My Brother
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| Mon, 08-06-2007 - 2:38pm |
My brother was diagnosed with neuroendocrine carcinoma last October and things since then have become progressively worse. The cancer spread from the liver (which was at least 10 cm in diameter) and pancreas to the lungs and the kidneys. They treated him with three types of chemotherapy, and all have ceased to work. The tumor on his liver is growing again and he is in constant pain. It is especially difficult because he is just 24 years old, so vivacious and full of life, and now it has been dulled by pain and depression.
I had been in Europe for school until the end of March (I came home early so that I could be with my family) but it has been a struggle to stay positive. Yesterday he told a couple of my sisters that he is starting to plan his funeral (a part of his therapy - accepting the seemingly inevitable fate). It was hard seeing my big sister cry. Today at work has been difficult - good thing I work at a job where I am alone and business is not always brisk! I have cried a bit here and there. I hate it.
All I ask for is thoughts and prayers in this time. My family needs them badly.

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