Save me from having a full fledged panic attack

Feb 02, 2009 19:01

Okay, so my grandpa came home from the doctors today to check on his cancer. They wanted him on Chemo like right this second, but he was all ah no. So they gave him something to take for a few months. They want him on chemo no later then June though. This of course, freaks me out. My living situation isn't like that of others. I live with my two ( Read more... )

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intotheheart February 3 2009, 10:56:52 UTC
I know it's hard, but in many ways a caregiver can help them maintain their dignity with you. When my grandmother had pancreatic cancer, at times she was so weak, it was difficult for her to sit down and get up off the toilet seat on her own.

I personally think that by having the nurse in the house, there was a sense of normalcy and dignity retained throughout her illness, because her own children and grandchildren were not the ones to help her through some of the more undignified aspects of growing old and disease.

It'll be hard, but your grandparents know that you're strong!

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