Kicking cancer's ass
Nov. 19th, 2003 11:52 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hiddenmuseMy stepdad is still cancer-free, thank G*d and Everyone Else. Yet, he is still considered to have cancer, and this will be the case for the next 3 - 5 years. It is so strange and weird for me to say that - and to write it. Yet, it is the reality. While he is in remission, he is being observed by the doctors on a monthly basis, to ensure that he will continue to stay in remission.
I haven't told anyone at work, outside of my department. Why? I'd rather not have them feeling sorry for me, or treating me differently, because my stepdad has cancer. Also, because one of the muckety-mucks in the office lost a family member to the same form of cancer that my stepdad is kicking the ass of ... my concern would be that it could really strike a nerve or something in that particular person.
My stepdad's doing alright - he has his days, as anyone does, when they're living with a chronic/terminal illness. The dialysis does seem to help him a lot, but the other day, they'd taken off too much fluid, and he experienced hypotension (low blood pressure) - almost ended up back in the hospital because of it. Hopefully they'll get everything adjusted, because the dialysis seems to help a lot, and I'd hate to see him back in the hospital again.
He's been gaining back some of the weight he'd lost, and when I went to see my family a few weeks ago, while he did still tire pretty easily, he was looking much better. :)
So huzzah to my stepdad for kicking cancer's ass! Here's hoping that he'll continue to do so as long as it takes!
I haven't told anyone at work, outside of my department. Why? I'd rather not have them feeling sorry for me, or treating me differently, because my stepdad has cancer. Also, because one of the muckety-mucks in the office lost a family member to the same form of cancer that my stepdad is kicking the ass of ... my concern would be that it could really strike a nerve or something in that particular person.
My stepdad's doing alright - he has his days, as anyone does, when they're living with a chronic/terminal illness. The dialysis does seem to help him a lot, but the other day, they'd taken off too much fluid, and he experienced hypotension (low blood pressure) - almost ended up back in the hospital because of it. Hopefully they'll get everything adjusted, because the dialysis seems to help a lot, and I'd hate to see him back in the hospital again.
He's been gaining back some of the weight he'd lost, and when I went to see my family a few weeks ago, while he did still tire pretty easily, he was looking much better. :)
So huzzah to my stepdad for kicking cancer's ass! Here's hoping that he'll continue to do so as long as it takes!
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Date: 2003-11-19 11:04 am (UTC)i have been keeping your stepdad and you and your family in my prayers so it's excellent to read this post today :) i will continue to pray that he stays in remission. the remission years are a little easier to go thru but they are still scary...my mom had hodgkins disease when i was 8 and each time she went for a checkup it was super stressful for the 5 years they said was the remission period. thankfully she got thru and i'm praying your stepdad shall as well :)