I meandered back to LJ for my periodic check in and saw your recent posts. So sorry to hear about the cancer. I've known a few friends and family who have gone through it and it's such a disorienting experience - you can't help but look at life from a perspective that's different from what you've known before and it's tough when it feels like you and the world are out of sync. Plus, of course, for so much of the journey you're dealing with it while feeling the absolute worst. Ugh.
I saw these cards a few months back and thought it was hard to believe it took this long for them to become socially acceptable. I hereby grant you all of the cards.
Are you on twitter? I finally signed myself up (as fiveand4, I took too long and someone else snapped up fiveandfour ::cries::). Let me know your twitter name and I'll follow you there. I tweet about as often as I LJ, but I *do* get around eventually.
Here's hoping that though the journey may be perilous, the train gets you to a great destination.
Am I on Twitter, she asks. Uh, yeah. :) Definitely. I've friended you there, so hopefully that'll pop up. Yay, it's so good to see you, and OMG those cards are freaking awesome! *hugs*
Shoot! I doublle checked my link and it didn't work. Here's another go: http://info.emilymcdowell.com/empathy-cards-for-serious-illness/. (This is one of the reasons why I'm relatively inactive online - there are still so many things that are easier to do on a PC than a phone, but after using a PC all day I'm hard-pressed to even look at my phone when not working. Technology continues to be a blessing and a curse!)
Well, I mean, in his defense, he didn't know I'd get cancer. Neither did I. And I wouldn't want him to stay with me (or for me to stay with him) just because of cancer when he doesn't love me anymore (or I him). That kind of help is...the worst kind of help, I would think? For both parties.
But no, he is. He's being really helpful with the kids and really open to changing schedules and really doing everything he can do to make this process easier. So I'm thankful and grateful and...it's fine. It's as fine as it can be. :)
It's great that you love your doctor. That is so huge!
My mom had uterine cancer last year, and though her doctors were all AMAZING, she actively distrusted them (some troubling mental health issue have been discovered during this process), and it was really toxic. It's such a hard thing to go through already, needing to waste energy fighting your team is just too much.
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I saw these cards a few months back and thought it was hard to believe it took this long for them to become socially acceptable. I hereby grant you all of the cards.
Are you on twitter? I finally signed myself up (as fiveand4, I took too long and someone else snapped up fiveandfour ::cries::). Let me know your twitter name and I'll follow you there. I tweet about as often as I LJ, but I *do* get around eventually.
Here's hoping that though the journey may be perilous, the train gets you to a great destination.
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But no, he is. He's being really helpful with the kids and really open to changing schedules and really doing everything he can do to make this process easier. So I'm thankful and grateful and...it's fine. It's as fine as it can be. :)
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My mom had uterine cancer last year, and though her doctors were all AMAZING, she actively distrusted them (some troubling mental health issue have been discovered during this process), and it was really toxic. It's such a hard thing to go through already, needing to waste energy fighting your team is just too much.
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