won't always be clean, but we're still aborbing the initial diagnosis, so a break in the action would be really nice. Again, thanks to all of you brave women (and men) who take the time to make the site work and lift peoples' spirit and share your own stories. It makes all the difference. Jo