My sister Linda's life is balancing on the edge.

WOOWOO! I lovvvve good news! Here are more "get well soon" vibes:

Thats great news continued for get well soon

that is excellent!!! Awesome!!!
Thank Goodness! More vibes going her way!

I'm sorry I've missed this. Sending more so that Linda continues to improve.

I'll add to those continued that she keeps improving. What wonderful news!

That's excellent news!!!

In all honesty, it's been a terrible and frustrating day... and I had to wait until I felt I could handle news that wasn't necessarily the best of news. But

[size=+3]HOW TERRIFIC IS THIS?!?!?!?!!!!!![/size]

I'd have brought myself a WHOLE bunch of smiles if I'd have just gone ahead and opened this thread to see the news.

.....TCS DOES help heal!

That is such good news. Continued vibes for Linda's improvement!

wonderful news!!! My prayers will continue to come that way.

Vibes and prayers for your sister

Linda continues to be in my thoughts and prayers. How is she doing?

I don't know how I missed this first time round - I hope your Sister is doing well and add my vibes to all those flowing out there for Linda

Thank you all so much.

I've been waiting for some good news before I posted an update; I believe I might have some. I was going to wait another week for Linda's next checkup but since this thread is back up this is a good time.

A lot has happened since the beginning of December. Linda underwent the tests and they found no cancer at all! BUT then they told her that there is a lump behind her knee and they were sure it wasn't cancer, but it turns out it was. Another (3rd) surgery was scheduled to cut out even more lymph nodes.

But horribly, and on an almost daily basis, Linda kept finding more cancer lesions on her foot, and more places that looked bruised (also cancer). All of it was contained in her leg, though, the cancer seemed to be bouncing around from her foot to thigh and back down again. Very depressing to see it spread so fast!

Her doctor is very good, and cares about Linda a lot; probably because anybody who meets her likes her very much. Anyway, he called her the day before her surgery, she had just gotten home from the pre-op, and he said he'd been thinking and thinking about her and that he wanted to put her into a clinical trial study and that that was her best hope. We were at the "nothing left to lose" stage.

The good news is that the clinical study drugs seem to be working! After only two weeks, some of the lesions and "bruises" are fading! The doctors are wowed!

Bad news is that Linda is very, very ill, it's like having a bad flu that doesn't let up. It also causes severe depression. Linda is fighting, and she is not giving up hope or anything else. We talk almost every day (some days she simply can't talk). Her body is dealing with some very heavy-duty chemicals. It is brutal.

She just called me tonight and asked me to remind her to give me a cookie recipe for cookies she used to make when we were kids. She said she was too sick to talk, but didn't want to forget to give that to me. My heart breaks just a little more when she implies she has such little time left, so I'm pretty sad tonight.

I totally missed this thread the first time around. I'm keeping Linda, and you, in my prayers.

Thanks for the update, Cat. Keeping everything crossed that this treatment finally does the trick, and without taking too long about it. It's brutal when the treatment is worse than the disease!

Sending many and prayers for Linda, and for you.

Still continuing to send tons of prayers and vibes her way!

I'm so sorry! I'll keep her in my thoughts.

I am so sorry to hear this. I understand perfectly about having a sister who is more like a mother to you. My sister is like a mom to me too.

Linda you are in my thoughts and I hope you will get thru this so that you and your sister will continue to live a long happy life together. Keep your chin up and think positive thoughts, that always helps. Good luck to you, I'm sending you positive and get well vibes.

Carol