The reality of a close family member with Stage 4 cancer at Christmas.
That's my son who lives 70 mls away. His older sister lives 5 mins away. I was due to spend the day with her and Grandchildren today, but she has a cold. My son and family are due at their Dad's tomorrow. So I've had to choose. The only way I can see my son tomorrow is to avoid my daughter today and hence spend at home alone. She also cannot go tomorrow so I'll have to drive myself.
Things of course could be a lot worse, but it's hard knowing families are together today and I can't be. And tomorrow we won't all be together either, four cousins who haven't seen each other since April, enjoying the day together.
It hurts and I'm sad. It's been so tough since his diagnosis in June, treatable but incurable, he's only 41 and Dad to 8 Yr old twin boys.
It's not feeling a very happy Christmas here.
Hi SNCG it’s a challenging time for you made more so due to the time of year.
Your post transported me back 11 years when I was at stage 4 with my treatable but incurable cancer and I was at the start of treatment over the Christmas and New Year period….. not a great time to have treatment especially when there are so many bugs going around but as a family we managed to navigate the time.
I hope that you have a good time with your son tomorrow.
The Macmillan Support Line is open so if you want a chat there is someone there ((hugs))
As I was reading through your post I reflected back over my 25 years journey with my two types of very rare Non Hodgkins Lymphomas…..
One is incurable but treatable the other was aggressive and it appeared in late 2013 so I was treated for both between late 2013 through to Oct 2015…..
In way of some encouragement……
I was first diagnosed in 1999 age 44 when our daughters were 14 and 18…… but we went on to see our daughters graduate, get married, set up very successful businesses and provide us with 4 beautiful granddaughters….. I turned 69 in Nov and as a family we celebrated 9 years since my last treatment in Oct…. there used to be always HOPE ((hugs))
