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#52075 06-08-2007 01:16 PM | Joined: May 2006 Posts: 720 Likes: 1 "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) | OP  "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)
Joined: May 2006 Posts: 720 Likes: 1 | Just FYI, the LA Times has on its website (and will have in the Health section of Monday, June 11) an article on the stresses of caring for an ill family member. -- Leslie
Leslie
April 2006: Husband dx by dentist with leukoplakia on tongue. Oral surgeon's biopsy 4/28/06: Moderate dysplasia; pathology report warned of possible "skip effect." ENT's excisional biopsy (got it all) 5/31/06: SCC in situ/small bit superficially invasive. Early detection saves lives.
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#52076 06-08-2007 04:01 PM | Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 18 Member | | Member
Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 18 | Leslie,
Thanks for posting the link! I found it very interesting even though it assumes you are caregiver to a parent versus in our cases our spouse. Quite timely too, as I was at our family doctor's office for my 6 month old's shots and they had mentioned they wanted to see me too. I thought it might be to get tested for diabetes a few months post-baby to ensure the gestational diabetes was just that, but they asked about how Sam's treatments and wanted to know how I was coping. They were the ones that originally thought Sam might have cancer, and the ones that got him in for a CT scan at the hospital after the general surgeon's office screwed up twice. Guess they've seen the toddler, baby and husband enough that they know how full my plate is!
Elaine
Caregiver to husband 43, non-smoker, social drinker diagnosed Mar07 SCC tongue lymph node involvement. Started treatment May 2/07 35 radiation tx with 7 Cisplatin boosters completed June 22/07. Clear PETScan Oct 07
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