sorry to hear that Rick, my g/f's mom has been through a hell of alot these past 8yrs, she is the strongest woman I know, fought breast cance twice, bone cancer, and skin cancer, she has almost no muscle in her back due to all of the back surgeries she has had, me and my g/f counted the other day since 1999 she has had 39 surgeries, granted I have been with my g/f for a year her mom treats me like her son-inlaw and I treat her like a mother-inlaw hands down I think she is one of the strongest woman I have met in my entire life