I'm gonna cry.
Before I start going off, I need to explain first for those that won’t know what I’m talking about. My mom was recently diagnosed with Colon Cancer, then it spread to her liver, then to her lymph nodes, now they’re checking out her lungs because shes mysteriously developed pneumonia. Everything I’ve read online about colorectal cancer, the first place it spreads is your liver, then your lymph nodes, then to your lungs, so judging by the usual path it takes and then looking at my moms situation, it pretty much looks the same. She’s already had surgery to remove part of her colon, and that was successful in removing the majority of cancer from her colon. They are starting her on Chemo next week, in hopes that it’ll shrink the tumor on her liver enough that they can operate and remove it. But naturally she’s scared, who wouldn’t be? And also just as natural as being scared, she’s started wondering about if she’s going to die or not.
I’ve been reading things on how to provide support on this and everything tells you to just listen when the person with cancer needs to talk, even if it makes no sense, or isn’t what you want to hear, just listen to them, and be there for them no matter what, so that’s what I’ve been trying to do. Anyway, yesterday she asked me if I thought Mikayla would remember her if she did die, and I told her I wasn'’ sure because my grandpa died when I was 2 and I don'’ remember him at all, but, my mom and Mik are much much closer than I ever was with my grandpa. So maybe she would be able to remember mom a little.
Anyway, the whole point is that I went home and was trying to talk to Sean about mom asking that because the thought of losing my mom is something that has been weighing VERY heavily on my heart lately. And I’m not stressing out totally about it because I know that God is working with us and that there is the chance that she’ll get totally better, but I also have to prepare myself for the chance that she doesn’t get better, as does she. So anyway again, I was trying to talk to Sean last night about this and he pretty much went off, saying that mom needs to stop thinking about dieing and that he doesn’t feel sorry for her because shes causing uneccesary worry on herself and me. He says that if shed just do exactly what the doctors say then she’ll be fine. Well it’s awesome that he’s got esp but I just don’t trust his powers alone, and I’m still awfully scared. It took everything in me last night while I was cooking dinner to not bust out crying right there in the kitchen in front of Mik. I realize that if he reads this, chances are he’ll get pissed at me, but I had to get it out somehow and talking to him obviously wasn’t an option. This is one thing that is really hard for me to deal with, and the support of my husband is extremely important. Even if he thinks that it’s a mountain out of a molehill, I still want his support. I want him to say to me, I understand why you’re scared, I know your mom is very important to you, I know your mom is very scared because this is a very unpredictable disease, I think it’s alright for you to cry every now and then, and I’m always here to hold you, but instead I get Stop flipping out, and I don’t feel sorry for her because you haven’t been given reason to think that way yet. In my opinion, soon as you hear the words, you have cancer, you immediately (naturally) feel “this could kill me”, because it very well could kill you. Easily. Anyway, I’m hurting right now, because the one person I thought I could always rely on, isn’t there on the level I need him to be with me right now. I’ve been trying really hard to not think about it, but I think maybe I’m going to try and find a support group somewhere so I can have an outlet for my feelings.
3 Comments:
DONT CRY!!! :( damn it...
i feel like i haven't been around as much as i should and that you cant talk to me about this or something, IM SORRY if i have ever made you feel lik eyou couldn't talk to me about this.. i have told you before i don't really know what to say when you start talking about this sad things that are happening to your mom. :( honestly i think if it were MY mom iwould be FREAKING out so i think you are handling yourself FAB! :) but i know it hurts.. i mean i can IMAGINE that it is painful to go through something like this.. but i hope you KNOW that if you need to vent about this to anyone you can count on ME> :) even if i don't know what to say back, know that i am listening and feeling your PAIN!
LUVS!
Men never seem to react the way we want them to, do they? It sounds like Sean is doing the typical guy thing and getting MAD so he doesn't have to feel sad himself. As much as it sucks, you'll probably have to say, "Hey dumb ass, instead of grouching at me and telling me how NOT serious it is, could you understand how scary this is for my mom and for me and just be nice and love on me?"
I'd be freaking out, too. I hope everything will be fine with your mom.
You know, and I'm nto being mean or anything, but I feel like no one has been around. Sean doesn't want to talk to me about it and noone else ever does either besides just "hey how's your mom doing" I don't know if it's cause other people are sad about it too or what but I've decided that I'm going to contact the cancer society and find a support group to go to, I don't want counseling, never done good with a therapist and I'm not depressed, I just have a lot of concerns that I don't know how to express. I mean I odn't know what I expect people to say to me anyway but it'd just be great for someone from time to time to hug me and say you know, I know your scared and it's ok because I would be too.
I went through this exact same thing when Dad died, it was like everyone was so afraid of saying the wrong thing that noone ever said anything and I kept it inside until I was alone. Then I'd talk to mom and we'd cry together about it and talk and stay up and sleep together and everything but if she dies than I'm not going to have anyone at all to talk to about it, although maybe then sean will think it's ok for me to be upset and I'll be allowed to be upset then, I'm just kinda bitter about the whole situation. I just wish I had someone to call when I needed to that will actually talk to me instead of just listening to me rant, I want someone to help me figure out ways to deal with it instead of just cheering me up for the moment. And I'm not implying that you don't do these things but sometimes you don't and noone else does either, and it's crazy because I have one of the tighest network of friends of anyone I know and it's like when it's time to have fun everyones all about it but when something like this comes up, everyone scatters.
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