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When Grandma Beat Cancer

July 25, 2020

Grandma was 82 when she was diagnosed with lung cancer. No one said it, but we all braced ourselves for what we presumed was the end. How long did she have? How bad would it get? How much longer would she be grandma? 

Grandma would have none of it. She was determined that she was going to beat cancer. It didn’t matter that she had advanced heart disease. It didn’t matter she was in her 80’s. It didn’t matter that the doctors were hesitant to proceed with chemotherapy. Grandma was going to beat cancer. 

I was between college and law school at the time. So I helped take grandma to her chemo and radiation treatments, back every day for her shot, to the grocery store (she insisted on eating fruits and vegetables at every meal), and to her doctor’s appointments. It was grueling. 

But she never complained. She told nurses about her strict, though nourishing, diet. She told other patients about my recently deceased grandpa. She bragged about her grandkids. She cherished the time we spent together. I know she was uncomfortable and tired, yet she never complained. 

Ultimately, she won the war. She beat cancer. When she passed away shortly after her 85th birthday, it was heart disease that took her. Unfortunately, she wasn’t able to enjoy her cancer victory for very long. But enjoy it she did.

I’m not sure where she got her courage and strength. Maybe she leaned on us. Maybe there was an unknown battle she was waging. Maybe it was her faith. Whatever it was I was so honored to witness it, and be part of it. 

And I’m definitely thinking about her now that I’m going through my own cancer journey. Like her, I have no intention of losing this battle. I just hope I can be as graceful as she was.

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  1. Gerry says

    July 26, 2020 at 12:10 pm

    She is being well looked after === upstairs.

    BLESS YOU ALL,

  2. Neal says

    July 27, 2020 at 12:46 pm

    Hi Amanda,
    I’m saving this post on my email file to remind me to pray for you. My wife had a biopsy last and she may be facing the same challenge, we’ll find out this week. Maybe you’ve sung or heard the old hymn “Great Is Thy Faithfulness”. It contains the phrase “Strength for today, and bright hope for tomorrow., great is thy faithfulness Lord unto me..” We can’t count on much these days, but God’s faithfulness will last for eternity. Every day we’re all one day closer. Heaven’s just not that far away.

    • Amanda says

      July 27, 2020 at 12:54 pm

      Thank you, Neal. I wish your wife all the best. I’m not familiar with that hymn, but it sounds like one I’d like. I’ll have to look it up. <3

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