 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,128 | Umm, Wendy, he's male, and that's sometimes the way we are.
We retreat into ourselves and try to work it all out and sometimes we even get annoyed that someone is trying to help -- It's sort of related to the 'asking for directions' stuf.
My advice would be to hug him, tell him you would like to talk about it for your own health when he's ready and then don't bug him about it, but maybe hug him some more.
Meanwhile, YOU are not like him and need to discuss this, as you are already doing here.
Age 67 1/2
Ventral Tongue SCC T2N0M0G1 10/05
Anterior Tongue SCC T2N0M0G2 6/08
Base of Tongue SCC T2N0M0G2 12/08
Three partial glossectomy (10/05,11/05,6/08), PEG, 37 XRT 66.6 Gy 1/06
Neck dissection, trach, PEG & forearm free flap (6/08)
Total glossectomy, trach, PEG & thigh free flap (12/08)
On August 21, 2010 at 9:20 am, Pete went off to play with the ratties in the sky.
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