Best of luck - בהצלחה!
Tell her a Random Stranger told you she rocks! 
Believe me, I totally sympathize. Back in January, I started having weird symptoms – swelling, muscle weakness, joint pain. Note, I’m 33. Went to the doctor. “Probably vitamin deficiencies, come back in 3 months.” Didn’t make it to 3 months before coming back begging for help, got weaker and weaker. Since then I’ve constantly been about 2 or 3 weeks from a treatment, we just need more tests, come back, more tests, and so on. They at least think they know what it is – systemic scleroderma – and it sucks. I can barely walk anymore, but we still aren’t treating the disease yet, because it just doesn’t seem to be doing what it’s supposed to be. (We are treating a few symptoms, with pain meds, a diuretic and blood pressure medication, but nothing to stop what’s happening.)
The last hurdle was getting a kidney biopsy. I got the results yesterday – they’re abnormal, but not abnormal in the way they expected. Great? The reason I had the biopsy was to make sure I’m a good candidate for a particular drug – which I didn’t realize until yesterday is a chemotherapy drug. So if I’m lucky (?) I will start chemo (!) soon once we confer with a kidney specialist, again. If I’m unlucky, who knows what is going to happen.
Why does my body have to be so damn mysterious?
Well, my mom’s OK for now. After 4 and a half hours of surgery, they managed to get out her pancreas with no complications, while saving her spleen and gall bladder (which apparently were also at risk). It also seems that when they took it out, they found that the pre-cancerous cysts were in much worse shape than they had thought - basically, they would have gone cancerous in months rather than years. We really had no idea how fortunate she was they caught this in time.
We waited five hours for her to go from the post-op to the ICU, but we finally got to see her. She probably won’t remember - she was really, really out of it - but she seemed pretty happy.
That aside, I managed to spend 9 hours with my dad without getting into any major arguments, which is a real achievement considering how much stress we were under. I think he’s mellowing with age. I also went to give blood while we were waiting, because I decided we needed as much good karma as we could get.
This is almost exactly what I was thinking. I’m glad you said it, as I probably would have bumbled it up.
My mom passed away this morning. She was 71 years old. She died at home, under sedation since Friday. For the past few months, the pain had been unbearable; for the past few weeks, there was nothing in her life but the pain. Her death, ultimately, was a relief. We’re laying her to rest tomorrow by a tributary of the River Jordan.
The last 7 years were a blessing. Except for the very end, she was happy, positive and active, travelling abroad at least a dozen times, and seeing two more grandchildren born. I wouldn’t exchange those years for the world.
She was a warm, intelligent, honest, loving woman, and I’m going to miss her for the rest of her days.
I’m so sorry for your loss.
I’m sorry. She sounds like she was an amazing person.
Oh dear. I am so sorry. May you be comforted with all the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem. 
I am so sorry for your loss.
I’m glad that you, and she, got those seven years.
I’m so sorry you lost your mother. I wasn’t around in 2012 when you started the thread, but reading it now, I can see she was a plucky woman of great heart and strong spirit. I wish you peace.
My condolences to you and yours, Alessan. It sounds like your mother had an amazing life.
I’m so, so sorry.
I wish you peace.
May your memories bring you comfort.
~VOW
I’m so sorry for your loss Alessan. Best thoughts to you and your family.
May her memory be as a blessing. I am so sorry for your loss
I am so sorry, hugs!
Thanks to all.
My deepest sympathy, Alessan, for you and all your family. Peace and strength.
My deepest sympathy.
At least the end brought relief to your mother, though sadness to her family.
Very sorry for your loss; best wishes and love to you and family.