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My dad has been sleeping a lot more recently.

seraphicdoll
seraphicdoll CSN Member Posts: 1 *
in Colorectal Cancer #1

Hi! I just found this website pretty late. I’m feeling a lot of things and I don’t usually post about it, but this seemed to be the right place for it despite the shutdown soon. I’m 17 and the oldest kid in my family (having a younger sister and my mother). Recently I’ve had a cold and ever since I got it, my father (stage IV colon cancer) has been sleeping more since he was in the car with me when I was really sick. 

I feel horrible because I feel like it’s my fault I made him feel worse. He’s been getting chemotherapy and has been taking medicine and he’s told me one of the two has been making him feel weaker… but I feel like I made things entirely worse for him. I don’t know what to do or how to feel. I’ve been diagnosed with depression and I don’t want him to die.. which is obviously like a “duh” moment? But the concept horrified me everyday. My birthday and graduation is in a few days and I’m scared for that too. His surgery is in June and I’m scared I might’ve doomed him. 

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