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| Tue, 06-12-2007 - 4:44pm |
My name is lydia and I have been using ivillage for a while now, but I was so happy to discover this board. I am 19 and in college about 5 hours from home, and my dad was diagnosed in JAnuary with a rare form of esophageal cancer and apparently he has had it for years but he had NO symptoms. Since then things have gotten terrible and he cant eat or drink even water and has had a feeding tube put in. two months ago he was completely fine, so it is just a shock to see this shriveled, sickly person when I go home now. No one understands how scary it is...On top of that my dad is having to deal with a lawsuit with the insurance company who tried to screw us over...how can insurance companies be so cruel and heartless to cancer patients??My boyfriend tries so hard to make me feel better but all I can think about is losing my dad. I have a very young sister too and I worry so much that she won't be able to enjoy time with him in her teens like I got to. And I worry about my mom because she is SO young to have to deal with death. of course I still have faith that the cancer will disappear, but things just don't look good right now. Please pray for my dad!!

Lydia,
I am so sorry to hear about your Dad. I know how hard it is to see your parent go through this. My mother passed away last month from Colon cancer and she had been diagnosed last year and apparently had had the disease for a while. Please try to be strong for your Dad and visit as often as you can. Hopefully this will be a time when your sister can have time with alone time with him like I'm sure you did. I will pray for you and your Dad and family and hopefully he will beat this.
Steph
Hi Lydia and welcome to the board.
I am so sorry our dad is so ill.