Originally Posted by
BluesDawg
ITo those of you who are still reading at this point, thank you for giving me the opportunity to air out these thoughts. It is cathartic to me to be able to talk about it. To that end, I plan to give my best friend a call tomorrow to see if he can come over and let me use him as a sounding board. I need to get some honest feedback about some of the things I am thinking, without the emotional aspect that is inevitable when discussing this with my wife, my kids or my parents.
Hang in there. I'm going through a similar situation in that I had a radical prostatectomy in May of 2003 and despite no longer having a prostate, my cancer has now returned.
I've found that taking to family and friends seem to bring mixed results. My wife and brothers are great but I have a sister and some in-laws that seem to make things worse either through uninformed "help" or in the case of my sister, melodrama. Luckily, I have a good friend who has been pretty good to talk to. I try to be upbeat and positive when talking to family/friends but one can't deny the bad prospects, either. I try to look at it as a speed bump in the road of life and while it may slow one down, you have to keep going with the goal of getting back up to speed.
Regardless, I'm currently undergoing two kinds of hormone therapy and will start 8 weeks of daily radiation either tomorrow or next Monday. Hang in there and I'll add you to my growing list of people that need some extra thought and feeling for.