Our mom, Michelle Glazier, was diagnosed with stage III ovarian cancer in April of 2008. Within two weeks we had met with her new doctor, scheduled surgery and had surgery removing a tumor on her ovary, full hysterectomy and removal of part of her colon. The surgery went well but the Doctor told us that he was only able to get 70% of the cancer due to the placement of cancer on her liver. It would be too risky to try to surgically remove the cancer on her liver-so we would go after it with chemo once she recovered from the initial surgery. Things were looking up!
My mom was determined to fight this battle that had been given to her, she was too young at 47 years old to just give up and die. Plus she had way too many things to get done she said! My mom was also the Grandma of six awesome grandkids that were way to important to her to give up now! We went through chemotherapy with good response, she felt good and could do most of the things she normally could do; she worked, went to all the kid’s games and tournaments. People often commented on how good she looked, and that she didn’t even look sick. She finished up another round of chemo in November 2009, she was feeling pretty good but not great. Especially after losing her mother our grandma on November 1, 2009. Her spirits were down although she put on a good front for all of us, her siblings and her dad who she felt were her responsibility now as the oldest child in her family. My mom stayed strong for all of them without waiver, she took her place in our family as she always had done-she put everyone else and their feelings before her own.
In February 2010, she started feeling crappy again-lots of bloating, indigestion and constipation. The cancer was back and in full force! No more messing around-we are now going to get a second opinion and looking at some alternatives. My mom refuses to leave us and her grandchildren. If you knew her you would understand her will and the fight in her! We will get her well beyond her 50th birthday, I will tell you all that.
The picture I selected is of my mom and our kids after they all received mohawks- she didn’t want to do the wig thing, so we went with a different style…and all the kids who are all boys except for one decided to make tribute along with her.
God bless and please do not give up on trying to find cures for cancer and ways to detect this “silent killer” early!!!
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