There were a couple of articles online recently that I think missed the whole point. Not too surprising since the writers' perspectives are from the political and business (read Money) ends.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/the-worst-masters-degree/2012/07/08/gJQAfm6BXW_blog.html
http://neatoday.org/2012/07/09/politicians-ignore-research-say-smaller-class-size-makes-no-difference/
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Update
Hello, All.
I want to thank everyone who sent me messages of support and concern regarding my mother.
While the diagnosis is horrific and the timeframe uncertain, she is actually doing much better. She has been removed from the residential hospice and we moved her into an assisted living facility with hospice services. She is stable and getting comfortable with her new situation. She's exhausted from all of the changes of the past 8 weeks, but thankfully, she has experienced no discomfort or pain.
So, again, thank you for your support. Keep the positive thoughts and prayers coming for her.
Thank you.
Update, November 15, 2012
For anyone who is interested, we lost Mom on September 1, 2012 to metasticized endrometrial cancer caused by a protocol of Tomoxifin following breast cancer surgery.
They had gotten all the initial cancer due to very early diagnosis and put her on the drug to ensure its nonrecurrance. Unfortunately, as she was finishing the protocol, it was announced that Tomoxifin can lead to endrometrial cancers, which she developed approximately 10 years later. She had a hysterectomy two years ago and we were told the tumor was well-contained and they had gotten it all. Obviously, they hadn't.
She passed away quietly, surrounded by her family with her hands held by her daughter and son.
She was a wonderful, giving woman who would give everything she had to anyone who needed it. She had a difficult life, being an unwanted child. She was determined that her children and grandchildren would know how much they were wanted and loved.
I'm happy to say that there are no regrets that things were not said or done. We talked extensively all the time, not just within the past few months, but for years. We were completely open with each other and were blessed to have had the time to say everything we needed to. My only sadness comes when I do/see/hear something and want so desperately to tell her and I can't. I love her dearly and that will never die.
Mom will be missed forever.
Ich Liebe Dich, Mutti!
I want to thank everyone who sent me messages of support and concern regarding my mother.
While the diagnosis is horrific and the timeframe uncertain, she is actually doing much better. She has been removed from the residential hospice and we moved her into an assisted living facility with hospice services. She is stable and getting comfortable with her new situation. She's exhausted from all of the changes of the past 8 weeks, but thankfully, she has experienced no discomfort or pain.
So, again, thank you for your support. Keep the positive thoughts and prayers coming for her.
Thank you.
Update, November 15, 2012
For anyone who is interested, we lost Mom on September 1, 2012 to metasticized endrometrial cancer caused by a protocol of Tomoxifin following breast cancer surgery.
They had gotten all the initial cancer due to very early diagnosis and put her on the drug to ensure its nonrecurrance. Unfortunately, as she was finishing the protocol, it was announced that Tomoxifin can lead to endrometrial cancers, which she developed approximately 10 years later. She had a hysterectomy two years ago and we were told the tumor was well-contained and they had gotten it all. Obviously, they hadn't.
She passed away quietly, surrounded by her family with her hands held by her daughter and son.
She was a wonderful, giving woman who would give everything she had to anyone who needed it. She had a difficult life, being an unwanted child. She was determined that her children and grandchildren would know how much they were wanted and loved.
I'm happy to say that there are no regrets that things were not said or done. We talked extensively all the time, not just within the past few months, but for years. We were completely open with each other and were blessed to have had the time to say everything we needed to. My only sadness comes when I do/see/hear something and want so desperately to tell her and I can't. I love her dearly and that will never die.
Mom will be missed forever.
Ich Liebe Dich, Mutti!
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