Just had the worst phone call of my life

good luck to your mom

remember it ain't over till the fat lady sings. my mom had breast cancer a few years back. was not in early stages and pretty developped tumor. she is ok now after surgery, chimo, etc... still doing regular checkups to make sure. anyway your mom is early stages and at least it's not lungs or liver so she has a good chance of beating it. also had a college roomate who survived a brain tumor, still alive. my best frinds mom had melanoma and still alive, although no more tanning now.

my point is many people survive cancer, so don't lose hope just yet
 
Good luck Tank.

Had a rather harrowing experience myself on Thursday morning and talking about it as helped. Don't bottle up you emotions and be there for your mum when she needs you.
 
I tell my mum I love her pretty much every time I see her for reasons such as this. Thoughts go out to you, it's hard when these things happen, but if it is caught early then that's the first good sign :)
 
Sorry to hear of your mums illness. All I can say is it's incredibly fortunate it has been caught early, it's easy to fear the worst when you hear someone has cancer, my wife was diagnosed about 2 years ago. It was caught early as well and as a result she is now totally cancer free, so do take heart that you will have doctors/surgeons that can deal with these problems helping your mum.
 
I feel like such a **** every time I talk to my mum via phone or to her face I just break down in tears, I just cant control myself :(. I have never been like this even as a child.
 
One thing ever so slightly scarier than the fact my mum has cancer is how calm she is, especially her humour. But saying that she is one of the most strongest people I have ever met.
 
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^TANK^ said:
One thing ever so slightly scarier than the fact my mum has cancer is how calm she is, especially her humour. But saying that she is one of the most strongest people I have ever met.
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Just over 2 years ago my mum was diagnosed with Breast Cancer, it was caught early to and she chose to have a mastectomy. She was much stronger than us all! Its a real good sign she is strong. Be strong too. Will help a lot.
 
As terrifying as the news is, I'm glad they've found out early and really hope they are able to do something. I wish her the best of luck. Please stay positive! :)
 
She has told me and my sister if its terminal she wants the funeral before she dies, I didn't say anything at the time but that strikes me as awfully weird.
 
It would be rather unusual but at least that way she'll get to say goodbye to all the people that mean a lot to her. Hopefully it won't come to that and she'll live many more happy years but I can understand the thinking behind it.
 
Sorry to hear that mate. Hope everything works out okay for you all.

Edit: It's not about how many people turn up to your funeral it's about how many come to visit you before you die. That's what I told my father when he died last year. He was wondering how many people would turn up but imo it's much more important to make the effort to visit somebody before they pass.

Anyway don't dwell on that right now, stay positive.
 
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