My grandmother Sonia has cancer. I dont know what t do. I didnt expect it. I was sleeping in the back seat of the car and I woke when my mom was crying and explaining to the other people in the car what happened. She lives across the US from us. She was eating lunch with some friends and her face started melting. So they rushed her to the hospital, and they checked her and she has lung and brain cancer. She has 2 tumors in her brain and one in her heart. I'm praying that she will be ok. She sounds fine on the phone, bacause she is in the hospital. She is going through a few more tests right now and the doctors all ready said they know what they want to do with her surgery wise. I'm pretty sure she will be ok but I am so stressed out. If she doesnt doesnt make it out of surgery or if she does, she maybe cant fly out to visit anymore. The part the tumors attacked was her memory so if you say something to her she takes about 10 sec to respond and cant remember things.Helpful answers plz!
2007-08-23 11:26:22 · 6 answers · asked by *Natalie.* :P 5 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Cancer
I will put the link to the questions about my aunt and other grandma too, soon.
2007-08-23 11:27:16 · update #1
Oh, just to remind you, I cant see her, she lives on the other side of the US from me. Almost all my family does.
2007-08-23 11:42:47 · update #2
Your whole family is as stressed by this as you are.
Both your parents have a Mother who is fighting cancer and one of them also has a sister doin so.
Step 1, stop panicking!
You don't mention your age, but I am guessing you are at least in your teens. Old enough to help out around the house.
1 in 2 men and 1 in 3 women will be diagnosed with cancer before age 85.
The biggest risk factor is age, and as we stay alive longer (on average) more of us run a risk of getting cancer, many recover!
This is the list in my family so far.........
Grandfather, Mother, 3 aunts, 2 uncles, 1 cousin, 2 sisters, 1 brother and myself ............
Survival from diagnosis to death has varied from 6 months to 50 years!
Support your parents through this tough time, and wait for more information before you start over-dramatising.
2007-08-23 12:13:58 · answer #1 · answered by Tarkarri 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I am going through the same thing as you grandma. lung then brain cancer. I have been fighting it for about a year now . The best thing you can do for your grandma is to love her. There is nothing you can do by youself she is ok. I also have trouble with the memory part and I is frustrating but dont give up she still remembers you, just sometimes our brains arent working right but it dosent mean we dont love you. I hope this helps you a little. Good luck to you and your family I know my girls are going through the same even though they are close. I have talked to my kids and grandkids and told them I love them and always will. It is hard to be on either end of this Cancer because it is scary. In the end one way or the other we still love each other. Never forget that part. Deaner
2007-08-26 11:02:35 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
3/4 of my grandparents died of cancer, 1 is still living.
My mother had skin cancer.
my father in law had cancer.
my brother in law has cancer.
Anyone who isn't related to or friends with someone who has cancer these days is rare indeed.
Just so you know, you're not alone.
All you can do is be kind and compassionate to her and do whatever your religion or spiritual beliefs indicate that you do at a time like this.
I wish your family well, I know how hard this is. You'll all be ok, no matter what.
2007-08-23 11:34:22 · answer #3 · answered by Peace 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God calls us to serve others and lighten burdens and fill desires. God does not communicate approximately pall bearers because of the fact they did not exist in Bible situations. Love is to be type and considerate and serving and God calls us to love. you're able to desire to settle for and you're able to desire to sense commemorated to realize this.
2016-10-03 03:41:30 · answer #4 · answered by herbin 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well the main thing u an do is let here know you're there and keep praying!
2007-08-25 11:23:45 · answer #5 · answered by astrocytomasurvivor 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
idk what to do, try to be helpful around the house because I imagine you're not the only one sad. Don't change the way you act around your grandma, most of all she probably wants things to be normal again. take one day at a time and keep praying :-) I will be
2007-08-23 11:36:19 · answer #6 · answered by Noelle 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋