Coping With Loved Ones Diagnosis of Lung Cancer



Posted: Tuesday, June 02, 2009

by Johnnie Belinda Ramey
Molten art studio

In July of 2008 my Mother was diagnosised with stage four lung cancer. Given only four weeks to live she vowed to fight this dreaded disease which took her Father in 1983 and her Brother in 2006, Yes they where all heavy smokers, two packs a day. You would think when her Father was diagnosised she would have quit smoking. Even after caring for him for the five month he lived with cancer eating at his body, she would have vowed to quit,No. Even after her Brothers diagnosis of lung she continued to smoke. As a daughter I am angry that she cared so little for self, and continued to smoke. Dening that her cough was a smokers cough she found her self being tired all the time, and by the time she lost weight the dieases had devoured her lung, in lesions and tumors.

Cancer is a ugly disease taking the beauty from it's victims, loss of weight, loss of color, and loss of hair. If you smoke spend some time as a volunteer at a Cancer Center and your self if this is something you want to a part of your future. It is not mine I never smoked I thought it looked ugly.

I have created some ART WORKS which show my emotions to my dealing with my Mothers CANCER.

JOHNNIE BELINDA

Johnnie Belinda is a self taught artist. Johnnie Belinda's use of  creating art helps her to over come depression. Her  art expresses emotion through color and imagery. Johnnie Belinda  is experimental in meduim(paint) and her supports (paper,canvas,clayboard). Mediums pastel,acrylic,watercolor,crayon and encaustic.
Her mind is inspired by all things in life. Her mind is never quiet always creating, so much so that every torn and scrap piece of paper has sketching on them. Johnnie Belinda's  studio walls are covered in those scraps, in that she uses them to transform them into large works of art.
 
Johnnie Belinda has been exhibiting locally within her home state and online websites. 
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» left by Grammy Guru
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I'm sorry you lost your mom to lung cancer. Smoking is so addictive, few people can stop without some specialize treatment. Your suggestion for people to volunteer at a cancer center is a good one. I hope you can move forward and forgive your mother for not being able to quit on her own, if you haven't already done so. Perhaps she wished she could quit, but the addiction was just too much after years of smoking. I'm going to visit your website to view your art work. Best wishes.
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