Wyoming mom of 5 who refused cancer treatment to have 6th child has passed away

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Yes, this is my immediate family. One parent and one sibling.[b] It pisses me off people talking about it like brain cancer is a walk in the pa

The dr's have no idea what causes GBM so how can they say 100% it's not hereditary. From my research, 5% of cases are hereditary. There are certain syndromes that lead to BTs but my family does not have those syndromes. I'm on several GBM message boards and there's a decent amount of people with multiple immediate family members with/died from GBM. dr's will then say "environment" which I don't buy. I personally think we are born with it and at some point the cells mutate into it. Babies have GBM which is why I believe that's the case.

I understand your worry. You should see my reaction when my child says he has a headache. Believe me, I would have bet all my $ that I would never deal with GBM again after the first time. Shocked me and my family. I wish there were better answers. I'm so sorry about the loss of your mom.

Thank you for your reply. You should see my reaction when I can't quite remember something! I usually have an excellent memory and before we knew what my mom had, she had these really strange lapses in memory/understanding. I was a very young adult and I was really not ready to be motherless.

Your theory about cells is interesting and I have heard it before. I feel like right after my mom was diagnosed and when she died (just a little over a month span), I was trying to piece together the mystery and it's so frightening.

I think I will look into those message boards.

I really appreciate the information. I'm sorry for your losses as well.

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The baby died, very sad...

http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/health/ct-carrie-deklyen-baby-dies-20170921-story.html

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Anonymous wrote:Good job, bringing a special needs baby into the world with five other kids and a dad with no job. Plus thousands of dollars in medical bills that have him begging on GoFundMe.

This is my reaction. Even if this were her 2nd child not 6th. She burdened her spouse and other kids. She deprived the newborn of a mom and the other kids her presence for up to a year or however long she would have lived had she gotten treatment. She is a selfish woman. WTF.

If you're pro-choice, why don't you respect hers? Baffling.

Coming on DCUM to discuss people's stupid choices doesn't mean we don't think they shouldn't be allowed to make choices. I also think it's hypocritical to say, let God/nature take it's course and then turn around and keep a brain-dead woman on life support in order to try to keep the fetus alive.

Totally agree.

But I'm supposed to respect your choice to have an abortion? Ok.

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Anonymous wrote:Good job, bringing a special needs baby into the world with five other kids and a dad with no job. Plus thousands of dollars in medical bills that have him begging on GoFundMe.

This is my reaction. Even if this were her 2nd child not 6th. She burdened her spouse and other kids. She deprived the newborn of a mom and the other kids her presence for up to a year or however long she would have lived had she gotten treatment. She is a selfish woman. WTF.

If you're pro-choice, why don't you respect hers? Baffling.

Coming on DCUM to discuss people's stupid choices doesn't mean we don't think they shouldn't be allowed to make choices. I also think it's hypocritical to say, let God/nature take it's course and then turn around and keep a brain-dead woman on life support in order to try to keep the fetus alive.

Totally agree.

But I'm supposed to respect your choice to have an abortion? Ok.

I'm sure you don't respect abortion no matter what the circumstances are, so no, I don't care about your opinion.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The baby died, very sad...

http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/health/ct-carrie-deklyen-baby-dies-20170921-story.html

Aww, that's sad

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Very sad, I'm sure the family is just gutted.

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Anonymous wrote:The baby died, very sad...

http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/health/ct-carrie-deklyen-baby-dies-20170921-story.html

Aww, that's sad

I just want to point out that what this article says is not true: she did get standard chemo. She refused a medical trial that would have required termination.

"They had two options: They could try to prolong Carrie's life through chemotherapy, but that meant ending her pregnancy. Or they could keep the baby, but Carrie would not live long enough to see the child."

Clinical trials should admit pregnant women in circumstances like this.

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So sad.

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So very sad.

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Oh No!

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Having cared for a family member with brain cancer I can only say that the treatment is often worse than the "cure" and what little extra time it gives you (if any) most often isn't quality time. I certainly understand her desire to give at least one of them a fighting chance. There no way she was going to survive long term. It is tragic her baby didn't either.