Day by Day
on April 18th, 2012As we live our day to day lives with its ups and downs, we sometimes want to scream “it’s not fair”. As most of you know I have been blessed to have met my colonel a year ago and we have married. Life is generally good on the mountaintop. We had the battle with colon cancer and surgery was done to remove and resection part of his colon..he is 6 weeks into recovery and cancer free as far as we know…..I thank God every day as my dh died of lung cancer from Agent orange in VietNam. The colonel is a VietNam Veteran also but remains free from the health issues many veterans live with everyday…So life is good for us again, still…and being terrified of the cancer thing is going away. Along with good comes the bad in all our lives..there are thorns in our bouquet of roses. We had a Champagne dinner last night and just sat and talked. these are the moments I love. I finally got up the nerve to call my little brother who has throat cancer. He is going through chemo and radiation..I have a picture of him and he has no hair…..he will have a feeding tube and will not be able to talk during part of his treatment….I HATE CANCER……….his prognosis is good they say. and I cried for him and his family. We have just had so much going on and I have been overwhelmed by it all at times. And I come here to the Widdahood and read what you all are going through and I want to hug you all in person and say hey….we can do it….
Bobbysgirl…..thank you so much……Brokenhearted…thanks girl….
You ladies are amazing and as I read you stories I am inspired to keep my faith and move on. My brother will be ok and I only ask God to keep an eye on him. Yah my dh and my mom who were best friends are up there as co-angels for my family…..of course there are others but these two just get together work hard for the rest of us here on earth. And my colonel says he has 11 angels watching out for him…I believe it….and maybe one day I will write some of the stories he has told…..You all are awesome and blessed by the man upstairs…love you all. The Colonel’s wife former duty the SMSGT’s wife and caregiver……I am blessed
Hobby,
My heart goes out to you – I HATE CANCER TOO….. Although my sweet husband diid not pass due to cancer, several of my family members have. My sister and I were at my Mother’s side while she passed in her apartment under Hospice care. It has been over 11 years and I still have a problem talking about it. I miss her everyday. Cancer ravaged her body, but it didn’t hinder her spirit. She was strong until the end, so I had to be strong for her. Whenever I hear the word Cancer, I shudder from thoughts of what she went through.
When I heard my great, great nephew had a brain tumor and it was malignent, I literallly fell apart. He woke up on his 4th birthday to find all of his hair had fallen out from the radiation and chemo. He went through a year of hell with chemotherapy. During that time, he taught our entire family a major lesson. He never gave up; always had faith in God and was wiser than all of us put together. In the beginning of his treatments, he told his parents in church that God told him there would be dark days, but that God had a plan for him and he would be okay. I am thrilled to say that he has been cancer free for 4 months. He is now 5 1/2 and the chemo did do its damage to his frail body and brain, but he is finally eating and has gained some weight and hair and we all live for his next checkup to hear that he is still cancer free. I pray every night thanking God for his life and second chance and ask that his cancer never returns. I also pray for everyone that has this horriffic disease and that a cure will be found soon for everyone. Your brother will be included in my prayers. Stay strong for your brother and ask your dh to call in a favor or two. Blessings to you and your family and of course to the Colonel.
Hugs,
Cecilia
I HATE CANCER TOO!!!!….and thank you for this post, your story is so inspiring…..and yes by golly….WE CAN DO IT!!!!
Hugs to you hobby…..Roxy