With Death Before Us
A Memoir
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Dr. Bane’s face looked saddened as she entered the exam room where Tony and I waited. I fought to hold back the tears but lost, when Dr. Bane told us the bad news. As we sat in the exam room, tears filled my eyes as I looked at Tony. Tony had a blank look on his face as he stared at me. To endure another cancer scare so soon after the last was unthinkable, especially since all three cancer scares occurred at a time—Christmas—when we were supposed to be joyous? I didn’t think we could bear another episode of cancer. I saw by the numbed look on Tony’s face he felt the same.
Tony had gone for his routine check-up back in December of 1999 so he would have a clean bill of health before we left for Maui. However, the doctor wanted him to have a stress test for his heart, and a chest X-ray, to make sure the cancer hadn’t returned. Dr. Bane called with the results the week before Christmas. Tony’s heart was okay, but a “new nodule” showed up on his lung. “Tony you’ll need another X-ray in three weeks, to keep a close eye on the spot,” the doctor said. It was Christmastime, and not quite a year since his last lung surgery. Tony already had two lobectomies for lung cancer. Two years earlier he had had a lobectomy and again last year. To say we were both extremely upset about the “new nodule” was unexaggerated. Neither one of us knew what to say to the other—leaving us speechless.
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About the Book
What happens, after the doctor delivers a death sentence? It is a heart-wrenching; love story, memoir about a man, that fights for life.
With a history of heart and lung problems Tony visits his family Dr. before a planned trip to Maui, only to discover another nodule has appeared on his lung.
The story is about an illness, with many, escapes from death, and multiple blessings along the way. The struggles a close family faced in the name of love, packed with emotion, as they supported each other.
As the reader, experiences their journey; that is factual, inspirational, informational, and touching.
About the Author
A mother and wife very dedicated to her husband and family. A perfectionist; moralist, and very Spiritual women with five children and twin granddaughters and forty three years of marriage. Owning different business’s most of her life.
What takes place when one is faced with the devastation of a “deadly prognosis?”
The factual; real true grit of dealing with it, along with, the doctors, nurses, medical professionals, and hospitals.
The true trauma of the daily life and struggle, sometimes minute to minute of dealing with all that, as her husband and loved one is slipping through her fingers. What every person should know when dealing with a “deadly prognosis.”
Resides in a north western suburb of Chicago, IL. With her loving children and granddaughters who all live within minutes from her.
There is a super being, super power, miracle, and mystical happenings that can and have happened throughout the book and all through her life.
She feels blessed, in many ways and grateful for all the support she’s been fortunate to have received and still to this day is receiving.