Dad keeps saying he's not in pain as well - he's been known to keep certain
things to himself though - so I wonder ...

lcool1020@... wrote: Thank you for your kind words. And, yes, I am sure
your dog knows what your father is going through - dogs are very good at things
like this.

My husband would ask what was it he did to deserve what was happening to him.
I'm not a religious person either - he was. I told him that the God I grew up
with didn't do what he was implying. Otherwise, good people and children
wouldn't get cancer.

People who can't handle this sort of thing usually get out of the way... Can't
say as I blame them, though. What I watched happen over the past seven months
was a horror story. I watched my husband die a slow death. At least, though, he
said he wasn't in pain. At least, not until the very end when the nurses had to
move him around...

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> I am so sorry for your loss - what did we do to deserve this? My husband and I
> watched his sister pass away from tongue cancer - she lasted until 2 days past
> her 45th birthday. People go through their whole lives without going through
> this pain and here we have gone through or are going through this loss. On the
> other hand though we are survivors! I am not a religious person but I do
> believe that if we couldn't handle this situation it wouldn't have been in our
> path to deal with.
> All we can do is support each other.
> Again Lisa I am so sorry that you lost a loved one to this. I don't think my
> dad is going to be with us for long either.
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> Our little dog is glued to my dad's side - do you think she knows what's going
> on? She usually sticks pretty close to my husband and myself but since my dad
> has moved in we have been totally ignored. She is a shitzu/bichon.
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> I am saddened to hear of your news. My husband was diagnosed back in November.
> It is a nasty disease and my heart goes out to you. I buried my husband on
> Monday. He had been given six to twelve months, but the cancer had other
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> Lisa.
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> > A month ago my dad was diagnosed with terminal stomach cancer. He
> > went in for what we thought was a hernia operation and it turned
> > ugly. He was opened up and a couple of biopsies were done - they were
> > malignant and closed him up without doing anything. I don't know what
> > stage he is in but was given 3 - 6 months to live. Apparently when
> > they opened him up it was everywhere. Because of his age (79) he is
> > not a candidate for chemo or radiation. Dad is refusing any
> > alternative form of treatment - he is just basically waiting to die.
> > This is so sad to watch. I have an older brother but he has chosen to
> > ignore our situation.
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> > - Heather K.
> > 47 - married - no kids
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