He has a particularly aggressive tumour. If he has treatment he may live for twelve months, if he does not, he may have three months.
How does a person face this? How do his loved ones face this? He has a twin brother who was described as being "incoherent with grief". He has a wife and a new little daughter.
If it were me I would be straight to a counsellor. I'm having enough trouble dealing with it and I'm not even related to them. I've never had anything like this so close to me. I know these people, have eaten with these people. They never hurt anyone, don't deserve this. Why?
Would I want to prolong the inevitable? Or would I take the short cut? Would I want my family to watch me suffer for months on end or would I bring it to a short sharp end?
Would I stop working and devote my life to him if it were my son? He would not want that.
I would not be able to watch TV, read a book, act normal in any way if it were my son. I would want to scream at everyone, tell the world, destroy something with my bare hands, demand answers.. why?
But life is like that. And in actual fact people suffer worse things than this. Much worse things. Six billion people on this earth. I know this one who has a death sentence.
About Me
- Helen
- I was born in the UK but have lived in Australia for 30 years. I love people and I love life.
1 comment:
You know? there are no answers. And that's the crux of the matter, we just never know what will happen to us and if something awful does happen, how we and our loved ones will deal with it. But the human spirit is strong and we often find our own way.
My thoughts go out to your friend and his family .
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