"Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 372 | You both are in my thoughts and prayers. As a caregiver also, I have some daily routines to help. I always walk each day with my dog, and that is my time to cry to God and feel his presence. I still get scared, but I know He is there to hear and give me times of peace. I also have a wonderful support group from our Bible study that I can call and cry or vent to anytime. This group consists of 10 other people who have been there and helped from day of diagnosis. It is so hard and frightening. My husband had to stay put for a few months, but when he felt better he was up and going. He has pains from treatments, but tends to want to go and go. I have a harder time going as I do get depressed. I take Xanax and Ambien when the need arises. I will pray for Don to feel better; then you know he will want to be out and about playing golf, etc. I get popcorn at the movies and Dan trys to eat a little and almost chokes to death...but he keeps trying! God bless and take care, Debbie
Debbie - Caregiver for husband, Dan, diagnosed with tongue cancer 7/03. Partial gloss., mod. neck dissections, graft. Recurrence neck tumor 12/03. Radical left neck dissection 12/24/03-unable to get all the tumor. 8 weeks chemo/rad beginning 1/12/04.
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