We may never know...
For anyone interested in Colorectal Cancer:Tuesday, October 04, 2005
We may never know...
Current mood: sad
We may never know God's plan. And some times it's really hard for us to try to comprehend why certain things happen.
My uncle...my mom's twin... was diagnosed with colon cancer yesterday. He's young, in my opinion... 62. It's already pretty severe. Several tumors in his colon and it's already spread to his liver. The doctor hasn't given him much hope...but he's ok with it. He's ready to go home to God...it's the rest of us who are being selfish. My mom is taking this especially hard. Not only is he her brother...he's her twin. And there are some very serious bonds between twins....I've seen it first hand...it truly is amazing.
My grandmother (who is 96) is extremely upset as well. She doens't understand how God can take her son and leave her on this earth...afterall, she's 96, she says. She just keeps saying it's just not right.
My uncle will know more Thursday, but has already said he won't take any chemo. He believes it's in God's hands and it's just his time. He's not even asking for prayers. He feels it's a waste to ask for things in prayers.... prayers are to be for praise. I'm praying for him anyway. And of course, I'm praying for my mom and grandma and my aunt and cousins.
We may never know God's reasoning for why He does what He does. I just hope that I can be as gracious and ready as my uncle...no matter how hard it is for the ones we leave behind....
http://www.colorectal-cancer.net/
posted by MidwestMedic at 19:54
1 Comments:
delurking to say I'm sorry to hear about your uncle. my father survived two rounds of colorectal cancer with surgery, radiation and chemo (no liver mets though) - it's a pity your uncle is deciding against chemo without at least some further investigation. Yes, it's miserable - my father had what his oncologist described as the worst reaction to a chemo drug that he had had a patient survive but he's ok now a couple years later and he was 73 when he was first diagnosed. I know, one person's experience doesn't mean anything medically and the liver metastasis is definitely bad. regardess, I wish you all the best possible outcome - it's a miserable disease.
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