I am extremely sad to tell you Mrs Wakeupandsmellthecoffee that your husband is dying of cancer. I personally am flabbergasted that somehow this was not very obvious to you. After all, he has lost 45 lbs in 2 months, has a massively swollen abdomen and legs, is jaundiced, cannot eat and cannot walk. I don’t know how you could think his condition was sometime “simple”. Well, actually it is simple. You and him have to finally talk and make some decisions…..
!!!!! You have just described my in-laws to a tee! It’s been 3 years now, and the mother-in-law still just doesn’t understand why her husband died so “suddenly”.
You and him have to finally talk and make some decisions…..
Don’t let Sarah Palin hear you say that.
I once went to a family reunion and immediately realized that Uncle Larry had liver cancer. Most health professionals have seen that look, and I knew that Larry was a drinker for the last 20 years. But the 30 plus relative who saw him on a daily basis did not “notice” the massive weight loss or the bright yellow skin or sclera!
They were in such denial that I finally had to take the wife and kids aside and tell them that I suspected that he had cancer, he was hospitalized the same day and died 2 months later. As you can imagine I am very popular at the reunions.
It’s the ostrich approach to medicine. Covered by all major health plans.
My grandmother is currently awaiting a hysterectomy for uterine cancer (thanks, Tamoxifen!). It appears that none of the medical staff caring for her had told her her diagnosis, because she asked my sister (a doctor): “would this be for cancer?”, and my sister said “yes, it would be”.
got to love euphemism.
A collegue of mine in the early 90s had a patient come in and ask what the Retrovir they were prescribed was used for. Apparently no one had told her what she was diagnosed with.., passed out in the pharmacy and cracked her head when told…
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