| Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 711 "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) | "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 711 | One other side of the bright and cheery attitude is, people see you smiling and cracking jokes they may think "it's not that serious, he doesn't seem to be suffering at all". I know that when I went to visit my co-workers at the office or out on the job, They really didn't understand why I wasn't back at work. I was just too damn cheerful. Then I went home and threw up.
David R. 65 yr old male non-smoker, light drinker, stage 3 or 4, depending on which doc you ask, scc rt. tonsil, 2 nodes, 7 weeks radiation and chemo. No surgery. Teatment ended 3/20/08. PET scan 8/08 showed no cancer. And now, as of oct, 2010, caregiver to wife, Linda, with breast cancer. May, 2013, Linda diagnosed with stage 3 ovarian cancer. Enuf already.
| | | | Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,844 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts) | Patient Advocate (1000+ posts) Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,844 | The hardest thing I've ever had to do in my life was tell my seven year old son, a year after his grandmother died of cancer, that I had cancer. He looked at me and said "Daddy, I don't want you to die!" Use it as the strength you need to go down the path, if not for you, for them.
I cried writing that.
David you are so right about that. After the hell that was rad/chemo and before surgery I showed up at my hotels employee party...they don't know or can fathom it.
Young Frack, SCC T4N2M0, Cisplatin,35+ rads,ND, RT Mandiblectomy w fibular free flap, facial paralysis, "He who has a "why" to live can bear with almost any "how"." -Nietzche "WARNING" PG-13 due to Sarcasm & WAY too much attitude, interact at your own risk.
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