Quote Originally Posted by Packrat View Post
Melissa, You are an inspiration. I wish you the best and glad to see you are taking charge of your life rather than the reverse. I lost my little sister to brain cancer a little over a year ago and unfortunately she didn't have the ability to travel or spend any quality time with friends and family after the diagnosis as it took her quickly. My wife has just been diagnosed with breast cancer and it has hit her hard. Her 1st surgery is scheduled for the Tuesday after Easter. In the consultation with the surgeon she asked how soon she would be able to travel and he stated "depending on the outcome and possibility of radiation and chemo, it may be a while". Although we have been coming to Negril for over 25 years, she said she wants to take a trip to the Abacos before her surgery and treatments and the Doctor thought it was a great idea to have it to look forward to and take her mind off the current realities. If all goes well, I would love to travel with my wife back to Negril this summer and will keep and eye on the board for your travel dates, I (we) would love to meet you and wish you the best.
Hi Packrat!

Oh I would surely say yes, bring the wife to Negril before her surgeries, it really helped me tremendously to visit "home" before going on with treatments! I often do chemo or whatever and I think back to being on the beach, the warm sands, the palm trees, the smell of the food, and it helps SO much! It's almost like a self hypnosis type deal I surely hope your wife will be OK! I will imagine her surgery will go just fine and a little Chemo afterwards to be sure they got it all, and then maybe after a couple more months ya'll can go BACK to Negril to celebrate her recovery! Cancer can be beat, I've actually beat it 3 times, and this time I won't beat it entirely but I'm managing to keep it at bay, LOL!