It's all about Attitude

So much has been going on in my head lately. I am not sure how to approach this subject - so I am just going to do it.

My Mom was diagnosed with Uterine Cancer a couple months ago and ever since then it's been good news followed by bad news over and over again to now we are back to bad news and I am trying to keep a positive attitude. It's hard. She had a hysterectomy on January 19th and that was suppose to take care of her "small" tumor that the caught "early" - Turns out the cancer had spread throughout her uterus and was present in the majority of the Lymph Nodes they took for biopsy. Her doctor is still optimistic and has continued to down play the seriousness of her cancer (my opinion), they told her that she would have daily radiation treatment for a month followed by chemotherapy after that; all was no big deal just a precaution. Well after my parents met with the Radiologist it all turned out different, they were told that it was serious, the radiation treatment was going to be a internal radiation and very intensive - but all in all VERY SERIOUS. She started her radiation treatment last Friday and will only have 3 intensive treatments, then they will start the Chemotherapy. We still don't know how the Chemo is going to go because they have not met with the Chemo specialist yet.

To top this all off my Mother was diagnosed a couple years ago with early onset Alzheimer's and her memory is worse in times of stress. So right now she is having a really really hard time, so much new information that she needs to process but really can't - sometimes she doesn't even know what is really going on with her own body. I am so thankful that my Father is there to take care of her; it's really hard on him - I don't know how he does it. I never knew how hard it was to be around someone who has Alzheimer's, it's indescribable how difficult it can be and emotionally draining

I am trying to have a positive attitude and not think of the negatives - cause really that does not help.