Topic: How fast the disease can take your loved one
My mother-in law a pretty healthy women for the most part. Never complained about much, so when she started complaining in January of pain in her legs and just plain not feeling well, we should have known that something was wrong. She was in the proscess of being worked up by per PCP when on Feb 7th 2009 she sufferd a minor stroke which sent to the hospital with all her kids in the ER Room waiting to hear what was going on, she had lost her ability to speak and feeling on right side was gone. They ran every test imaginable on her EKG, Pulmonary test, Ct scans MRI, Blood test galore. everything normal except the ct scan which showed an 11cm mass in the liver ran Bx of that and came back with the result of cholangiocarcinoma. This was something that none of us were ready to hear but thought we can get through this just a small bump in life but she got all her kids grandkids and great grandchildren love to support her. She was discharged from the Hospital to a Reheb because of the stroke she neede to get stronger in order to start palliative chemo therapy. Well she never got that chance she passed away March 7th a month after being admitted to the Hospital. She was 68 yrs old , she went on to be with her only true love since she was ten. When she lost her husband in 2006 she was truly heartbroken and they now are back together.That is was has got me through this ordeal. I know she is not suffering , no longer is in pain because it was very painfull for her constantly on pain meds every two hours. It all happend so fast it just doesnt seem real. She was at our house the week before going to the hospital enjoying a family gathering saying this year our luck was going to change. unfortunatlly it did change our strength our rock is gone. She is home but ones that are left behind are the one who suffer, we are the one in pain for our mother who has always been there for us. I think I had the BEST Mother in law ever. she will be missed
