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sad, mad, glad....ho hum!
my dad is at the point where he cannot be left alone. he was DX with NSCLC Adenocarcinoma w/4 mets to brain 04/21/10. has had two craniotomies. they removed the biggest tumor in his brain, which was in the cerebellum, but the other 3 are too imbedded. the lesion on his lung was too close to his heart to biopsy and because…
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What do I do about the wedding?
My daughter Jess is getting married to a wonderful young man in May 2011. I am now the primary caregiver for my Mother who was just diagnosed with cancer (Stage 4)and has many other pulmonary problems. Jess had been engaged about a month before all this started. Jess has had her wedding kind of pushed to the back burner…
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one day at a time
my husband and i reunited after 20 yrs of no contact. We were married less than a year later. Our 1 yr anniversary is next week. He is 38 has stage iv lung cancer. he has only one lung left with six spots. Trying to take all of this one day at a time....but the pain is unbearable....
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Frustrated...She won't talk or complain
My mother has rectal cancer along with a myriad of other health issues. Her diagnosis is fairly new...about a month now...and she is now living with me. I am frustrated because I can not get her to tell me if she is feeling bad. I ask when I see her grimace in pain or if she is looking particularly gray that day and all I…
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should I feel this way??
Hello everyone, I'm a caregiver for my son who has gastro esophageal stage 4 cancer. I'm not the only caregiver but certainly am doing all I can do for my son. The thing is, sometimes in the midst of work, home life, being around MY friends, I tend to .....not forget, but I guess it just looses power over me, like it's…
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Where ya live
I live in Lawrence Michigan how about you? Zenniemay
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Just need to vent
Hello-I just need to vent. Yesterday was an emotionally draining day. First I had to call the Dr. for a referral for hospice, then call the funeral home and pre plan. Later in the evening I had to call Dale's adult children and tell them the cold, hard facts that he is getting worse day by day. I don't know how I managed…
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Feel so much Anger
Does anyone else feel anger about what is happening with the way cancer is treated? I am reading some of the posts over at esophageal cancer and it makes me upset and angry. i have lived in Germany, Australia and Canada ..so i know what so called "socialized " medicine is and how people there get services we do not get.…
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So over this crap... ugh.
My DH has a GBM of the spine... DX in March... We have a 13 yr old, 5 yr old and 6 week old- I was pregnant for the beginning of this, now I am "single Mom" to my kids- baby and infant of a husband... down to wiping his poop and cleaning up after his when he goes in his pants... plus he resents me I think- for not doting…
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Getting tired
ok. i need to have a confessional. I am tired. My vacation time is being taken up by caring for my mother and her illness. I can't clean my own house becuase i am tired from cleaning my mothers. My mother lives in a different state and my suitcase hasn't been put up since May. So you see my mother is new to this cancer…
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David54, how are you doing?
Just wonder how things are going with you during this difficult time. Keep in touch and let us know. THoughts and prayers are with you buddy!
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eyesight and chemo
Does anyone know of the effects of chemo on the eyesight?
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about to have a meltdown
Sometimes when it rains it pours. I posted here before about being a caregiven, then patient, then caregiver again. My mom died from cancer almost 7 years ago after fighting it for 20 years. Dad had melanomas last year and now was diagnosed with adenocarcinoma April 1. His arm was broken by the tumor. He received radiation…