Cancer Doesn't Stop Albuquerque Mom Nicole Morlan From Helping Her Family

[Whisper]

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Nicole Morlan


One Albuquerque woman fighting cancer is trying to ensure a good future for her daughters, in what her doctor called the last few months of her life.
But a major problem kept Nicole Morlan from doing the basic tasks.
Morlan has stage four terminal cancer.
Her doctor told her she wouldn't live past November but she's alive and ready to be there for her daughters.

Morlan tells us of fourteen-year-old Raven "she's in chess club and student council."
Of her twelve-year-old Savannah daughter Morlan said, "They say she looks more like me. She's really skinny and tall. She's all tom boy."
Of you her ten-your-old Faith she says, "she's crazy, she's dynamite."
Morlan's doctor told her that her cancer would take her life before the end of 2011.
"I looked at my self in the mirror and i though what was wrong My stomach was in a lot of pain. I went to the doctor for the first time," said Morlan.
She tried chemo and radiation but it made her sick.
"I was a single mom that wasn't an option for me," Morlan said.

But she also had something else hanging over her head, years of traffic tickets, and a revoked license she tried to take care of but never could.
"I can't get a job because of this license, I can't even drive my kids, I don't have a car to drive any more,” she said.
She paid citations, she did some time in jail, she even hired a lawyer but nothing worked until she met Clifford Culp.
Culp, a family friend, sent to Judge Christine Argyres, explained Morlan's situation and took care of her case.
"It was amazing. I was in shock." Her name is now clear. "this is what I needed to start over, start my life again,” Morlan said.

Now she's applying for jobs again.
She's working on getting another home so she can be with her daughters again and get a car.
It's a lot to hope for a woman with not much time to live.
"I always say I am living with cancer, not dying of it...as long as I wake up every day, that's happiness for me,” she said.
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[Tundratot]

Strange story. She's very brave to keep on working and struggling despite the death sentence her doctors have pronounced.

But those driving violations and tickets?! What's that about? It's hard to see how she's a victim of anything there but her own misbehavior. I'm glad someone was able to help her out, but really?

Is she doing something about her daughters' living arrangements when she dies? Or just ignoring that?

[VXIII]

She looks really healthy to have stage 4 cancer, hopefully they are wrong about that...

[Whisper]

She looks really healthy to have stage 4 cancer, hopefully they are wrong about that...

she does look great for stage 4
but my father in law we were there watching hockey in his hosp room and he was eating all this homemade food I made him
and laughing he looked so great
I even said to hubby Im not bringing cell phone up tonight b/c he looks great(used to bring to bed with us in case they called)
He was just in for a routine pain med pump adjustment
Got call 6 hours later to get there and he was gone that day
Unbelievable b/c he looked so great

[62julietandvoid]

She tried chemo and radiation but it made her sick.

I am not being cutesy or smart, but marijuana could help with the sickness. I've used it many times in the wake of alcohol induced dry heaves.

My maternal grandfather was diagnosed with lung cancer, maybe black lung shortly after retirement. He was the best man I have ever known, handsome, strong, always tried/did the right thing. He could do anything. He was different. He was my sister and I'd dad after our own abandoned us.

One of the hardest things to watch was the once 6'+ strong man, then reduced to a frail skeleton, carried out of his room by a little old man from the funeral home. The cancer had went from his lung, to his bone, to his brain, but the cause of death listed on his death certificate is anorexia. I'm sure the cancer would have surely taken him eventually, but I wonder if marijuana would have allowed him to go a little more peacefully. He deserved it.

And yes, she looks great. The first thing I noticed was her sweet lips.

[Nell]

Of her twelve-year-old Savannah daughter Morlan said, "They say she looks more like me. She's really skinny and tall. She's all tom boy."
Of you her ten-your-old Faith she says, "she's crazy, she's dynamite."
Morlan's doctor told her that her cancer would take her life before the end of 2011.
"I looked at my self in the mirror and i though what was wrong My stomach was in a lot of pain. I went to the doctor for the first time," said Morlan.

Do they not have an editor at this paper? Jesus.

Also, i would like to see some proof that she has cancer at all, nevermind stage 4. She didn't do chemo or radiation and is still alive looking that healthy? Um, ok.

[Whisper]

k how did I


1) Thank Nell
Then
2) "like
3)then dislike??

[Nell]

You're magic.

[Chinchillazilla]

I don't have much personal experience with cancer (I was too young when my grandparents died of it), but I would think that struggling through chemo and radiation for the sake of staying alive longer would be better for your children, wouldn't it? I mean, I understand intellectually how terrible chemo and radiation are, but damn, ten is awfully young to lose your only parent.

[Tundratot]

I don't know, Chinchillazilla . I have seen cancer in several friends and family members now and the expected outcome is more important to my way of thinking than anything else. While I am grateful that my family members chose the chemo route, I am pretty sure that I would not unless it was going to be a clear cure. In some cases the chemo was far worse than anything the cancer itself would have done.

If all it does is give me a few more months or weeks (e.g. the prognosis is bad), why bother? If I'd feel reasonably well and functional while the cancer was eating at me, I'd prefer that to the chemo. I'd rather make my final plans and spend my final time with my family feeling relatively well and clear headed, than spend it puking, delirious, tired, desperate and surrounded by impersonal doctors and nurses.

[AngelFire]

I hate to think this woman is pulling the wool over someone's eyes. She looks so great and my experiences with cancer in my family, I have never seen anyone look so healthy.

[Mommyof2]

My aunt had stage four cancer and was diagnosed in Sept of 07. She never looked sick ever. She only went through one round of chemo. Then in November of 07 she had a headache and was in the hospital getting some iv meds. She was up talking and laughing when she suddenly collapsed and was brain dead in a matter of minutes! She still had all her hair and had not lost a pound. As she lay in that bed being kept alive by machines she looked just as healthy as she always had. It was one the worst days I can remember. We all stood together as they removed the tubes and watched her take her last breath. The thing I remember most is she didn't even look sick. So that said I can see how this lady could still look healthy.

[VXIII]

my momma looked like the little mermaids dad after he got that spell cast on him, where he shriveled up. no way in hell will i ever take chemo, I truly believe it killed my mom. Id rather have a few good months or years than tuen into Rhamses and sixk alll the time...