Thursday, November 4, 2010

Dailrag-Jordi's exhaustion

So hard to see someone you love going through such discomfort and the worst, may be, the exhaustion! He has no energy to do anything: read (he loves to read), watch tv, work on the computer even LISTENING TO MUSIC tires him. I know this recovery will take time and I'm trying to help him to help himself, be patient, but it's not always possible. It's frustrating.

6 comments:

Sally said...

On the evening news last night they interviewed two people who had the same procedure as Jordi and are fully recovered and cancer-free. They both mentioned what a horrible procedure it is. The woman lifted her shirt to show the scar right down the middle of her stomach...said it was like being cut in two. I wish you had seen these two, upbeat amazing people who volunteer at the Medical Center, counseling people who are going through this. They were so positive and funny. One had it done 19 years ago and the other 9 years ago.

Tracy T said...

Wow, Sally. Thanks for posting this -- gruesome and so great they made it through. Positive and funny? Hmm -- sound like some people we know!

Hope Torrents said...

Yes Sally. Thanks for posting. Always encouraging to hear when people have recovered. And a sense of humor an absolute MUST!!!

Your friendly, neighborhood Blog guru said...

Ahhh yes. Joe had that incision too. Really lovely, especially in a Speedo.
There are plenty of people out there who have survived against grim odds, though they might have been redesigned and have lots of battle scars. It all serves to remind you that being healthy is a HUGE luxury. I have to dig up a Susan Sontag quote that would be perfect here...

Your friendly, neighborhood Blog guru said...

Here's the Sontag quote:

"Illness is the night side of life, a more onerous citizenship. Everyone who is born holds dual citizenship, in the kingdom of the well and in the kingdom of the sick. Although we all prefer to use the good passport, sooner or later each of use is obliged, at least for a spell, to identify ourselves as citizens of that other place."

She hit the nail on the head, that Sontag.

Hope Torrents said...

Wow, the woman had a way with words, no doubt about it. I'm sorry she died so young.