Posting an update on my mom. Her surgery was a week ago, and it went well! They ended up having to take out more of her colon than expected because of the area the cancer was in. She's been home all of this week recovering, but is still sore.
During the surgery they removed 17 lymph nodes, and they found cancer in 1 of them. My mom has been classified as stage 3 and will more than likely be doing chemo for 6 months and lose her hair. However, the oncologist said this morning that since she just had her surgery, they may have to wait a month or two to start the chemo.
I'm still very confident that she will become a survivor through all of this. I work for a very big, national non-profit speciailzing in research of cancer and services/resources for cancer patients. I started working for them in March of last year, and I truly know why I was meant to work here. I have learned so much that I can now use to help my mom.
I want to thank everyone for their thoughts and prayers and hope they continue through this process.
