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Posted: 6/27/08 at 3:47pm
Last week he had a biopsy done because the doctor noticed a little abnormality with his prostate. The doctor called him, and in turn he called me and told me that the biopsy came back as cancer. Next week they will be doing a body and bone scan to see if it has spread and if so how badly. Dad says that the doctors don't seem too concerned, but something in his voice tells me that he may not be telling me the whole truth. Some of you know that the "parent roles" have switched for my father and I since I was 18. When I was 18 my dad dropped dead on our front porch of a heart attack and I had to do CPR to bring him back. He then had to have quadruple by-pass surgery and has had to have 3 stints since then. I have been there for him through all of it and have been there to help him get back on his feet throughout each surgery and procedure. Now I am in another state and I feel helpless and horrible for not being there with him. I feel really scared and I am hoping that the scans turn up that there isn't any spreading of the cancer and that they can get it taken care of really quickly.
My family has had a really bad few years when it comes to cancer. My aunt just went into remission, my mom had to have surgery and then when that didn't work she had to have a hysterectomy earlier in the year, and right before I got married my grandfather died of lung cancer in my father's arms. None of us are ignorant of the effects that cancer can have on a person and a family and I am so scared for my dad. He lost both of his parents to cancer and I know that he is scared of possibly going through what they went through. I'm scared of him going through that too.
I would really appreciate any prayers, good thoughts, or whatever for my dad. I am really worried about him.
My family has had a really bad few years when it comes to cancer. My aunt just went into remission, my mom had to have surgery and then when that didn't work she had to have a hysterectomy earlier in the year, and right before I got married my grandfather died of lung cancer in my father's arms. None of us are ignorant of the effects that cancer can have on a person and a family and I am so scared for my dad. He lost both of his parents to cancer and I know that he is scared of possibly going through what they went through. I'm scared of him going through that too.
I would really appreciate any prayers, good thoughts, or whatever for my dad. I am really worried about him.
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