 Senior Patient Advocate Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | Not too often do we find both the Patient AND their Caregiver post on this site so don't push him. Try printing out your posts and responses and other selected threads and leave them where he'll find them in private. We all can react differently to adverse news and just hearing the word cancer scares the crap out of everyone. Even suspecting my bad news I still fainted when I heard that I had cancer and after surgery and chemo and radiation my doc said I had only a 60% chance of 5 year survival. At first I didn't want to tell anyone, like I was ashamed but as they say time heals all.....Give him time, hell give both of you time.
David
Age 58 at Dx, HPV16+ SCC, Stage IV BOT+2 nodes, non smoker, casual drinker, exercise nut, Cisplatin x 3 & concurrent IMRT x 35,(70 Gy), no surgery, no Peg, Tx at Moffitt over Aug 06. Jun 07, back to riding my bike 100 miles a wk. Now doing 12 Spin classes and 60 outdoor miles per wk. Nov 13 completed Hilly Century ride for Cancer, 104 miles, 1st Place in my age group. Apr 2014 & 15, Spun for 9 straight hrs to raise $$ for YMCA's Livestrong Program. Certified Spin Instructor Jun 2014.
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