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What a question, it is not fun at all. I am taking care of my mom having brain tumor for the second year and she is with me so I became a home worker and freelancer.
The medical community gave up on her last October, a year ago after her second surgery, that time she had a 7 cm tumor. They did not even want to operate her... I said fuck and sold my car and other stuff and found the best specialists and a cllinic for her.
She got paralysed, did not comprehend at all, got blind for her right eye and noone thought whe is worth the chemo, radiation and more surgeries or my caring. Then again our family has one terrible history with cancer and at least she does not have serious physical pain so why give up on her?
Others told me last year that I'd put her in a nursery.. what good is that for? She raised me up and she does not deserve it.
I was and am spending hours with her every day, giving her full body massages and teaching her walk again and she is improving slowly. I feel her pain when she wants to do something but not able any more but I can make her laugh. She is communicating again, tries to come and go inside and be proud of her process. Now she demands a new lipstick and other cosmetics altough she has no hair at all taking the expensive chemo med. for the 13th month. Can she be house bond but she can enjoy her life still.
And yes, if she wants a cig, she gets it. It won't kill her.
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