New Blog Member looking for advice

Hi teresa,

it must be like a rollercoaster for you and your family, It has not been that long yet he also has the added problem of emphysema, Poor Dad, its hard trying to keep the emotions at bay in front of them isnt it, Yes to be honest, since diagnosis last May we have become much closer, as a family than before, we have always been very close anyway but it frightened the life out of us and we realised that we take too much for granted, so we all now try and spend  as much time together as possible and plan things so we all have stuff to look forward to together, we are very very lucky in that sense as mum and dad have been very family oriented and love it when we all get together, thought we had all the nastiness out of the way and dad could start getting abck to work cos that is really upsetting him not working, but now dont know whats going to happen just yet, we will find out in due course, you will have to keep in touch and let me know how your dad is doing, its so sad how many members are in this group, dont you feel that this type of thing happens to other people and not your family, we just get on with our lives and dont bother anyone, but we are ready to fight it anyway, whatever it takes.

Take care and pass my thoughts on to your dad

love jo xx

Hiya John,

, we are all new to this so dont know a lot of details but we are learning more each day unfortunately,

Sorry about your illness but its great that it is being kept at bay with hormone injections. i only know of the side effects of chemo from dad last year and would have taken it all from him if i could, he just had no energy and felt sick all the time, he is no good at sitting still and is very independant so it was hard for him whereas i on the other hand am quite happy sitting off just reading so i would have coped mentally better than him although he never complained at all.,

Is there any side effects from the hormone injections and are you well enough to go about your daily business.  I agree now that we do take things and people for granted, i responded to teresa saying just that and so we have tried to make extra time for spending time as a family since last year and we are definatly all very positive, Its the only way to be and to be honest i cannot even think of any other outcome. John you are so inspiring to everyone and you have certainly given me a lot to think about, thank you so much for taking time to respond to me, will be thinking about you and keep your spirits up, you are doing sooooo well

lots of hugs

Jo xxx