tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3217401382021623218.post1569037642387763171..comments2023-11-02T04:41:00.141-07:00Comments on I am NOT an asshole. Surgically Speaking.: this one's about me.Beccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00068323045390841989noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3217401382021623218.post-59311434969458135152015-09-18T00:39:04.404-07:002015-09-18T00:39:04.404-07:00Bowel cancer(http://colorectal-surgeon.com.au/colo...Bowel cancer(http://colorectal-surgeon.com.au/colonoscopy/) can be cured if detected early.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05988142329299836533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3217401382021623218.post-13542519822900695612012-09-22T19:10:45.669-07:002012-09-22T19:10:45.669-07:00I just re-read my reply to john christopher and it...I just re-read my reply to john christopher and it occurs to me that it sounded like I was calling you out specifically. that was definitely not my intention. it was meant for the "royal"you as in all of us.Beccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00068323045390841989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3217401382021623218.post-68128646169502744182012-05-22T20:48:49.340-07:002012-05-22T20:48:49.340-07:00The smothering aspect is a constant theme around c...The smothering aspect is a constant theme around cancer 'kids' and their parents.I have read blogs where even young children complain "Mom, stop looking at me like that.You're always looking at me." Up to teens who want to move away from their parents.I can't imagine being a caregiver, feeling helpless, wishing you could take the stupid disease away and only being there to comfort. Thank you for sharing these, they round out the picture we had of Bec's in our minds.I hope you are 'ok' too-as much as one can be 'ok' who is grieving.Titus 2 Thandihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04682041725252115845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3217401382021623218.post-85546082270319378992012-05-17T13:06:07.990-07:002012-05-17T13:06:07.990-07:00it makes me sad as well. my hope is that people wi...it makes me sad as well. my hope is that people will do better. they will NOT just assume that someone else is checking in. they will not just assume that because they haven't heard from someone who is facing what she faced, day in, day out, that no news is good news. they will not be so lazy and not actively work on their friendships. I know that I won't be. be well.Beccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00068323045390841989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3217401382021623218.post-12466266923917634202012-05-14T15:18:12.400-07:002012-05-14T15:18:12.400-07:00Re: the role of caregiver, it is a very difficult ...Re: the role of caregiver, it is a very difficult situation. You want to - and must - care for your loved one and yet you are constantly walking a tightrope between caring for and intrusion... and sometimes you must intrude in order to care! There is no easy way to care for someone who is very sick, just as there is no easy to be the sick person.alenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09985174816280745272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3217401382021623218.post-9856711591407461692012-05-13T17:45:40.346-07:002012-05-13T17:45:40.346-07:00The more I read these entries, the sadder it makes...The more I read these entries, the sadder it makes me. I first looked this blog up because I was dealing with my own colostomy...it wasn't because of cancer, but I was still scared and sad and felt alone. I added it to my reader (which is how I heard it had been updated and Rebecca had passed away) but I never really connected with it at the time.<br /><br />Reading it now, and reading her "private" thoughts makes me so sad...to know that all she wanted and needed was someone to talk to and how alone she felt?<br /><br />I just wish i had dropped her a note or commented or...something.<br /><br />Rebecca had so much strength and so much hurt...John Christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07275547703495822916noreply@blogger.com