My friend had renal cancer and had a kidney removed. He has been very well for the last year, and required no other treatment. He is a young man, and cancer is often more virulent in the young and less so in the elderly.
I do think that you are right to make the trip to NZ. It sounds very exciting.
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As we ourselves become Grannies our lives become so much more 'up and down'. I do think we are more able to cope than our younger selves would have been. 
from me too, indeed for ALL your family.
grannyacitivist, your life mirrors that of so many of us. Bleeding in pregnancy is so frightening and not that uncommon. Lovely news but of course the counter balance is the news about your mum. It's good to hear you have siblings to share the load with.
grannya congratulations I know the feelings of utter disbelieve I have had the same with DD and the baby seems like a little miracle and that first cuddle is just beyond words. 
He is now a 1 yr old (last Monday) who yesterday found he could walk backwards... now thats an achievement. 
Throughout our lives the balance is altered, it swings to and fro but I suppose thats life.
Sorry about your Mum. 
{{{hugs}}}
So many emotions in the space of a few days, lovely news for your DD. I'm sorry to hear about your mum, it sounds as if she has a great deal of support. for you grannya.
for you all.
ga, lovely news about DD and sad news about your mother
Congratulations grannya, wonderful news for your dd. If you're a chip off the old block then I'm sure your mum will cope well with her possible further treatment.
Like you say, that's life.
Thinking about you GA You know that GN is here if you need us. Lucky you to be having another baby in the family and a little girl! Wow!!
btw
Getting the news via letter is a good thing as I've asked for everything to be put in writing so that mum can accurately share any information with the family. My sister was with her when the letter arrived and so was able to call me straight away so that I could talk to mum about it. The hospital staff have been very good so far. 
Mishap my mum is going to die....as are we all.
Mum has been ill for some time and my sister who lives nearby has been a treasure and visits her every day she's in the country (sister often works abroad), another sister who lives in America phones her several times a day and other siblings and nieces call in to see her regularly, but somehow I have become the oracle on all things and my mother is very responsive if I tell her something, but can quite happily turn deaf ears to the entreaties of other family members. Hence I am now travelling to see her on a fairly regular basis so that the rest of my family can have a bit of much needed support. I love that she's fiercely independent and has bred five independent daughters and so I can't really complain that she's being true to herself when her capacity for doing things in her own way gets awkward to manage.
Mum has been preparing herself to die ever since she turned 65. All the women in her family; grandmothers, aunts, mother and sister all died relatively young and so my mum has felt as though she's been living on borrowed time for many years - she's now 85. I've just suggested she buys a new carpet and suite and has her sitting room re-decorated as a signal that I expect her to live for many more years.
Indeed a roller coaster of emotions GA but medical expertise is so good now your mum will have the best of care.
Lovely news about new baby again the care given is so advanced now and you have a little bundle of joy to look forward to in the near future. to you all x
Yes so many ups and downs.
Life can bring such conflicting emotions, can't it?
Lovely news about new baby in the family, but very sorry to hear about your mum's news...... x
So good, and so sad. . Try to keep the sunshine uppermost granny-a.
Life seems to be full of ups and downs doesn't it?
For many weeks I have been sitting on the news that my older daughter is pregnant with her first child at the age of 39. The decision to have a baby was made after many years of marriage and reversed a previous decision NOT to have children. The pregnancy has been marred by two major bleeds and in fact my daughter has bled on and off since a couple of weeks into the pregnancy, so it was impossible to become excited about the baby and only my husband and I knew about it. Finally the bleeding stopped nearly a fortnight ago and my daughter has just had her 20 week scan that shows the baby is developing normally and it's a girl. Now the cat is out of the bag and the whole family are incredibly delighted and my younger daughter actually became slightly hysterical with joy!
That was a few days ago.
Today my mother received a letter from her consultant to say that her recent hospital tests indicate (amongst other things) the likelihood of renal cancer and she is to go in for more tests. The news isn't entirely unexpected, but still got me thinking that life is like that; a sort of roller coaster of ups and downs and if there were no 'downs' there would be no appreciation of the 'ups'. 
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