i certainly appreciate all the good thoughts
and the advice to “just live and be happy”
and i wish it were as easy as that.
but it’s not.
it’s different.
go on, go get cancer and try it.
and then go on and get pregnant and bring your cancer back again
and this time don’t beat it, but die from it.
or have your wife die from it and raise your daughter alone.
maybe.
in case you’ve forgotten, read this
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look, we know what we’re “supposed” to do.
we know that we should just be happy and that life is one big unknown
and all that lovely crap.
but this is different.
and if you can’t see that, then don’t comment.
really.
leanne’s petscan is next wednesday.
if it’s clean, then we’re done with treatment.
if it’s not clean, if there’s any activity at all, they’ll biopsy it…
and if it’s cancer then she’ll be accepted into the lovely world
of bone marrow transplantation.
it should be clean.
but “should” hasn’t worked so hot for us the past 4 months.
that said, we’re banking on as clean of a petscan as last time.
remember last time?
in case you don’t, here’s something:
i look at those petscan pictures all the time.
it never gets boring to me.
ever.
11 Comments
May 24, 2007 at 10:53 am
I can’t imagine that the fear of the cancer returning will ever go away. The only advice I would offer is to live life the best that you can and hope that the choices you make are the correct ones. Unknowns are so hard and you are living a life of constant unknowns.
Is it a fact that getting pregnant could actually have a direct correlation to cancer returning?
May 24, 2007 at 11:02 am
if it helps i understand exactly what your saying.your right it is just different.
everyone just thinks its done and over with when the treatment is. its not if its your loved one your spouse dealing with it.
we are dealing with testing to. and this morning had a remark thrown at me. kinda of a get past it thing.
you don’t get past it once a cancer patient always one..so is your spouse. they are daily survivors as well. it gets easier in some ways in other ways harder.
but i agree spare the sappy comments. none of them make us feel better. or think about what your saying before its said.
I am praying for a clean pet scan Dan..please let Leann know this. Hang tough together.
always Hope
May 24, 2007 at 11:49 am
ugh.. dont you just love “assvice”? I hate when someone tells me how I should be reacting to something. Someone once told me that feelings are ALWAYS real.. they may not always be accurate.. but they are always real.
It isnt going to jinx y’all to feel leary of the future. Who wouldnt? Im thinking anyone who SAYS that they are able to walk away from cancer and “just live and be happy” is a big fat liar.
May 24, 2007 at 12:15 pm
I think the advice to “just live and be happy” is thrown at us all as we meander through life. The tough part is that it isn’t possible for anyone. Cancer changes your life. It changes your family and friends. The fear won’t ever go away and it’s okay to be afraid.
We all have things from our past and present that frighten us. It’s okay. I try and believe that it makes us more empathetic to others in the same situation.
Good luck with the petscan. We’ll be praying for you.
May 24, 2007 at 4:27 pm
Who said that you should just be happy? I hate gratitude lists. I hate holding myself and my life up against someone else’s who has been ‘less fortunate’ than me so I can feel better about myself. My boyfriend remarked last night when I asked him if there was anything I could do to ease the back pain he was experiencing, “Yeah - can you make me 20 years younger?!” To which I replied (which surprised me…) “God, I would NEVER want to go back 20 years. Not to live THIS life over again.” And I guess I meant it. Not that I meant that I wasn’t grateful for him, for the roof over our heads, for my children, my work, my decent figure at 43, the chiropractor that gave me a hip stabilization belt so I don’t feel like I am going to snap in 2 anymore, or for the cloudy days when I can just read a good book, or for BBQs, and the $12k biologic that is pumped into my body every 6-8 weeks so I can live a normal life…no…I AM grateful - but life s$@#s sometimes. I am dealt situations I don’t know how to handle. I want to get off this ride — often. It’s okay to be angry, because under anger is hurt and under hurt is love. Love love love - seek it any way you can. Thanks for letting me dump here today. xoxoxo
May 24, 2007 at 9:59 pm
Well, my last post comment was not “just live and be happy” but was a call to embrace the act of living. I understand cancer…”lived” cancer…held the hand of cancer dying…buried cancer..still “live” cancer…”lived” saving my child from suicide…”lived” many things…but I live…and I am happy.
I wish happiness and peace and life for Leanne and you and Lydia.
May 25, 2007 at 5:50 am
No, what has been lost cannot be forgotten. Not just the child, but the innocence. Life is not ever what it used to be. One is grateful for what is now, and but one does not forget. And it stays with us as we take the long view.
I appreciate your integrity.
Love and light to you and yours.
May 25, 2007 at 4:31 pm
I am praying for clean petscans. And the You Tube slide show sends chills down my spine. I pray for a continuum of the trend.
May 26, 2007 at 12:09 pm
Life is…
Happy and sad,
Complicated and easy,
Fun and boring…etc.
I’ve chosen to live with hope.
Fear of more cancer creeps in at times,
But I’m one of the “lucky” ones.
The zest you all bring to life
Will help you understand
“Just live and be happy”.
Not all of us have a way with words,
But we do have choices…
Living, being happy…not such bad choices!
Put some meaning into living
Help create happiness for others
And appreciate it all!
(Just put Mom into an assisted living facility near me. She is slowly getting used to the change.)
Love and hugs,
Phyllis
May 26, 2007 at 8:20 pm
Not much to say. Just that I am praying for you.
June 3, 2007 at 6:54 pm
We get it.
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