OP Supporting Member (50+ posts) Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 57 | Malka,
Thank you. Your words were realized today. Before I read this I went to visit my brother. He had a headache but wrote down that he was having anxiety attacks and that he worries about our elderly parents. I let him know that I was taking care of them and that they were strong with positive thoughts. He then went on to say that he is scared not physically but emotionally and that he had never had these feelings before. He was sooooo strong before all this. We lost my grandfather in 95 to cancer of the larynx. He too was a strong, hardworking man. Funny how niether smoke or drank all they did was work hard for their families. It is just so surreal to me. Thank you for the ideas I will be trying them. He just wants to feel better and he hasn't. I told him we looked like a ten (10) the other day and he was puzzled. I told him I was a fat zero and he was a skinny one. That made him smile. He has lost so much weight. I laughed when you suggested I read. I am in a reading specialist masters program and the class I have now has me reading 10 books a week!! Not to mention my student's work and my own 4 children's work!! I am busy. Thank you again. By the way, I love you picture.
Brother diagnosed SCC August 2005, radiation and chemo- 2 rounds, total glossectomy Sept. 2007, passed away May 21, 2008 "Everyday is beautiful" he stated on a cold and foggy Chicago winter day.
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