A Recently Diagnosed Mother of Four
Since I was diagnosed the first time in 2003, I haven’t heard of anyone in my community being diagnosed. Not that someone hasn’t been, it’s just that the news didn’t hit my front step. However, that changed the other day, and I’m consumed with emotion over it.
There’s a mother living not to far from me, This Mom with four children (some of our kids go to the same schools) who found out last week that she has breast cancer. She had her lumpectomy this week and the surgeon performed a sentinel node biopsy. It was positive, though the tumor was removed. Full pathology most likely isn’t back yet.
My heart is broken for this family, not because This Mom is living on borrowed time, but because I know the heartache This Mom and her entire family must feel. The terror of a diagnosis. The uncertainty as to what treatment will be like for them. The fear of the future. It hurts, so badly, and nothing anyone does or says can help that. That’s just heartbreaking for me to ponder again.
My own diagnoses were so horrible to digest.
So please, pray for this This Mom and her family, send me emails I can print out and deliver to her (click on the contact me icon to the right, change the subject line from website feedback to For This Mom and type your message in the box), and remember that this is when the sisterhood kicks into full gear — when another member is, unfortunately, initiated.
October 19th, 2007 at 8:38 am
Karen, every time I hear of a new diagnosis, I am immediately transported back to that place I was when it happened to me. Definintely sending up prayers and positive thoughts for your neighbour and I will be back later today with some inspiration for you to share with her.