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- My father has late stage prostate cancer
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Angela i think you must be my angel here on earth, i was having a hard day and as soon as Shabbat was over I checked my emails and there you were waiting for me knowing that i needed you.I have a hard time talking to even my best friend . she has both parents living and I don't want to pull her down and try as she may to undertand and she always tells me she is here for me she doesn't know what I'm feeling. Overall,the days go by and I'm ok but i still cry almost everyday,then i wipe my tears,blow my nose and smile for my kds. I am still enjoying life as my father taught all of his kids to do.
my mother is cming to the States at the end of January , and i will meet her in Orlando with my 2 younger kids. we'll be there from a sunday to a friday. Then I'm back to canada for 21/2 weeks and we leave for Israel . my sister Tzippy is getting married. she asked me to walk her down the isle together with my mother. i was so touched and honored. She told me that she is closest to me. Its ironic, she was one month old on th'm day I got married. She's 22 I'm 47. I moved to Canada 1 week after my wedding . We never lived in the same house and certaily never had the traditional sibling relationship(she used to tell me to stop being a mother hen). My oldest son is a year and a half younger than her. I really feel honored and I am so happy for her.
Every day is a gift and I'm so happy for
all the incredible gifts in my life but I miss my father terribly.
Angela thank you so much for being such an incredible friend
Blossom
I am sorry that your father is so sick. It is really hard, almost impossible, to bear seeing that.
I want to tell you that my friend in Scotland, Hugh Kearnley, wrote me that he got almost complete relief from pain (for advanced PC) with palliative radiation. He told me he might as well throw out his morphine pills because he didn't need them anymore. The radiation meant everything to Hughie because he needed 2 things in order to go on living and that was fishing and playing the organ. The radiotherapy took away the tremors that came with the morphine.
There are so few resources for children in your situation but I do have a couple of references on my blog. One is simply called, "Resources for Grieving Children". It quotes from a letter from Abraham Lincoln sent to a young girl who had just lost her father in the Civil War. The other thing that might interest you is a beautiful essay by my friend's 18-year-old son who took care of his father at the end. He writes about the "new reality" of having a father with PC. (It's funnty and sad at the same time.)
http://prostatecancerblog.net/?p=59
"Caring for Pops: Trying to Be a Son and and a Friend at the Same Time"
http://prostatecancerblog.net/wp-admin/post.php?action=edit&post=1125
"Resources for Grieving Children"
I wish I had told my father when he was alive that I loved and admired him. Even after he was sick and had cognitive damage from a stroke, I did say to him one day, "I love you", and he replied, "I love, you, too. I really knew my Pa loved me when he said that he like my singing and would I record something for him. Between me and you, he would have been better off with chalk on a blackboard.
Hang in there. You can also e-mail me @ leah@malecare.com
Leah
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How are you? I hope this fall brings to you peace and joy in your heart.
As for myself I always hate cold weather, autumn and winter. I like sunny and warm days. I lvoe the sun!
Dad started today the first radiotherapy session. I really hope it will make him better.
I'm very worried because he lost 6kg and he's weak, doesn't sleep too much during the night because of the pains and he has no appetit. I see that he hides away his tears from me, but I feel he's sad.
If he's weak and continues to lose weight and not feeling good, I don't think the oncologist will approve Taxotere.
I hope he will get back on his feet and be stonger. I pray God to not take my dad away from me.
I hope for better days.
Thank you Blossom for being there and listening to me.
Take care,
Cosmina
I look for friends and I thank God I got you all here.
Thank you Blossom for your message. It went right into my heart.
I imagine it's difficult for you to talk about your pain, your recent loss and I am grateful you share with me your thoughts and your feelings.
Dad will start radiotherapy tomorrow, I hope he will get better on the long term, because at the beginning, the doctor told me the pains would be more severe due to the direct action on the most affected areas of his body.
I try to see him as often as I can. I visit him almost daily. After work, I go to him and stay for one or two hours.
Sometimes I fear worse as I see him so sick and in deep pains. When he's OK, he's active and cheerful, than I am also good.So, my mood depends on his.
I may be overreacting since I got used to call him at least 2 times per day before coming to visit in the evening. That's me since dad is sick. And this is also because dad hides from me the real way he's feeling.He wants to protect me, I guess and that's why I ask him 2 or 3 times:"How are you today? Are you sure you're OK? You don't lie to me, do you?"
Blossom, I come back later this week to talk more.
Thank you again for your support, you're a kind and caring person.
Cosmina
I look for friends and I thank God I got you all here.
Thank you Blossom for your message. It went right into my heart.
I imagine it's difficult for you to talk about your pain, your recent loss and I am grateful you share with me your thoughts and your feelings.
Dad will start radiotherapy tomorrow, I hope he will get better on the long term, because at the beginning, the doctor told me the pains would be more severe due to the direct action on the most affected areas of his body.
I try to see him as often as I can. I visit him almost daily. After work, I go to him and stay for one or two hours.
Sometimes I fear worse as I see him so sick and in deep pains. When he's OK, he's active and cheerful, than I am also good.So, my mood depends on his.
I may be overreacting since I got used to call him at least 2 times per day before coming to visit in the evening. That's me since dad is sick. And this is also because dad hides from me the real way he's feeling.He wants to protect me, I guess and that's why I ask him 2 or 3 times:"How are you today? Are you sure you're OK? You don't lie to me, do you?"
Blossom, I come back later this week to talk more.
Thank you again for your support, you're a kind and caring person.
Cosmina
How are you?
How is your family dealing with missing your dad? Are you more peaceful now?
Thinking about you and wish you nice and warm days full of love. I hope your dad watches you all from above and sends his love to comfort you.
Cosmina
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