My mother in law just had brain surgery a month and a half ago. One hospital told her she has 2 months to live so we took her for a second opinion. She went for brain surgery and they removed a large cyst and one small tumor. A third tumor was inoperable and malignant. She has gone through radiation treatments and is now on heavy chemo. My wife left the house to go out of state a month ago to help her mother and father. She will be going back and forth from CA to NJ for a long time.
There is hope for her and I hope the same for your father. He will be in our prayers.
Prayers for your mother-in-law and thank you for your words of hope. We won’t know any more about prognosis until after a doctor appointment on Monday. I am truly stunned right now.
mplsconservative and Freep EE, hang in there.
I’ve been down this road, with an elderly parent who had a brain tumor. I know the drill.
One thing you need to do is to ALLOW yourself to do-whatever you need to do. If you need a nap, take it. If you need to take a long drive, take it. If you need to sit quietly in a corner by yourself, sit quietly in a corner by yourself. And don’t beat yourself up about it!
Another thing to think about (as if you don’t have enough to think about already, but this is important)-remember that the emotions of everyone in the family will be running at full-tilt, and everyone will be on-edge and may even be panicky.
Combine major emotional upheaval with physical exhaustion that’s off the scale, and there could be hard words said. Try to let go of anything anyone says that’s hurtful. I guarantee, whoever says something awful doesn’t mean it.
Lots of prayers are being sent up for your families. Please keep us informed as to how things are going.