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overwhelmed and lonely
I feel really lonely. My siblings aren't helping out at all. I take my dad to his oncologist, run errands and take care of his insurance claims. I am doing all the translating because he doesn't speak English. I am making sure he is clean, and his meals at the hospital are right. I am missing a lot of work and fear that I…
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Steve and Hospice
Hi, I just wanted to let you all know- Steve has accepted hospice at home. We successfully fought for his radiation treatments for pain management and his pain number went from 9 to 3. After his last day of radiation treatment, we asked for this. I had been dreading making the decision but in the end after a couple of…
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How did you handle your fear?
I am extremely frightened at my mom's pending diagnosis, they're pretty sure it's cancer but are doing a biopsy. I can't even type the details at what the doc found on the CT scan. I will breakdown. This past week I haven't slept and literally shivering with fear for my mom. My mom seems to be handling it well and has just…
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I'm a wreck////
ok...i'm in tears as I write this....streamimg down my face...Mom seemed to be doing really well until last week and she has just nose dived....She has CT scan tomorrow and results Friday....I am convinced they are going to say hospice...She has OVCA and been on taxol..her CA-125 has gone way down, yet the last round of…
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The Two Sides of One Coin
The joy that life brings is lost in the cruelty that a slow death brings. This isn't living, it's merely existing. A prisoner to medication. V~V
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Confused, angry and Tired!
Hello All. My father was diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer on Valentines Day this year. It has been a roller coaster. His surgeon attempted to do a whipple surgery but aborted the surgery. He claimed it was because of lymph nodes. Said he couldn't do anything. He took out his gall bladder (pretty normal from what I've read)…