This Holiday Season

Hondo
Hondo Member Posts: 6,636 Member
edited March 2014 in Head and Neck Cancer #1
At this time of year I think it is most importance for us to remember those of our friends & family here on CSN still going through there treatment and wishing them as Merry a Christmas as possible.

I would like to also remember many of our friends who are no longer with us and there caretakers who must now live alone. I find it hard to express my emotions or to put into words my feeling other then how much I hate Cancer for destroying what we love. I will tie a ribbon on my tree to remember all of them and to keep them in my thoughts and prayers

Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and hope that 2011 bring each of you good news of no more Cancer.


Hondo

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  • MJ70
    MJ70 Member Posts: 75
    #2
    Hondo
    My thanks to you and your family and everyone else on this Discussion Board..I have picked up good information since i found this site... Happy Holidays ..Mel
  • Hal61
    Hal61 Member Posts: 655
    #3
    Wishing the best
    Hi Hondo, my thoughts go out to all of us who have a care for others this Christmas.

    Hal
  • terryscarlett
    terryscarlett Member Posts: 143
    #4
    Christmas
    will be very hard on most of us here, and I too pray they can find a little bit of happiness this Christmas holiday and for the new year to come. I pray all will feel better and can get relief from this terrible home wrecker...Lol to all!
    Terry
  • Skiffin16
    Skiffin16 Member Posts: 8,305 Member
    #5
    Happy Holidays
    Thoughts and Prayers....for many many years....

    John & Shelley
  • delnative
    delnative Member Posts: 450 Member
    #6
    Skiffin16 said:

    Happy Holidays
    Thoughts and Prayers....for many many years....

    John & Shelley

    Thanks, Hondo
    You're so very right.

    --Jim in Delaware
  • 3Mana
    3Mana Member Posts: 811
    #7
    Sad Christmas for me
    Hondo,
    Thanks for remembering us caregivers too who have lost someone we loved. My husband died on March 25th so it'll be 9 months on Christmas day. I've been doing pretty good, but today has been a really hard day for me. Guess it's cause friday night, Christmas eve he won't be with us. And Christmas morning when I get up I'll be all alone for the first time. Thank God for our 3 kids & grandkids. I'll be spending the rest of the day with them. It's not fair that Cancer has affected so many lives! Hope you have a Merry Christmas!
    "Carole"
  • Skiffin16
    Skiffin16 Member Posts: 8,305 Member
    #8
    3Mana said:

    Sad Christmas for me
    Hondo,
    Thanks for remembering us caregivers too who have lost someone we loved. My husband died on March 25th so it'll be 9 months on Christmas day. I've been doing pretty good, but today has been a really hard day for me. Guess it's cause friday night, Christmas eve he won't be with us. And Christmas morning when I get up I'll be all alone for the first time. Thank God for our 3 kids & grandkids. I'll be spending the rest of the day with them. It's not fair that Cancer has affected so many lives! Hope you have a Merry Christmas!
    "Carole"

    Not Alone
    Carole, so sorry that you have to deal with this....but please don't think you are ever alone, you have a huge support here at least via the internet.....

    Don't be a stranger, and come here when you need uplifting.

    Thoughts & Prayers,
    John
  • 3Mana
    3Mana Member Posts: 811
    #9
    Skiffin16 said:

    Not Alone
    Carole, so sorry that you have to deal with this....but please don't think you are ever alone, you have a huge support here at least via the internet.....

    Don't be a stranger, and come here when you need uplifting.

    Thoughts & Prayers,
    John

    Thanks John
    Just me again.
    Thanks John, I'm so glad that everyone on this board is so supportive. Wish you all had arms long enough to reach me, cause I really need a few hugs. I posted on the "emotional support" this morning, cause I feel like I'm falling apart today and just can't wait till these holidays are over.
    Thanks again! Hope you're going to have a Merry Christmas and hope 2011 is a good year for everyone. It can't get any worse!! "Carole"
  • Skiffin16
    Skiffin16 Member Posts: 8,305 Member
    #10
    3Mana said:

    Thanks John
    Just me again.
    Thanks John, I'm so glad that everyone on this board is so supportive. Wish you all had arms long enough to reach me, cause I really need a few hugs. I posted on the "emotional support" this morning, cause I feel like I'm falling apart today and just can't wait till these holidays are over.
    Thanks again! Hope you're going to have a Merry Christmas and hope 2011 is a good year for everyone. It can't get any worse!! "Carole"

    Awww you are very welcome....
    Not sure of your location, perhaps there are some forum members near you....but you are being touched by many on here.

    I know that I've actually met three people from here (CSN), and I'm email, facebook and CSN friends with several others.

    Actually Shelley and I are planning a beach vacation in the pan handle (Florida) this coming May, and sharing it with a few others on this forum. We are excited and really looking forward to meeting in person.

    Happy Holidays,
    John
  • Hondo
    Hondo Member Posts: 6,636 Member
    #11
    3Mana said:

    Sad Christmas for me
    Hondo,
    Thanks for remembering us caregivers too who have lost someone we loved. My husband died on March 25th so it'll be 9 months on Christmas day. I've been doing pretty good, but today has been a really hard day for me. Guess it's cause friday night, Christmas eve he won't be with us. And Christmas morning when I get up I'll be all alone for the first time. Thank God for our 3 kids & grandkids. I'll be spending the rest of the day with them. It's not fair that Cancer has affected so many lives! Hope you have a Merry Christmas!
    "Carole"

    Hi Mana
    I lost my Mother and Brother to Cancer many years ago and for the passed 8 ½ years been fighting it myself. I don’t worry too much about it my self but I do worry about my wife and leaving her behind. She like you is one very strong person, at times when I am not doing so well I can see in her face worry and other times the strength of a rock that I lean on everyday. I know that I am not worthy of having someone like her as my caretaker but I thanks God ever night for having her by my side. I was sad to hear your husband passed away and I hope you can find the strength to continue to go on as there are now others in your life that need you very much. This is what I would want my caretaker wife to do when I am gone, to take care of our grandchildren and tell them about me so when I meet them in heaven someday they will already know who I am.

    All the best to you Mama, my prayers are with you through the holidays.
    Hondo
  • bettvan16
    bettvan16 Member Posts: 14
    #12
    Hondo said:

    Hi Mana
    I lost my Mother and Brother to Cancer many years ago and for the passed 8 ½ years been fighting it myself. I don’t worry too much about it my self but I do worry about my wife and leaving her behind. She like you is one very strong person, at times when I am not doing so well I can see in her face worry and other times the strength of a rock that I lean on everyday. I know that I am not worthy of having someone like her as my caretaker but I thanks God ever night for having her by my side. I was sad to hear your husband passed away and I hope you can find the strength to continue to go on as there are now others in your life that need you very much. This is what I would want my caretaker wife to do when I am gone, to take care of our grandchildren and tell them about me so when I meet them in heaven someday they will already know who I am.

    All the best to you Mama, my prayers are with you through the holidays.
    Hondo

    Hi Mana
    I lost my husband Elmer to this dreadful cancer 14 months ago. Christmas season this year has been more difficult for me than last year as I think I was still in shock at that time. I was so thankful to God that I no longer had to see him in pain and not being able to take any food or drink by mouth or being so weak it was difficult for him to get out of bed. I am also thankful to God that I had the strength to be his caregiver and for the closeness we had through all of this. Good grief I loved that guy and I miss him very much. All the best to all the head and neck cancer survivors and their caregivers. My thoughts and prayers are with you this holiday season. Betty
  • Hondo
    Hondo Member Posts: 6,636 Member
    #13
    bettvan16 said:

    Hi Mana
    I lost my husband Elmer to this dreadful cancer 14 months ago. Christmas season this year has been more difficult for me than last year as I think I was still in shock at that time. I was so thankful to God that I no longer had to see him in pain and not being able to take any food or drink by mouth or being so weak it was difficult for him to get out of bed. I am also thankful to God that I had the strength to be his caregiver and for the closeness we had through all of this. Good grief I loved that guy and I miss him very much. All the best to all the head and neck cancer survivors and their caregivers. My thoughts and prayers are with you this holiday season. Betty

    Hi Betty
    Thank you for being a caregiver and for sharing with us one of the most difficult times in your life.

    God bless and be with you.
    Hondo
  • rozaroo
    rozaroo Member Posts: 665
    #14
    Hondo said:

    Hi Betty
    Thank you for being a caregiver and for sharing with us one of the most difficult times in your life.

    God bless and be with you.
    Hondo

    Happy Holiday's
    Thank you Hondo! I do know I would not be here if it were not for my hubby being there for me. How he put up with me during treatment is a miracle in itself. God bless all of you unselfish caregiver's & everyone else on CSN!
  • Hondo
    Hondo Member Posts: 6,636 Member
    #15
    rozaroo said:

    Happy Holiday's
    Thank you Hondo! I do know I would not be here if it were not for my hubby being there for me. How he put up with me during treatment is a miracle in itself. God bless all of you unselfish caregiver's & everyone else on CSN!

    Hi rozaroo
    As we look forward let us look with great exportations that 2011 will be the year that they find a cure for Cancer.

    Wishing you a merry Christmas and great New Year.
    Hondo
  • staceya
    staceya Member Posts: 720
    #16
    Hondo said:

    Hi rozaroo
    As we look forward let us look with great exportations that 2011 will be the year that they find a cure for Cancer.

    Wishing you a merry Christmas and great New Year.
    Hondo

    Merry Christmas to You ALL!!
    Thank you All for the love, advice, wishes, companionship and support over the last year.

    It is beyond my comprehension, as I made the trip from diagnosis through treatment and beyond, how it would have been possible without the CSN tour guides.

    True it is a tour we wish not to take, but we hold each others hand along the way.

    Thank you Thank you Thank you

    Hugs
    Stacey
  • sportsman
    sportsman Member Posts: 97
    #17
    Caregivers
    I to want to remember all the caregivers that are now alone at Christmas. My prayers and thoughts are with all of these special people. When I was diagnosed with throat cancer just a little over four years now, I did not know if I would ever see another Christmas. I thank my wonderful wife and family for caring for me not just during my treatment but still today. I know the journey is very difficult for all of us who have gone through or going through cancer but it as just as difficult on the caregiver. My wonderful Christian mother-in-law cared for and lost her husband to lung cancer about a year and a half ago and about five months ago lost her step daughter who she also cared for to brain cancer. May God send his special Blessings to all caregivers of this dread disease. May he give them peace and comfort during this holiday season. God Bless all my friends on this web site and wish you all a very Merry Christmas.
  • sweetblood22
    sweetblood22 Member Posts: 3,228
    #18
    sportsman said:

    Caregivers
    I to want to remember all the caregivers that are now alone at Christmas. My prayers and thoughts are with all of these special people. When I was diagnosed with throat cancer just a little over four years now, I did not know if I would ever see another Christmas. I thank my wonderful wife and family for caring for me not just during my treatment but still today. I know the journey is very difficult for all of us who have gone through or going through cancer but it as just as difficult on the caregiver. My wonderful Christian mother-in-law cared for and lost her husband to lung cancer about a year and a half ago and about five months ago lost her step daughter who she also cared for to brain cancer. May God send his special Blessings to all caregivers of this dread disease. May he give them peace and comfort during this holiday season. God Bless all my friends on this web site and wish you all a very Merry Christmas.

    Happy Holidays! Thanks to
    Happy Holidays! Thanks to all for all the support throughout 2010, I sure needed it!
  • 3Mana
    3Mana Member Posts: 811
    #19
    sportsman said:

    Caregivers
    I to want to remember all the caregivers that are now alone at Christmas. My prayers and thoughts are with all of these special people. When I was diagnosed with throat cancer just a little over four years now, I did not know if I would ever see another Christmas. I thank my wonderful wife and family for caring for me not just during my treatment but still today. I know the journey is very difficult for all of us who have gone through or going through cancer but it as just as difficult on the caregiver. My wonderful Christian mother-in-law cared for and lost her husband to lung cancer about a year and a half ago and about five months ago lost her step daughter who she also cared for to brain cancer. May God send his special Blessings to all caregivers of this dread disease. May he give them peace and comfort during this holiday season. God Bless all my friends on this web site and wish you all a very Merry Christmas.

    We are strong!
    Sportsman,
    Thanks for the wonderful post remembering all us caregivers. You sound like a wonderful person who no matter what, has a great outlook. My hubby died in March from lung cancer and he was a special man who everyone loved. So Christmas is a sad time for me & our kids and grandkids, but we'll remember all the happy memories we had with him and we'll make it. I will be glad when 2011 is here though and hope it's a better year for all of you too.
    Thanks again & Blessings to you too! "Carole"
  • Kent Cass
    Kent Cass Member Posts: 1,898 Member
    #20
    3Mana said:

    We are strong!
    Sportsman,
    Thanks for the wonderful post remembering all us caregivers. You sound like a wonderful person who no matter what, has a great outlook. My hubby died in March from lung cancer and he was a special man who everyone loved. So Christmas is a sad time for me & our kids and grandkids, but we'll remember all the happy memories we had with him and we'll make it. I will be glad when 2011 is here though and hope it's a better year for all of you too.
    Thanks again & Blessings to you too! "Carole"

    To all in this family
    Best of wishes for a great Holiday season, and a better 2011.

    Believe

    kcass
  • DrMary
    DrMary Member Posts: 531 Member
    #21
    Almost 30 years ago
    I was doing my first Christmas without my father - cancer took him in the spring of '71. I was 11.

    I also can not use the right words to express how I feel - I am so glad my husband survived these last few months and that we have no real reason to worry about the future (any more than "normal" people). I always knew he was Superman, but I am nonetheless amazed at what he has accomplished - I am so lucky to have such a partner. However, I count myself with those who hate cancer - it is not fair or right that he had to go through so much.

    We have come so far in 30 years. The cancer that took my father (glioblastoma) is still not beaten, but the HPV-caused tonsil cancer that Doug had certainly is on its way. 30 years ago, tonsil cancer had a low cure rate and the treatment was rough. Someday, talks of neuropathy and hair loss and dental damage will be just as far in the past.

    Happy Holidays to all - the days are getting longer and the light is returning again. May the dark days stay away for a very, very long time.

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