Dear Jennifer,
It sounds very encouraging that they caught the cancer early. Mine was at stage III, and I had very aggressive treatments. I strongly believe that is why I am here today...along with all the prayers from so many people. I am so sorry to hear that your father is feeling depressed, but I remember when I was going for radiation treatments. You go the same time every day so you get to see the same people who are there for the same thing as you...only they have different types of cancer. Well one day a new person joined our group...a young lady with breast cancer. She said...hello how are you doing? One guy leaned over to the guy sitting next to him and said...that should be on the top ten list of things that you don't ask a cancer patient. Then he said...how do you think I am doing? I thought to myself what a shame that this guy has to be so bitter. But then I realized that it's okay. If you are mad about having cancer... that's okay then be mad. If you are sad about it...that's okay then cry and be sad. What ever your feelings are...get them out now; because eventually you will realize that it is time to spend all of this energy on your recovery process. None of us can ever deny ourselves these fears, and emotions, but we cannot allow ourselves to dwell on them either. There is no doubt that this horrible disease effects the whole family, and it would be very easy for any of us to sit in a corner, and talk ourselves into a state of depression...BUT WE MUST REFUSE TO DO SO! I will continue to pray for your father and the family as well. Please keep me up to date on his progress.
Best Regards, Russ