Sheila,
Somehow that reminds me of an incident that happened to a friend of mine.
She too was given a short time to live. In fact, it was in the fall when
she
was diagnosed, and they told her she'd be lucky to make it to Christmas.
That was two Christmases ago, and today they cannot find a trace of cancer
in her!
Good luck to you and your Father!
Ross
-----Original Message-----
From: firefly [SMTP:firefly@islc.net]
Sent: Thursday, May 14, 1998 11:15 AM
To: mol-cancer@lists.meds.com
Subject: Re: [MOL] new to all of this
Dear Shelia: No wonder you are feeling overwhelmed, your have allot on
your
plate and we understand your feelings. I will attatch some information to
assist you and your dad. One of the most important thing as a caregiver of
someone cancering is to take time for yourself without feeling guilty.
Another important things is to forget about stats, we have so many on this
forum that have long gone pass stats. Stats take away hope; which is one
of
the bodies way of healing itself. There will be other wonderful molers who
will get on and cyber talk with you. You will feel as tho you are in the
loving arms of the greatest friends in the world. God bless. Lillian
-----Original Message-----
From: John & Sheila Lloyd <tagteam@swbell.net>
To: mol-cancer@lists.meds.com <mol-cancer@lists.meds.com>
Date: Thursday, May 14, 1998 10:05 AM
Subject: [MOL] new to all of this
>My name is Sheila, my father has just been diagonesed with non-small
>cell cancer of the lung. They found it after I thought he had a
>stroke. It wasn't a stroke, it was the lung cancer. It is also in his
>adrenal glands and some of his lmph nodes. His oncologist, has only
>given him 6 months to 1 1/2 years. He has had his first chemo
>treatment. They don't know if it is shrinking his tumor or not. He is
>living with me. He has no insurance, is only 55 years old, and we are
>waiting for SSI to come through. He has always been a loner, and he
>isn't very comunicative about any of this. I am 28 years old, an only
>child and I am having a hard time staying into today. I feel very
>overwhelmed and don't really have anyone to talk to about all of this.
>
>
>
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