 Senior Patient Advocate Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | Cheryl,
Yes my wife was a Saint to deal with me. I will be the first to say I WAS NOT A MODEL PATIENT. At one point soon after my Tx was over and I was really acting up over not going to the ER for fluids, I remember she had had it up with me so she looked at me and screamed FINE THEN, JUST LAY THERE AND DIE!! With that, she turned around and left the room. I couldn't talk so I couldn't call out to her to come back and I just remember thinking, wait you can't just leave me. She did come back in about 15 minutes (seemed like 2 hours) and I went to the ER and I didn't complain to her ever again.
I have been trying to find that Saint part of her ever since then but it must only come out under extreme duress.
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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