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Okay, I'm glad someone else said it because I didn't want to. When my mother was first diagnosed, they told her it would be a couple of months, maybe more of chemo. Since she would be immunocompromised, her doctors strongly suggested she have very little in-person contact with my son, who was 4 to 5 at the time.
I am PRAYING this is not the case. But I was thinking about it while we were at my SIL's earlier.
QUOTE (WhyAmIHere @ 12/25/2023, 07:36 PM) In regards to the sudden changes, we know:
Jen had schedule changes "thrust upon her". She had to cancel runDisney events. She will have the kids more (we don't know how much more) and it's unpredictable for at least a couple months, maybe more...it's unknown. She wants to travel for content but she won't be for the winter, unsure when she will be able to start back up. Her kids need her at home for right now. She had the kids for christmas eve AND christmas day, they didn't go to Don's that we know of.
Someone posted earlier that Don couldn't be sick..he's young and has a wife that feeds him nutritious meals...lets face it, he looks better than he has in years and lost weight. This is based on very personal experience, but I am surprised no one has brought up the evil C word... cancer. My husband was diagnosed with testicular cancer at 36. Our kids were 3 and 1. TC has a 97% cure rate but despite that he went through almost 3 months of nasty chemo (after surgery) that made him unable to work, nauseas, thrashed his GI, totally exhausted him and his WBC count got so low he landed in the hospital for a week stay (which he says was a blessing at the time because he needed a break simply being around two very active toddlers who just wanted to play with daddy)... he also lost all his hair. He was miserable. Not everyone reacts this way to chemo...it's highly variable between each person. We pretty much knew he would beat it (97% cure rate) but there was still the WHAT IF he is the other 3%?? What if it comes back in a year or at the next scan??
Currently I have a coworker who's husband, early 40's, (4 young children) has pancreatic cancer and has been battling it for 2.5 years. His prognosis is not great, PC rarely is. He's been through chemo, surgery, radiation...just when he gets a bit better he has to be treated again. Currently he is in a drug trial that while slowing the tumors, makes him very sick, vomit sick...unpredictably so. She can't be sure when they can go on outings or trips, because he might be fine, he might not.
These are two very different cancer situations, but to me, sounds like this could be a possible thing. Nobody is immune, young, healthy eater, whatever...if it's going to get you, it will. One hopes it's caught early and there is good treatment. To me, between the time frame...
"could be a couple months, could be more"
"my kids need me at home"
"please respect our privacy at this time" (usually said re: illness, death, divorce)
Also...handmade cards for Don in a recent video...she did say they always make him these at christmas though. So, this could be a situation with Don OR Tens. It sounds like he may have time with them but it will be less, it's unsure when, and she has to be flexible.
She's not too upset about missing her runDisney for now. Because even as much of an asshole she is, would she really blame a seriously ill person under treatment for missing her wogging?
She asked us not to dig. His side is not super active on SM (that we have access to) but I will think if this is the situation it will come up at some point.
Just my two cents, from someone who has been through it. |
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