CLASS
Unfortunately I was unable to make this week’s class due to illness. I had sent Professor Mangini an email explaining my absence from class. I was suffering from debilitating migraines and I was popping Advil morning, noon and night. Even with the Advil there were only a few hours of relief which wasn’t good. I was convinced I had a brain tumor or something bad. I hated to miss class because I really enjoy being there and I hate being behind on work. I had gotten someone’s notes from class but I still wish I was there to take my own.
HOME
A few weeks ago my mom came home from AC with my mom mom and told me that she had found a lump in breast. I reassured her that it was nothing but that she would have to get to the doctor as soon as possible. Well, our fears have just been confirmed. My mother has a pretty rare form of cancer and she will have to undergo chemo and radiation. I still feel like the whole thing isn’t real and that this can’t really be happening to our family again. My 89yr old mom mom just battled esophageal cancer and thankfully won. It just makes me cry when I think about it. All my mother did was work her whole life to support my sister and I after my father cheated on her and left. She has had disappointment after disappointment in her life. My mother is that person who goes to work sick, in a snow storm, and never misses a day. She would give the shirt off her back to anyone, even someone who had done her wrong. She has been my biggest help with school. Babysitting the nights I have class even though she works 6 days a week and is exhausted. When she sat on my couch and started talking about shaving her head before her treatments, all I could think was wtf. This is real. My family’s strongest link is getting ready for the biggest battle of her life and I can’t help her. I’m just still in a state of shock.
Unfortunately I was unable to make this week’s class due to illness. I had sent Professor Mangini an email explaining my absence from class. I was suffering from debilitating migraines and I was popping Advil morning, noon and night. Even with the Advil there were only a few hours of relief which wasn’t good. I was convinced I had a brain tumor or something bad. I hated to miss class because I really enjoy being there and I hate being behind on work. I had gotten someone’s notes from class but I still wish I was there to take my own.
HOME
A few weeks ago my mom came home from AC with my mom mom and told me that she had found a lump in breast. I reassured her that it was nothing but that she would have to get to the doctor as soon as possible. Well, our fears have just been confirmed. My mother has a pretty rare form of cancer and she will have to undergo chemo and radiation. I still feel like the whole thing isn’t real and that this can’t really be happening to our family again. My 89yr old mom mom just battled esophageal cancer and thankfully won. It just makes me cry when I think about it. All my mother did was work her whole life to support my sister and I after my father cheated on her and left. She has had disappointment after disappointment in her life. My mother is that person who goes to work sick, in a snow storm, and never misses a day. She would give the shirt off her back to anyone, even someone who had done her wrong. She has been my biggest help with school. Babysitting the nights I have class even though she works 6 days a week and is exhausted. When she sat on my couch and started talking about shaving her head before her treatments, all I could think was wtf. This is real. My family’s strongest link is getting ready for the biggest battle of her life and I can’t help her. I’m just still in a state of shock.