|
Although I was the "patient" and not the caregiver, from the "patient" point of view - my daughters were in 8th, 10th grades and freshman in college during the worst of treatment.
Try to remember that your loved one is your mother and you are the daughter (or your loved one is your wife and the mother).
I used to tell my girls (especially my middle one - ugh!) that "I'm not dead yet and I'm still your mother".
Let your loved one be the role they are in your family. Don't take over thinking it will help them out because day-to-day, it will not.
Just my two cents from the other side.
__________________
Kind regards
Becky
Found lump via BSE
Diagnosed 8/04 at age 45
1.9cm tumor, ER+PR-, Her2 3+(rt side)
2 micromets to sentinel node
Stage 2A
left 3mm DCIS - low grade ER+PR+Her2 neg
lumpectomies 9/7/04
4DD AC followed by 4 DD taxol
Used Leukine instead of Neulasta
35 rads on right side only
4/05 started Tamoxifen
Started Herceptin 4 months after last Taxol due to
trial results and 2005 ASCO meeting & recommendations
Oophorectomy 8/05
Started Arimidex 9/05
Finished Herceptin (16 months) 9/06
Arimidex Only
Prolia every 6 months for osteopenia
NED 18 years!
Said Christopher Robin to Pooh: "You must remember this: You're braver than you believe and stronger than you seem and smarter than you think"
|
Hybrid Mode
