ruimartiniman on 10 October 2009
I advice your mother to read this
A letter to all newly diagnosed cancer patients…There is a saying that it takes 6 things to beat cancer. First is the best possible medical treatment. Second is the best possible medical treatment. Third, fourth and fifth are the best medical treatment. Sixth is a positive mental attitude. Without all 6, you don’t have a chance. But look at it in that perspective and relative importance. A positive mental attitude is not burying your head in the sand and saying’ “I’m going to get well.” It is doing everything within your power in addition to medicine to help yourself recover.
http://blochcancer.org/2009/02/letter-to-new-patients/
My mother died in 1999 with cancer, but if it was today she would be alive, because treatments had improved a LOT.
You should give emocional support to your mother and get the best treatment possible.
