"OCF Canuck" Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 5,264 Likes: 5 | YOu my dear are a trooper. I can't imagine how hard it is to not have anyone to rely on. I am sorry your parents aren't doing well either . I say I can readily identify with this as I had just gotten past the one year mark in treatment when my father had a stroke - he was in a facility but I attended to him daily he passed away 8 months later then I had a small reprieve before my father in law was diagnosed with Esophageal cancer - it's been a year since he finished treatment and so far he is NED (no evidence of disease). I do have plenty of people here who did offer help but it was nice for the most part just to have someone to chat with. I gather it is very hard to keep your spirits up without social gatherings and the such. This group should help as we are a tight knit bunch - Perhaps find your passion and follow that to give you some mental time away from this. Reading? Writing? Gardening? Painting? Try something new - maybe something you've always wanted to do?
Chemo is not fun. But I find it much more doable than rads. This is not the case for everyone - it depends on the chemo. Hugs and welcome
Cheryl : Irritation - 2004 BX: 6/2008 : Inflam. BX: 12/10, DX: 12/10 : SCC - LS tongue well dif. T2N1M0. 2/11 hemigloss + recon. : PND - 40 nodes - 39 clear. 3/11 - 5/11 IMRT 33 + cis x2, PEG 3/28/11 - 5/19/11 3 head, 2 chest scans - clear(fingers crossed) HPV-, No smoke, drink, or drugs, Vegan
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