Need help on talking to my son.

[Stephanie B.]

Hi everyone,

I am on my second round of chemo - this time for liver mets. I have been doing Herceptin since Oct and then we started up on Taxol in February. I have had 5 rounds of Taxol. I had a scan on Friday and hopefully it will be good news. Also during all of this my Port stopped working and I have to go in on May 1st and have that replaced. I thought my son was doing ok with all of this. He was 5 when I went through the first round - lumpectomy, mascectomy, chemo, radiation and was a trooper. I also have a 2 1/2 year old daughter who doesn't really understand other than mommy needs a new boobie and has fuzzy hair now. Now he is 7 and has been doing ok - I told his teacher what was going on and she has been keeping a close eye on his moods and told him if he ever wanted to talk to let her know. He has taken the time in class a couple of times to make me a card during his free time with her help. Last night he came in while I was putting laundry away and I could tell something was wrong. When I asked him about it he told me that he was really worried because I was having to do chemo again and he was afraid that something was going to happen to me. I tried to reassure him that I was going to fight this with everything I had and that I wasn't going anywhere (in between the tears), but I don't know if it helped or not. Does anyone know of any resources on talking to children. That had to be the hardest thing I have had to do through all of this mess.

Thanks

Stephanie B.