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bobophil · 07-14-2005, 04:34 PM

pocon1,i dont think i can say anything other than: you have deeply moved me.
Although I cannot say i know how you feel, because i dont, I cant.

But my grandfather just recently died about a month ago. He was diagnosed with prostate cancer. He was given 3 months. Tops. That was June 2001. He almost lived 4 years longer than expected. He looked perfectly normal. Then, all of a sudden, he started to deteriorate. That is the only word i can think of. A week before, he was functioning like any person would. He suddenly was so weak, he couldn't even get up by himself. I then found out that the cancer had spread to his lungs. Noone told me this... We had to switch off monitoring and helping him go to the bathroom, etc..maybe 4 days later, he was in a hospital bed, death date determined several days from then. I only saw him once, b/c i had to babysit my two sisters while my parents went. The one time i saw him, I didn't recognise him. He had gone through such muscle atrophy he was literally skin and bone. Not to mention the more than 4 liters of fluid in his mid-section. His death was predicted to the hour. It was wednsday of my final exams. 9:00 AM.

So i cant say i know how you feel, but i sure got a taste of it.

07-14-2005, 04:34 PM	#56 (permalink)
bobophil Tilted	pocon1,i dont think i can say anything other than: you have deeply moved me. Although I cannot say i know how you feel, because i dont, I cant. But my grandfather just recently died about a month ago. He was diagnosed with prostate cancer. He was given 3 months. Tops. That was June 2001. He almost lived 4 years longer than expected. He looked perfectly normal. Then, all of a sudden, he started to deteriorate. That is the only word i can think of. A week before, he was functioning like any person would. He suddenly was so weak, he couldn't even get up by himself. I then found out that the cancer had spread to his lungs. Noone told me this... We had to switch off monitoring and helping him go to the bathroom, etc..maybe 4 days later, he was in a hospital bed, death date determined several days from then. I only saw him once, b/c i had to babysit my two sisters while my parents went. The one time i saw him, I didn't recognise him. He had gone through such muscle atrophy he was literally skin and bone. Not to mention the more than 4 liters of fluid in his mid-section. His death was predicted to the hour. It was wednsday of my final exams. 9:00 AM. So i cant say i know how you feel, but i sure got a taste of it. __________________ Check and mate, now king me. -Homer