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JustKathy:
I'm so sorry to hear this, Bettyanne. It sounds like your husband has a wonderful doctor. Having a physician who is truly caring and compassionate is just so comforting when faced with such a frightening ordeal. My husband also had prostate cancer, and after several rounds of treatment has beaten it. The radiation left him with a disability, but the cancer is GONE. I'll be thinking of you and hoping your husband gets through this as well. Please do keep us posted.

And I must add that your NM was downright despicable to dump your father's pain meds like that. What monsters these women are! So sorry ... ugh.

Kathy

Bettyanne:
Hi all you dear friends.....here who replied to me.....it means a lot to me......

Bill just completed twelve weeks of chemo......pretty tough on him...losing lots of weight, his hair and going through times of just complete exhaustion.
He will now go onto 3 to 12 months of hormone therapy.  It stops the production testosterone  which the caner feeds off of.  In three months another CT scan ...will tell us how the cancer is or is not doing. 
The beautiful part of all of this has been meeting other people with cancer who have such a good outlook,  good or bad in how the cancer is doing and their outlook.  A young mom with two small kids.....and only six months to live because of brain cancer.  Another mom age 46 with 3 kids and always a smile on her face.....we also realized in conversations her mother another NM.....so she calls me I am her sister with another mister.
These beautiful souls.....have made me see others in a different light....I love seeing them....I love being with them.....what a blessing in my life.
So yes this is a hard journey but one I feel their is hope along the way for my husband and these wonderful people.
Dr. Ben Chue.....research Oncologist Seattle, WA you are a wonderful doctor and one who has so much compassion for your patients.
Thank you friends...for you kind replies.... it means so much to me.......Love, Bettyanne

sKePTiKal:
Hugs hon. This is a long rough road you're on. I hope hubby starts to put some weight back on and get his strength back.

You are taking care of you too, aren't you?

Twoapenny:
I like the sister with another mister :)  I hope your hubby is as comfy as he can be, BettyAnne, it's such an aggressive treatment and I know when a friend of mine had cancer she said how weird it was to feel perfectly healthy but then to be made really unwell in order to get better!  It's a back to front situation for the mind to bend itself around.  I hope you're both in the best place you can be at the mo with regards to looking after yourselves.  Keep us posted on how you're both doing and lots of hugs to you both xx xx

debkor:
Hi BettyAnne and All,

I haven’t been here for a long time either. I think of you all often though.

My hubby was diagnosed with stage 4 small cell lung cancer that spread to his brain over 2 years ago. Initially he had brain surgery to remove the tumor followed with full cranial radiation and 6 months.
There was no cure. That was a Hard new normal to accept.

There were complications also from surgery and his left vocal cord was paralyzed. They stopped food and drink because he could aspirate. They did therapy but it wasn’t working so he wound up with a feed tube. Has it to date. Another new normal and I am amazed with him cause I don’t think I could do it. Because of chemo and throwing up he did have many hospital stays due to aspiration pneumonia. 

And BettyAnne my normal was feeding through tube, medication, stats and beyond, calling an ambulance when he aspirated. Door open for Emt’s, dogs crated, I even had furniture rearranged. I even had my 6 month old grandson with me one time. Phone calls were made and family and friends were here before ambulance.
That didn’t happen all the time but it happened often (with chemo). 
Even my neighbor friends had a new normal. They see an ambulance or were notified ( friends son is a fire fighter) ambulance was dispatched to my house. They would see family coming into my driveway so they would lay back. If they didn’t they would come.

It wasn’t like that in the beginning though. I was learning skills that I never wanted to do and for a family member

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