Breast Cancer Hits home again.

As many of you know I am a huge supporter of Breast Cancer awareness. Many members of my family have had it. I take it pretty seriously. As we all should. If you didn’t see my blog on breast cancer check it out.

Well it has hit close to home once again. A few weeks ago my grandmother had her yearly check and they found a spot. They sent her for further testing and last week she had a biopsy done on it. The results came in today. The words we all dread to hear it is cancer. Right now it is a tiny spot about the size of a pencil eraser tip. They are going to go in and remove it along with 2 lymph nodes. After that they will decide on the type of radiation that they are going to go with. My grandmother is about 86 yrs old. I pray her body can handle all of this. Her health has been decreasing over the past few years. A couple years ago she was hit by a car and things haven’t been the same since. Then over the spring/summer she started showing signs of Alzheimer's. If you have been following the blog you will know what has been going on with this. Can her feeble mindset and body handle all of this? I love my grandmother dearly even with everything that has gone on this year with her and continues. I don’t want this to be the end. I pray that she will make it thru and everything will be OK.

My sister and I have been talking about the what if’s a lot the past week. The what if’s dealing with my grandmother. You see my mom has been speaking with a neurologist about her and he is going to get her in to check her out for the Alzheimer’s. If she would be diagnosed with it along with cancer will she want to fight it. Can she handle both of these HUGE battles all at the same time. I don’t know.

I had this blog written in my head a few weeks ago that was I pray for you. It was all reasons that I pray for her daily. I never wrote it out because it felt so personal. But I do I pray for her daily. I pray for her because I LOVE her even with all that has went on. Now I pray for her to have the strength to fight this deadly disease. I pray for her to find peace with her choices in life. I pray that they find a cure for this disease. I pray for her for many reasons. I hope you will also pray for her. She needs all she can get.

How do you deal with aging family members

How do you deal with your aging family members.
It is hard to fathom that my family is getting older. I have lost 2 of my grandparents on my fathers side my grandpa in 1995 and my grandmother in 2000. I have regrets in life with my grandmother so I do not want to follow in that path. My grandmother would come up with funny things like people were stealing a boat motor (there was like 3 ft of snow out and no foot prints) I was hiding someone under my bed (I had a water bed good luck with that one. ) So I know what to expect when people are aging. I am not prepared to deal with my other set of grandparents. My mawmaw has slowly been lossing her marbles. Litterally. She has hit this phase in her life where she is saying people are stealing from her. (mind you people are not stealing anything the house is safer than the white house) Now this is only people are stealing from HER. They are stealing stuff like a quilt off of her bed. (dirty and all) white towles (not pink ones) spools of thread, glasses cleaner. You get the idea. They aren't stealing the Wii or the electronic equipment that my mom has. She has decided that the "thief" is watching and knows when she leaves the house and comes over and takes her stuff while she is gone. And guess who she is accusing of doing it. She seams to think that I am going over and looking at her calendar so that I know when she is gone and coming over and taking HER stuff. I am truely hurt by this. I spent last night praying about it. Asking God to take this burden from my heart. Asking for the wisdom on how to confront this. Tears and prayers were flowing until about 630 this morning. I am left with I need to speak with my grandmother. My grandfather has told my grandmother that this is crazy and if I ever found out about this I would be extremly hurt. And he is right.
So I called my mom this morning and said I feel the best thing is to tell her how she has hurt me. I told my mom that after tonight I will not darken the door at thier home until this is resolved nor will my children. I can't live my life with my grandmother making acqusations like this. I love my grandmother dearly but this can't go on. I told my mother that she is in what I believe to be the middle stages of alzheimmer's she is sick and needs some kind of help. Am I doing the wrong thing?
So my question is. How do you deal with your aging family? Have you had to deal with anything like this.