Dad seems to be holding up...
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| Wed, 09-03-2008 - 7:50pm |
... pretty well, he's been hit by a little bit of nausea, but not too severely, and is, of course, quite fatigued. Perhaps he'll be this "lucky" during the entire treatment? I hope so, I pray so.
I had been doing okay, coping better than a few weeks ago. However, there are moments in which I just lose it, I break down and cry for a little while, sometimes not much, sometimes quite a bit.
When I had my miscarriage back in 2/98, I was so desperate to be pregnant again, and I so didn't want to see pregnant women or babies, it was so painful. But they seemed to come out of the woodwork. I realize that they are ALWAYS around, but I was so much more aware, all b/c of the pain I was in from losing my little one.
When we found out that our daughter would be born with a cleft lip/palate (at 19 weeks along), I was already familiar with the condition, but never was exposed to it. As soon as we found out, it was, again, like things were just coming out of the woodwork, I was suddenly innundated with tv programs about cleft lip/palate surgeries. It was pretty wild.
Now, with cancer, I know that so many people are ill with it, that's a given. I knew about colon cancer, but not personally... until Dad was dx'd. Then, suddenly, I am finding myself seeing stories, articles, obits... of people who died from the illness. It seems, AGAIN, that these things are just coming out of the woodwork for me, and I truly hate it. Yes, I have seen and heard very promising stories of survivors, and yes, I'm hanging onto them, hanging onto hope for my Dad. But when I see/hear the negative stories ("So and so died from colon cancer... so and so passed away after a long battle with colon cancer... "), I can't help but keep thinking about them, and then I cry harder for my Dad.
Please remind me that there IS hope out there.
Vida
22 more days of treatment to go before surgery
Edited 9/3/2008 7:51 pm ET by manoangeliukai



New treatments are released often, Vida -- there's a lot to be hopeful about
Thanks, Cindi!
Yes, Dad was given an Rx for Compazine, of which he really hasn't been needing to take much at all.
Awwww Vida, the kids are so wonderful.
Vida, I told you about my aunt who was diagnosed with colon cancer...