Question:
my 90 year old grandmother had a routine check up last month. they found a lump on her breast so they sent her for further testing. last week we found out she in fact has breast cancer. the doctor is talking about removing her breast. she is taking it a lot better then any of us are. she says " well im 90 years old i have never really had any serious illness in my life and i have lived one hell of a life (her words ok), im ok with what has happen to me". she is so brave. i want to be just as brave. i have one of the closest families that i know. my grandparents are over all the time. we all do everything together. when im home that is. im deployed to japan right now and it kills me that i can't be home to spend time with her and my family. im scared im going to get a call you know those calls people pray they will never get. im scared and keeping it all in. i know that not good. but what else can i do?this is just one of the many stressful situations i have to deal with while deployed
Answers:
Even if left untreated she will probably still be alive when you return from deployment, breast cancer doesn't kill overnight!
She is obviously accepting treatment if they are talking about removing her breast, so she could still make it to 100!
Breast cancer is not that bad if caught early!
Mine was caught 3 years ago, my sisters was caught 12 years ago, my mother survived 17 years and my aunt survived over 50 years from first diagnosis until death due to breast cancer!
At 90 years of age, she is probably more likely to die from infectious pneumonia before the recently diagnosed breast cancer will kill her!
Send her your love, and tell her much you are longing for a big hug when you get home. Give her a reason to fight this curable illness!
caught early... breast cancer is pretty well cureable.
So... hopefully they caught it early.
Note that no one gets out of life alive... and 90 is past the national average life expectancy.
In reality... its just a matter of WHAT will finally be the cause of death (for anyone)
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