[OT, OOP] My mom, was Re: [Sca-cooks] My Dad...

[Susan Fox-Davis]

She does some 1-on-1 counseling with new cancer patients through ACS.  She had
her first mastectomy about 12 years ago, so is an old hand.

All my life, I found myself dreading my 30th birthday for no particular reason.
As it happened, my grandmother and father-in-law both died that week and my
mother was diagnosed with her first breast cancer that day.  Aha, the light
dawns!  It's not the birthday that was the problem, it was the upcoming
tragedies that somehow cast a shadow forward into my young life.  Then she had
her second mastectomy in time for my 40th birthday.  I told her, that's it,
you're all out of boobage for my 50th, that's all.  She said she would make
every effort to comply!

Selene, Caid

Elaine Koogler wrote:

> Once she's feeling well again, she might want to consider getting involved
> with some of the activities of the American Cancer Society.  I'm quite sure
> that there must be a Relay for Life out there, and they are always looking
> for team members/captains.  It really feels good to do something positive to
> fight the disease.
>
> Kiri
> ----- Original Message -----
> > Meanwhile, back on the happier side of things, my SCA family got me
> through my
> > mother's lung cancer episode [she's fine, all tests now cancer-negative,
> nothing
> > to do now but recover from the removal of right upper lung lobe, Gd. grant
> she
> > will outlive us all] where my biological family was emotionally useless.
> > Present company included in the former group.
> >
>
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