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My mom was diagnosed today with colon cancer. We still don't know how far it's spread but she'll be getting a colonoscopy in the next couple of days to find out. The doctor told her that because of her symptoms he is expecting it to be wide spread, he said he's just wanting to see if it's in her lungs or stomach yet as well. She has lost a quarter of her body weight in under two months, and she was very thin before this. She can't eat much because it hurts, what she does eat goes right through her. She's weak and having dizzy spells.

So now I ask myself, what do I do now? How do I help her? What do I say to her, or my to two sisters still living at home? I'm the oldest so I guess I feel that it's my duty to be the strong one and hold everyone else up through this whole thing.

My mom lives about four hours away, so I'm going up to try and help with housework, tansportation for her and my sisters and moral support. Fortunately my employer is working with me and I can get a lot of my work done on a laptop so I have the time I need to help.

I don't know what I hope to accomplish posting this, maybe just do my venting and questioning in a "safe place" Does anyone have a magic wand I could just wave around and make it all better?