He had no signs of cancer. He was N-E-D for the longest time. Along with his cancer-free status came the freedom from chemotherapy and radiation.
He was a full-on Dad again and a husband and sitting in the mower, riding around the yard was fun! Life was almost back to normal.
We all know it never really gets back to what it was before that “You have cancer” day, but it can get pretty darn close.
So now it’s changed again, because that sneaky, stealth-like disease has shown itself in places that are not good.
The smiles and laughter and good-life times have been replaced by those cancer-lines that run across the forehead.
The doctors are on it. They’ve found the latest meds that are showing decent results, but it’s too early to tell if these drugs can hunt down and destroy enough of these bad cells.
The whistle has blown and the support team that has always been by his side has rallied once again, so the family is being cared for: can’t beat the “lifting.”
I cringe when I hear this: we all know how hard these whiplashes in cancer are on a patient and family.
Hope is what keeps us together. Hope is our co-pilot.
September 6, 2014 @ 11:19 am
Laurie – Thinking good thoughts for your friend. Having been there, I can truly empathize… My strength to his family, too, for they are back in the caregiver-mode. As I’ve said so many times: We patients would be nowhere without our caregivers.
September 5, 2014 @ 3:49 pm
My friend, Mike Yearty, died this morning. His wife and he tried everything they could, including moving to Houston for a year. But I have to hope that in the process the doctors learned something that can help someone in the future. It was a very “long and winding road” for both of them.
September 6, 2014 @ 10:17 am
Nan,
I’m so sorry for your loss.
Today is the third anniversary of the death of a very dear friend of mine who was a cancer warrior too. We have to believe that each and every cancer case pays it forward.
My sympathies to you and to the Yearty family.
L
September 6, 2014 @ 9:19 pm
Thanks so much, dear.