"The most horrible thing about watching a cancer like this kill your sister is that you can’t give up hope, yet hope is something that you can’t drum up in large doses. Evidence and facts work against that. But still you hope. And pulled between the two, eventually you can’t even breath."
I really have to agree with this statement. My dad was recently diagnosed with stage 3 myeloma at 56 years old and is fighting his way back from what looked like the end. He has a 30% chance of surviving beyond 5 years. Hope is difficult, you hope that he will be the exception, the one that defies all scientific data. But the numbers say eventually the cancer will beat him.
What can you do? Does life stop? Even my father says life has to go on, I am 400 miles away doing my job, paying my bills and he's just trying to keep going.
I really have to agree with this statement. My dad was recently diagnosed with stage 3 myeloma at 56 years old and is fighting his way back from what looked like the end. He has a 30% chance of surviving beyond 5 years. Hope is difficult, you hope that he will be the exception, the one that defies all scientific data. But the numbers say eventually the cancer will beat him.
What can you do? Does life stop? Even my father says life has to go on, I am 400 miles away doing my job, paying my bills and he's just trying to keep going.