The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #126555   Message #2936387
Posted By: LilyFestre
28-Jun-10 - 10:09 PM
Thread Name: LilyFestre-Mommy+Daddy+Baby...now on to Life!
Subject: RE: LilyFestre-Mommy+Daddy+Baby makes 3 Relay for Life
Today we had our 2nd homestudy. The first one happened last year, long before Jeremiah was even born. Our house is in great shape so I wasn't worried about THAT part. I was, however, worried about sharing what has been going on with my health for the past 7 months. I didn't know if people who had so recently gone through chemotherapy would be allowed to adopt a child. I researched it and found that some agencies require that you have to be cancer free for a year...some countries require a 5 year cancer free report from the doctor. I called the American Cancer Society to discuss the situation. They felt things would be fine but gave me 2 legal advocate offices should the need arise. I called my ob/gyn oncologist and my chemo oncologist who both wrote me letters stating that I had a hysterectoy, underwent rigorous chemotherapy without