Hi, my name is Leslie. I am Brenda's daughter. Momma wanted me to post a message to let you all know what is going on with her and we wanted to ask everyone to remember her in your prayers. Momma has been sick for a little over a month, the doctors said she had a bad sinus infection; about 2 weeks ago she started having trouble with her vision in her right eye. She went to see her eye doctor and he sent her for an MRI of her head. They found multiple tumors on her brain, which we found out most of them are about the size of a pinhead. The eye doc sent her to see another doctor and he did an MRI of her full body; they did find another small lesion on her lung. The doctor decided to do a spinal tap, because he said they could test the spinal fluid for many different things. Hopefully we will have some answers and a plan for treatment in the next few days.

Our family would like to ask that you all please keep her in your prayers. I will try my best to keep everyone updated on what is going on with her. We are all staying positive and hoping and praying for some good news in the next few days!

Thanks once again!!

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I am so sorry this is happening to your mom. Tell her she'll definitely be in our prayers and thoughts. Please let us know what's happening.

(((HUGS)))

Thank you for the post Leslie.

Keeping positive here: I have heard that most brain tumors are 100% treatable. Wish I could remember where it was I heard/saw that, but, it was very recently.

Also, the "lesion" on the lung could be scarring from pneumonia.

Hoping for the best for you all.

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Prayers are on the way for your mom and the family. She is a nice lady and we miss her. I am sure everyone joins with me in wishing her a speedy recovery.

:Leslie hon thanks so much for posting and telling us this, I offer a sincere prayer for your mom blessings and many healthy wishes coming your way ... Kindly keep us posted bless your heart and your moms..... Peace. Catherine

Leslie
My thoughts and prayers are with your mom and your family. Your mom is a nice lady

Brenda, I hope you feel better soon

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Prayers on the way. Keep us posted!

Thanks for letting us know-that is terrible. She is certainly in our prayers. How is she holding up? Please tell her that Linnybop is thinking of her, and please keep us posted.

I'm very sadden at this news.. Please let Brenda know we are all thinking about her and saying prayers. God speed to you Brenda.
Please keep us all updated.

My thoughts and prayers are with you! I know what you, as a family member are going through worrying about your mom and I have seen first hand what your mom is going through. My now 23 year old DD had a brain tumor about 5 years ago. It turned out to be non-cancerous, so they decided to just "watch it" and not treat it until they had any evidence it was growing or getting worse. Even still, she went through the terrible headaches, loss of vision at times (blackouts where she couldn't see for a few minutes). We had to start driving her to the university for her classes at that time ( her first sememster in college was when they found it). Basically driver her everywhere until she stopped having the blackouts or unless she could catch rides with friends. After about a year the tumor just went away on it's own, she had a pituitary microadenoma tumor. Anyway, you do what you have to do to get through it. My thoughts and prayers are with you!

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Thanks for letting us know. I'll be keeping you and your mom in my prayers.

Leslie if you need any help I am close to Miss, I would love to help anyway that I can. Saying prayers for your Mom

Good healing vibes headed your way

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sending prayers to you and your family. Keep us update.

Thoughs and prays and good vibes for you and your family

I will say a prayer for her.

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Thank you all so much!! I will pass on the messages to Momma and let her know you are all thinking about her and praying for her!! We all really appreciate it! I truley believe that praying is the best thing we can do at this point. The doctors told us that these could be any number of things and it doesn't necessarily mean that any of them are cancerous. Hopefully we will get the results in the next few days. Momma is holding up pretty well. She is not feeling good at all, she is having horrible headaches, can barely stand to be in any light. They have given her some pain medicine, but it's not helping alot and on top of that they make her sick to her stomach! But all in all we are all staying positive and hoping for the best!

Thanks once again, I will keep you updated!

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Sending prayers and tons of positive thoughts!

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Lifting Brenda and her family up in prayer

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I will keep your whole family in my prayers.
Judy

Your mom and family are in my thoughts and prayers Leslie. I agree prayers are wonderful.

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Very sorry to hear the news. Send my best wishes to your Mom and your family.

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Hang in there ~ Prayer does work.

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Adding my Hugs and Prayers for all of you.

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We'll be praying for her here, and I hope you get some answers soon.

Adding my thoughts and prayers to all the rest for a full and speedy recovery.

I am sorry. Prayers going up for her and your family.

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Leslie - Any news? How is your mom doing? I hope that her pain has subsided...

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Sending prayers your way....

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I'm so sorry. Please let her know that she, and all of your family, are in my thoughts and prayers.

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Yes continued prayers as well and kindly if you get a moment to plmk any updates. Prayers and blessings. Peace. Catherine

Sending cyberhugs to Brenda's family...hope she is doing better!

Hi everyone! Sorry I have not updated earlier. It seems we have been around the world and back again. Mom has been to several doctors and we still do not have any definite answers. Monday she was hurting really, really bad so my Dad took her to the ER. They found she was severly dehydrated and also found her gallbladder to be in very bad shape (the ER physician & surgeon said it was the worst they had saw). She was admitted to the hospital & has not been out since then. The doctors finally got to do a biopsy on Tuesday and were going back & forth about if they should/shouldn't remove her gallbladder. On Thursday the doctors said they did not get enough tissue from the biopsy to make a diagnosis, so they decided to transfer her to another hospital (Baptist Memorial in Memphis, TN) where they could do a CT guided biopsy. Yesterday Momma had a very busy day - they did another spinal tap, a biopsy on her lung and also decided to remove her gallbladder. It could be as late as Thursday before they gets results of the biopsy!! Hopefully it will not be that long; it has already been 4 weeks and she still doesn't have any answers!! The radiologist is also wanting to start radiation on the tumors on her brain as soon as she is strong enough. She has really really been through the ringer the last few weeks and we are hoping that we are now on the up-hill climb!! I have let Mom know everyone on here is praying and thinking of her and she really appreciates that more than I can ever express to all of you! I promise to do a better job at keeping you updated :-) I have been working, going back & forth to the hospital and taking care of my 2 kiddos. I am sure you all know there is not much 'extra' time in the days.

Thank you all once again for the thoughts and prayers. Please continue to remember her and my Dad, this is all been very hard on him; we are praying that God leads her to the doctors that are meant to treat her!!

Thank you all & God Bless each of you!

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Oh my goodness... I am so sorry to hear about Brenda. I will definitely say a prayer for her and your family. How very tough on each one of you to have to keep waiting for an answer. Sending a hug your way and her way!
Julie

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Thanks for updating us. Keeping up the prayers here.

Wow it has sure been a long haul for all of you. Prayers said. Thanks for the update.

I'll keep you all in my prayers still.
Don't feel bad about not keeping us updated. You have a lot on your plate.
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Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry to hear that! Your mom is well respected and liked here, let her know she is in all our prays. Please keep us updated.

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I hope they are able to begin treatment and that she will have relief soon.

Take care of yourself.

Continuing to keep your mom and your family in my thoughts and prayers. I hope that they get to the bottom of this very, very soon.

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Wow, your story touched me and brought tears to my eyes. I friend is very ill right now with a brain tumor herself, so your story touched me more deeply than it normally might have. I am praying for your mom and you and your family for a quick recovery. It's really scary when an illness involves your brain. I can't imagine what you are going through right now. But there are a lot of us out here, who have no idea who you are, yet we are touched by your story and are all wishing you guys the best!! Please tell your mom we are here, pulling for her!! Please keep us posted on her progress.

Prayers to you and your family!

so sorry to hear this. will be saying prayers for your mom and family.

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My thoughts and prayers are with you and your mom.

thanks for keeping us updated-your mom is a really neat lady, and you sound like an awesome daughter. I will be praying for you.

Leslie...What an ordeal you all have been through. Your Mom is very lucky to have such a caring and nice daughter. Please let her know that prayers are being said for her. I hope that things start to look up soon. ~Lisa

Please tell your mother that kazpooh is saying prayers for her recovery. Your mother saw me through a very rough time when my own mother was first diagnosed with cancer several years ago. I will never forget her kindness & I am so saddened that Brenda is going through her own battle now.

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Good morning, everyone. I guess it is time I gave you all an update. Biopsy results finally came back and confirmed that she does have cancer on her lung. The doctors also did a 3rd spinal tap and the fluid did show cancerous cells; that means the tumors on her brain are also cancer. The doctors believe it started in the lung and spread to the brain. She has started radiation on the brain tumors. She is working on her 2nd week of treatment. Hopefully they will do another CT soon and will be able to tell if the treatment is working. She is still having very severe headaches, and is pretty much being kept sedated to try to ease that. Bless her heart, she is just in really bad shape right now and has been in the hospital for 2 weeks. It seems the doctors get one problem fixed and something else goes wrong. It is very discouraging for us and very hard for us to see her in this condition. She has never really been sick a day in her life, so I know it is very hard on her too!! I am trying my best to stay positive and help reassure my dad and Grandma (my Mom's mother). There are sooo many people praying for her and even though things look bad now it can turn around for the better at any given point. The power of prayer is an amazing thing! Please continue to pray for Momma, Daddy & Grandma. Daddy & Grandma are the ones with her on a daily basis and it is really starting to get to them. It is almost a 2 hour drive from our house to the hospital, and neither of them has been home in the 2 weeks time she has been at the hospital. I am hoping & praying that next time I post I will have some good!!

I am passing all of the messages on to Momma! I remind her that all of you are praying & thinking about her!! She wanted me to let you all know how much she appreciates it!! (Thanks kazpooh!) God Bless you all.

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Aw sweetie so sorry to hear this update this was not the news any of us wanted to hear. I will say a sincere prayer for your mom and your family. May god be with her and pray that her treatments are easy on her and that she not suffer from them... Kindly thank you so much for the update and its wonderful that you are her daughter is there for her.. Blessings to both of you healthy wishes and prayers continued... Peace. Catherine

Let's hope for a miracle for your mom. My prayers are on the way.

Oh my....not the update any of us were hoping for. I'm sorry that Brenda and your family are going through us. Praying for a miracle here as well.

cj/

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I was so sad to read your last reply. I had prayed that those tumors were not cancerous and could be treated and eliminated. And maybe they can. Hoping for the best for your momma and family.

Keep us up to date.




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