Mesothelioma

March 16, 2007 at 6:34 pm · Filed under Cancer, Health, PP

For those of you that have no idea what I’m talking about — Mesothelioma is a rare type of cancer where malignant cells are found in the sac lining of the chest or stomach.   It has been proven that airborne asbestos particles are a big contributor to this condition.

If you have Mesothelioma or would like more information on it check out the Mesothelioma website.   Medical humor is always helpful when surrounded by cancer or a tragic condition.   The creators of this website wanted to inform readers but also provide humor in the form of medical humor, doctor’s jokes, and bizarre diseases.
This post sponsored by:  http://www.mesothelioma-cancerlawyer.com 

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Staying sane

February 5, 2007 at 9:51 pm · Filed under Cancer

With the recent news about my dad, I feel like I’ve just been getting by on a daily basis.  I’ve been crying in the shower nearly every morning, I think because it’s really the only time I’m alone with my thoughts.  I’ve accepted that I’m just sad and will let myself feel it.  There isn’t really anything I can do right now, so I feel like I have to preserve myself for the time when something will need to be done.

All I feel I can do is make sure I’m okay (I scheduled my long-overdue physical and annual exams), and that my family is taken care of.  We’re in the process of increasing my life insurance policy–since I’m the only wage earner, I feel like I need to make sure Graem and Shawna would be taken care of.

Last but not least, I try to hold my girls as much as I can.

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From worse to horrible

February 3, 2007 at 7:03 am · Filed under Cancer

So I found out via email, after a day full of meetings, that my dad’s cancer is Stage 4–it’s metastasized to his peri-aortic lymph nodes. I had been holding it together until this news, and then I lost it at work. I was fine until I called Shawna and she asked, “Are you okay?”

Part of the reason I was holding it together was that I couldn’t lose it without knowing the full ramifications of his cancer, and because–as much as I hate to admit it–I was grasping to an inkling of hope that it hadn’t metastasized.

They’re telling him that he needs to do several months of chemo and radiation, but that he should be able to work through it, and that there will be minimal side effects. I’m totally ignorant about the treatment, but somehow I’m a bit skeptical about this forecast. In either case, I think it’s in my dad’s best interest to continue to get treatment, but behave as if it’s “business as usual,” until proven otherwise. I think acting like he’s dying is going to make everything worse.

So we’ll take it as it comes, and help him where he seems willing to accept it, and adjust as needed.

It’s amazing how much I’ve learned to adjust my life to Life, in my short 32 years…

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