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| Saturday, April 29, 2006 |
| More bad news, ugh. |
My mother has found a lump in the area under the arm that they check when they do a mammogram. So I am guessing it is breast tissue? Anyway, they always pull it up into the machine when I have one done. Well, she was told she has to have a mammogram on it. She says it hurts. I think it could be a myranoma. I would say a lypoma but with pain it would be vascular. I have lypomas all over me. A few myranomas. Maybe I got it from her and she just never showed any until now. With the way things are going who knows. Also she has no medical insurance and can't get any without paying a fortune because of her diabetes and heart disease. She has already said that if she gets cancer she won't do chemo or radiation. She just wants to be given pain medicine and be allowed to die at home. I was concerned that with her feeling that way that she would try to influence Max to opt for that decision but she didn't, thank God. Max turned 60 today. His daughter and her beau took him and momma out to a steak house for dinner for his birthday. He loves a good steak so I hope his steak was the best.
Just talked to momma. Dinner went great and everyone had a good time. My sister Jerri and her husband and 3 girls are down and my sister Tracy went with them to dinner. I would of like to have been there, but even if I could of afforded going up there, I wouldn't have been able to afford a dinner like that, lol. China buffet is more my speed. When we went out in January to Outback that was a special treat.
Clay and I enjoyed our Sabbath. He is taking the same studies as I am. It is nice to share them together. Gary cooked dinner of fried chicken, his first time making it (forgot to season it, lol) but it was OK. It was healthy the way he cooked it except for the fat. Most of that came out when he put it in the oven after browning it. He made mashed potatoes and corn to go with it. We had a nice meal. I wish we had a dining table and could sit down together like regular folk and eat but I guess we are use to this so no harm done. We moved here when Clay was 9 almost 10 and I bet he won't even remember eating at a table when he gets older. That is a shame.
I have to go get caught up on blogs now. I haven't been blogging since sunset Friday so got some catching up to do. Hope everyone is doing well.
Later. God bless. Teressa. |
posted by Teressa @ 9:00 PM  |
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Hi Teri, thanks so much for your comment. Sometimes I wonder if I am going in the deep end over this immigration thing. I never usually talk about stuff like this because I was taught to mind other peoples feelings. But the more I talk the more I am coming to realise I'm not the only one. About your mother, maybe she has what I call "cystic breast." Is it the same thing as what you call it. I know some women who have them taken out all the time. I was fortunate not to have any, nor did my mother. All of us have different things in our family. I'm glad your Mom, Max and other relatives got out to have a nice birthday dinner. We have a Chinsa Buffetup here too. I like all the fried stuff I shouldn't eat, sesame, Gen. Tso's and orange chicken and the little noodles. Also the Chinese fruit and almond jello. I wish I could get some of that. And of course ALL THOSE GREAT PASTRIES!!! We have a Hometown Buffet here too, all you can eat salads, dinner food, and wide selection of you guessed it, desserts. (I am drooling over my keys, hehhehheh. About a dining room table. About 5 years ago I bought a corner-type seating area,paying for it a little at a time. It came flat in a box and stayed there until Amanda and her (then) boyfriend put it together for me.If anyone sits there, it is usually on the outer bench. The rest has become a catch-all for all sorts of crap. My mother likes to sit there when she comes up so Amanda cleaned it all off. It's piling back up again, tho. The table is not very big, just something to sit around. Gene won't sit there on princupal. He didn't want it in the house to start with. Anyway, we eat in the living room in front of the TV. I sit here where I am now. One day I'll get a nice diningroom set just for looks...:D
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*should read China Buffet, he he*
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Glad you have a nice dinner with your family. Hope your mom comes through all of this Ok. I guess you need something to take your mind off your troubles?
Good, cause you have been tagged. See my blog for info.
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Thanks for your comment Teressa. It's so hard with parents getting older. I'm glad they had a good time for his birthday.
Sounds like Gary made a yummy meal! I have a folding table that I use if I ever have people over. I have no dining table. It's great that I can fold it up and put it away. Hope you have a wonderful evening!
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I was diagnosed with cancer in the beginning of the 90's, and my attitude about it was pretty much the same as your mom's. But believe it or not, the survival instinct is a lot stronger than anything else, and when it came to a point when decisions had to be made about treatment, I grabbed any possibility that I could.
A lump like that can be loads of things though.
Thanks for your kind words about my art, Teressa :D It's always appreciated.
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Terrible news about your mom but I'm confused as to why she would automatically be ruling out treatment. Not all cancer is terminal if they found it soon enough! Even my step dad beat his cancer and he was in his 70's! I think you and her doctor need to talk to her more once the word comes down. And hopefully it won't be any great concern anyway!
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Hi Teri, thanks so much for your comment. Sometimes I wonder if I am going in the deep end over this immigration thing. I never usually talk about stuff like this because I was taught to mind other peoples feelings. But the more I talk the more I am coming to realise I'm not the only one. About your mother, maybe she has what I call "cystic breast." Is it the same thing as what you call it. I know some women who have them taken out all the time. I was fortunate not to have any, nor did my mother. All of us have different things in our family. I'm glad your Mom, Max and other relatives got out to have a nice birthday dinner. We have a Chinsa Buffetup here too. I like all the fried stuff I shouldn't eat, sesame, Gen. Tso's and orange chicken and the little noodles. Also the Chinese fruit and almond jello. I wish I could get some of that. And of course ALL THOSE GREAT PASTRIES!!! We have a Hometown Buffet here too, all you can eat salads, dinner food, and wide selection of you guessed it, desserts. (I am drooling over my keys, hehhehheh. About a dining room table. About 5 years ago I bought a corner-type seating area,paying for it a little at a time. It came flat in a box and stayed there until Amanda and her (then) boyfriend put it together for me.If anyone sits there, it is usually on the outer bench. The rest has become a catch-all for all sorts of crap. My mother likes to sit there when she comes up so Amanda cleaned it all off. It's piling back up again, tho. The table is not very big, just something to sit around. Gene won't sit there on princupal. He didn't want it in the house to start with. Anyway, we eat in the living room in front of the TV. I sit here where I am now. One day I'll get a nice diningroom set just for looks...:D