On this night, 15 years ago, while I was leading youth group, I got the call to come home and not to hurry as my mother had passed after an eight week resurgence of cancer. On this night last September, my step-mother's family gathered around my father to sing, pray, read scriptures, and tell stories. He had been healthy until he wasn't eight weeks before his death. He died on the morning of the 11th of September. Tonight, I grieve the loss of them both and mourn the toll that cancer takes both on the person and on their family. I do not regret that they both died at home with the care of their partner and daughter. If you know there can be no other outcome, it is a privilege to spend those last weeks in comfort. And it is a privilege to be able to be trusted to care for them.
Thor's Day... Perhaps you should take a bloody great hammer and a few thunderbolts along with you to show them you mean business. And our prayers with you, too.
Thank you for the prayers. Last night I developed terrible pain all through my liver and got horribly sick; it was still bad this morning. Now it's a smaller area of discomfort, but it's persistent.
I'm still starting the study drug in the morning, but I told the music director at church that I'll be skipping choir rehearsal tomorrow night. I'm going to give myself some time.
But the Big Deal was fantastic, and well worth going out for!
So tired, everything aches and no "nerve reserves"
Thanks in advance for prayers.
It will pass in a few days - like 5 after today which is now night here
So tired, everything aches and no "nerve reserves"
Thanks in advance for prayers.
It will pass in a few days - like 5 after today which is now night here
I feel like I am in a parallel universe. My mum found a lump in her breast and has had a biopsy. Results are due on Wednesday. Meanwhile I am in a state of numb limbo.
Sometimes, ISTM (and I know whereof I speak), waiting for results is worse than the actual knowledge, IYSWIM. Hopefully, Mum, and ThunderBunk, will soon be reassured.
A longstanding friend of mine just informed me that her husband B has been diagnosed with lung cancer. Surgery is not an option and any chemo he is given will be life extending rather than curative. Buggering sods and bastards! All prayers for B and my friend L much appreciated. (I have been praying through this thread but felt it was inappropriate to comment as it has not been part of my life. God I wish I was still lurking.)
By the way...
I think people feel/felt like this about me. So thanks for the insight because I had not thought of it quite that way till I read your post
<votive> For tessaB's B and L
<votive> For all suffering from this monstrous disease, in all its myriad forms, whether patient, friend, relation, or caregiver
I feel like I am in a parallel universe. My mum found a lump in her breast and has had a biopsy. Results are due on Wednesday. Meanwhile I am in a state of numb limbo.
Actually, the appointment at which the result will be vouchsafed is next week, as I was told last night. Meanwhile, I am visiting them for the weekend. Not the encounter with my parents that I have looked forward to most in my life.....
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Thank you for the prayers. Last night I developed terrible pain all through my liver and got horribly sick; it was still bad this morning. Now it's a smaller area of discomfort, but it's persistent.
I'm still starting the study drug in the morning, but I told the music director at church that I'll be skipping choir rehearsal tomorrow night. I'm going to give myself some time.
But the Big Deal was fantastic, and well worth going out for!
9/12 was Day 1 of the study drug, and so far I feel basically okay.
Today was pretty rough. I'm hoping I'll do better tomorrow.
Prayers for H and T. May she rest in peace.
Thanks in advance for prayers.
It will pass in a few days - like 5 after today which is now night here
Today was better, thank you.
(Rossweisse)
All on this thread.
I tried to do a Normal Day today, and discovered that I'm still adjusting to the study drug. Oy.
Prayers for all in need.
Sometimes, ISTM (and I know whereof I speak), waiting for results is worse than the actual knowledge, IYSWIM. Hopefully, Mum, and ThunderBunk, will soon be reassured.
<votive> For all who suffer from this vile disease
By the way...
I think people feel/felt like this about me. So thanks for the insight because I had not thought of it quite that way till I read your post
<votive> For all suffering from this monstrous disease, in all its myriad forms, whether patient, friend, relation, or caregiver
Actually, the appointment at which the result will be vouchsafed is next week, as I was told last night. Meanwhile, I am visiting them for the weekend. Not the encounter with my parents that I have looked forward to most in my life.....