Comments on: Please God, Give Me A Break!

By: Frank

Frank — Fri, 09 May 2008 02:26:46 +0000

Thanks Ema, I have been getting a little more sleep, but need a little more!! Hope all is going well with you and summer may help you even if it just makes you want to sit out in the sun!! Frank

By: banillabean

banillabean — Fri, 09 May 2008 00:59:52 +0000

Frank,
This post is wonderful. I have been reading it in ‘parts’ as I have had a few things that I’ve had to get done, calls made etcetera.. but I am so enjoying the detail..I am not done reading, mind you, but thought that I needed to let you know how your talk here keeps me interested reading what you are sharing. Before I go look for some dinner, I do want to say that I hope you can get some good sleep — good sleep is really essential, just like water.
Ema

By: dodiekirwan

dodiekirwan — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 12:56:05 +0000

Frank,

I have spent some time this morning reading, and crying over, your posts. That you are a special man is quite apparent. That you are a good and loving son seems unquestionable. I second the comment of Shadowlands; “….you need to care for yourself.” Taking care of yourself does not equate to neglecting your mother. It took me some time to learn that lesson. I cared for my mother since the Fall of 2001 when she was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. I had to learn to take care of myself in order to better care for her.

Thank you for your kind encouragement to my first blog.

Dodie

By: shadowlands1501

shadowlands1501 — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 23:28:11 +0000

Oh, Frank,
What a hard week and weeks you have had…I hate hospital stays and so does my husband. He truly never rests and I never do either. I hate cots. You are so right that you can’t get up out of them when you need to…they are so low to the ground and there is nothing to grab onto…
I am sure that the nurses turn your mother. That is their protocol so that she doesn’t deveolop bed sores during her stay and make your life more difficult in caring for the sores and for your mother…
I too pray, but I don’t form it into the correct( according to some) format…it seems that my prayers are a stream of conscienceness…I have to talk to Him about everything so that I can sort things out. I am not an organized person.
I have mainly my husband and God to discuss things with and this stream of continued thoughts are not focused…it is more of a heart plea that says how “lost” I am on this journey that cancer is taking us…It is God who reminds me that I am not as lost as I feel in the silence of things.
Frank, you need to care for yourself. Your mother loves you, so. What would she tell you??? I am sure that she would want you to get some rest and take care of yourself because she loves you…
Yes, we all need a break and most of the time, it is ourselves that needs to grant it…God will always meet us where we are….
Take care, my friend…you are too valuable to too many….
Your friend
Shadowlands