I think I was on sabbatical from the forum when this was first posted, just got caught up on it. I had a cousin die of lung cancer, my sister in laws mother died of heart issues, my mother is having some heart issues, but nothing too major has come of it yet. It sounds like they caught it in time and everything will be fine. I've heard with new medical technologies and the rate of progression, humans may eradicate cancer from the developed world in the next 20 years!!!

The worst one of all for me has been my grandmothers alzheimers. I've been at the sides of family members battling illnesses, I've seen the effects of cancer.. but I think the worst thing to happen is to have them be in fair physical condition, and not have a clue that you are the child they raised.

But that doesn't take away from what's happening to your father or the pain he is in. Glad all is well!

 

Also glad to hear he is doing well again!

My mother had breast cancer about 4 years ago, and is still clean after all the mess of surgery/chemo/rad, etc- my grandmother died from cancer just over a year ago (when they found it, it was already all over, and she didn't want to mess with all of the treatments since there was so little chance it would work).

The one thing I took away from both instances is that it changed my perspective- I began to enjoy my time with them more (and all my other friends/family)- and stopped taking it for granted that everyone I know will live forever, and started being realistic about it; so in that way it helped strengthen our relationships.

I also am the kind of person who doesn't talk about that kind of stuff. I don't like talking to counselors and such- because I don't like feeling like I'm being analyzed by a shrink, and I don't feel like they really know me. Opening up to my friends helped a lot though- even though they couldn't say much about cancer itself, they at least were a good support system because they were easier to talk to.

I really do hope this is the case

 

Glad to hear your dad is doing better.

I was told back in january I have high cholesterol. The bad kind. My doctor didn't provide any other information other then my (bad) cholesterol was sky high and he out me on another pill. I have to take the pill (1/day) for 90 days, go have another screening, then go see him again and find out if I'll be on this stuff the rest of my life or can "HOPEFULLY" get off of it.

I've always been in very good shape. Since getting my neck screwed up in 2000 being physical like I used to was not easy. I feel this has added me my high cholesterol. But I'm trying to turn things around be and being more active again.