A year ao...
From: "Sandra Zdan" To: "Boo Barth" Subject: Hey Boo
Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2003 22:59:27 -0400
Mom is here and doing well considering her surgery. She has like a 4" incision on her chest so it's hard for her to doanything with her right arm.I'm just having a hard time hiding my emotions from her and I feel so sick whenever I eat. I also keep having dizzy spells I guess from the stress. I'm thinking of making myself a doctor's appt because I don't know how I'm going to handle this. I can already feel myself slipping into depression but I know I have to keep going for Mom.She still has her spirits up but I'm so afraid of what the Oncologist is going to say. I haven't read anything good yet about lung cancer. ThePulmonary specialist, Dr Lewis, didn't even tell her it was malignant. Mom said she overheard him telling me on the phone. She didn't even know it was lung cancer until I told her. I still think she's hoping the Oncologist will say it's Lymphoma which is what we were hoping for if it had to be malignant. I just hope the chemo doesn't make her sick so she can still lead a somewhat normal life. I remember Frank's Mom was sick all the time but that was 11years ago. She also got a letter from the IRS today saying sheowed almost 1K for her 2001 taxes that she filed wrong. I'm not sure what we're going to do if she's not able to work. She has no other income since she's no longer eligible for social security until next year.I also wish she'd quit worrying about paying off her credit card bill, at least for now.Well Mom wants to go see Terminator 3 so I guess if she's feeling up to it tomorrow, I'll take her.How are you doing on your end? I know it has to be hard not being here first hand to see what's going on. Well I better take some PM medicine and get to bed. I've just been like a depressed zombie all day.Love you,SandiP.S. I don't know if you've heard of Flor Essence tea but I'm gonna make Mom start drinking it tomorrow. It's supposed to be good for cancer patients and cell regrowth.
We Miss you Mom.
