 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 1,384 Likes: 1 | Hi Jack,
Gary and Danny have made great comments now I am going to be hard on you: YOU need a break! You should find someone to take care of things for a few days and let your mind get a breath of air.
It is important for you to recharge! It is important for your other relationships to recharge! It is absolutely not going to do Eric any good if you are beatup (lack of a better word) and it is easy to get beatup by this process. You have done an unbelievable job so far and you need to force yourself to reorganize the troops for the fight ahead.
Covey also talks about priorities toward your goals and one of the things we get stuck on is things that are "urgent" but not "important" My suggestion to you is that Eric is in the middle of the system now. He has competant and capable caregivers. Let someone else fill in as driver and waiter so you can focus on the two other areas "urgent and important" and "Important but not Urgent"
He will need you more later and you need to focus on other important things and come back for Eric revitalized!
I hope this didn't sound too bad, it's from the heart.
Mark, 21 Year survivor, SCC right tonsil, 3 nodes positive, one with extra-capsular spread. I never asked what stage (would have scared me anyway) Right side tonsillectomy, radical neck dissection right side, maximum radiation to both sides, no chemo, no PEG, age 40 when diagnosed.
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