re: I have never felt more powerless in all of my life

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You see my mother has cancer. This bomb got dropped on me about six weeks ago. She has gone through all of the tests, etc and we discovered it's in her kidney. We also discovered that it has in fact spread into her lungs. Which is very bad.

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Most of us will have to go thru that time when we find out our parents will not be with us much longer. I don't think there is ever a way to get that news and feel much control over it. It just sucks.

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I read all the time here, during our health care debates, that there are programs that can aid people with the costs of these type of medical issues. I don't begin to know where to look. So I ask you guys...to point me to them...because while I recognize that my mom probably doesn't have as long on earth as I would like. I would like to make sure she can have every day as long as possible

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I can't claim to be super versed on this subject. But, I can say that I had a friend who successful raised %25K for an overseas adoption of his adopted daughter's brother. He did so in about 90 days. There are many sites for this, but he used LINK /