{"id":1679,"date":"2011-05-19T18:11:42","date_gmt":"2011-05-20T00:11:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/?p=1679"},"modified":"2011-05-19T18:30:47","modified_gmt":"2011-05-20T00:30:47","slug":"im-the-only-one-left-who-remembers-my-childhood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2011\/05\/19\/im-the-only-one-left-who-remembers-my-childhood\/","title":{"rendered":"I’m the only one left who remembers my childhood."},"content":{"rendered":"Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

So, the other shoe has dropped so to speak.<\/p>\n

I don’t usually write personal things, but this one is important.<\/p>\n

This isn’t going to be a long post but I wanted to get this out there before too much more time went by. I imagine I will have more to say on this later.<\/p>\n

My brother was diagnosed with Leiomyosarcoma in March 2010. They were sure they got it all when they removed the tumour along with one adrenal gland, one kidney, and about 1\/3 of his pancreas.<\/p>\n

My mom was diagnosed with stage-IV breast cancer in July. Her treatment was palliative. She seemed to be doing OK – was even starting to try and eat better.<\/p>\n

In September, it was discovered that my brother’s cancer was not gone and that it had grown rather aggressively.<\/p>\n

In November they stopped treatment. <\/a><\/p>\n

He died on January 17.<\/a><\/p>\n

I feared my mom wouldn’t be able to recover from that one. Her condition had been pronounced stable in March 2011, yet when she went in for a blood transfusion on April 28, they booked her into the hospital and told her she was dying. <\/a><\/p>\n

She died May 10.<\/a><\/p>\n

My dad died when I was a kid so now there is no one left who remembers my childhood. Not really. There’s no-one left who can tell me where the paintings on my mom’s wall came from, or who gave her that ring she’s had for as long as I can remember.<\/p>\n

It feels like the end of the longest, hardest, and darkest winter of my life. I really hope it’s the end of the winter.<\/p>\n