Taking Dad to his first chemo session...

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Taking Dad to his first chemo session...
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Thu, 08-21-2008 - 8:03pm

... and I honestly do not know what to expect.  This is going to be really hard for me to do, but I promised to make myself available for him, and I will do it.


Anything in particular that I need to know? 


I want to be strong!  I want to be strong!


vida

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Thu, 08-21-2008 - 9:24pm

Hi Vida.


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Fri, 08-22-2008 - 3:41am
What type of cancer is your father being treated for? My thoughts and prayers are wit you and your father.
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Sun, 08-24-2008 - 4:27pm

Thanks so much for the info... turns out that it's the radiation treatment I will be taking him to, but of course, it's still nagging at me.

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Sun, 08-24-2008 - 4:28pm

Thanks for the thoughts and prayers, I really appreciate them.


My Dad was dx'd with colon cancer.

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Sun, 08-24-2008 - 6:06pm

My mom did radiation first after her surgery.


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Mon, 08-25-2008 - 12:35pm

Thanks, again, so much for the info.


I just did a little bit of reading on the internet, not normally a good thing for me (LOL), but was surprised to find that radiation treatments are only a "few minutes" long.

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Mon, 08-25-2008 - 12:54pm

You HAVE to keep the sense of humor.


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Mon, 08-25-2008 - 9:12pm

Turns out that today was NOT the start of radiation, not sure of what exactly was done, Dad said something about an x-ray?

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