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Just got a call from Mom. I could barely understand a word she was saying. Her voice so weak and raspy. She says her right eye is swollen and extremely painful. She cannot open it. She called for the nurse late last night to check on it. The nurse said her eye is red, watering…
(This is a flashback to January 12, 2009) I headed back home to chilly Omaha today after a four day stay in sunny Phoenix where my mother lives. It was hard to leave, but I hope I was of some help and comfort to her and her husband as they received latest lung cancer test…
(Originally written on January 10, 2009.) My mom had her appointment with her oncologist yesterday to discuss next steps for treating the lung cancer that has metastasized to the lymph nodes in her neck. We weren’t sure what options, if any, existed, so fear of the unknown kicked in, of course. She wasn’t scheduled for…
“I am not ready to give this battle up yet. There is just too much to live for.” My name is Leslie Lehrman and I’m a 65 year old never-smoker with non-small cell lung cancer. My doctor’s tell me the lung cancer is “inoperable,” incurable.” I was diagnosed in 2005 for primary lung cancer through…
