My parents got back from New Zealand yesterday, and the news from my grandfather isn't good. His lung cancer has spread quickly the last six months or so, and is halfway around the pulmonary artery - if it gets around the whole artery, choking it as it were, it would not be good. And because it is so close to pretty major organs, heart lungs etc, it is pretty well inoperable - or, if they were to contemplate an operation, the survival rate from the surgery itself isn't flash hot, and they wouldn't recommend it in this situation.
The specialists in the region get together in Hamilton each Wednesday to discuss the latest cancer cases, and my grandfather's one is up for review today actually. It is all about quality of life and extending life expectancy at the moment, and I'm sure there will be a report from back home either tonight or later in the week.
A bit annoyed with my brother - you don't hear from him in weeks, and then I get home to a message asking me to ring him. When are the parents going to be home, I need my duty free smokes - well, they may be home in about half an hour or so, give a ring then. So he comes around, picks up his smokes, briefly asks about the trip, and leaves, after borrowing some work equipment from Dad.
Examples - Mum said the news from back home isn't good with Grandad, my brother says so he's a goner then, with a smile a slight laugh on his mouth, and about his daughter he asks she's almost two isn't she? She's your daughter mate, if you don't know - and on the grandfather thing, well, we all deal with grief in different ways, but the word 'goner' with a smile just got to me for some reason - and just the feeling that they were secondary questions to the important thing of the duty free.
I think I may head over to see how things are myself maybe Australia Day weekend. Yes, it is two months away, but my grandfather is giving the impression he doesn't want people hanging around anyways. See how things go.
Paul
The specialists in the region get together in Hamilton each Wednesday to discuss the latest cancer cases, and my grandfather's one is up for review today actually. It is all about quality of life and extending life expectancy at the moment, and I'm sure there will be a report from back home either tonight or later in the week.
A bit annoyed with my brother - you don't hear from him in weeks, and then I get home to a message asking me to ring him. When are the parents going to be home, I need my duty free smokes - well, they may be home in about half an hour or so, give a ring then. So he comes around, picks up his smokes, briefly asks about the trip, and leaves, after borrowing some work equipment from Dad.
Examples - Mum said the news from back home isn't good with Grandad, my brother says so he's a goner then, with a smile a slight laugh on his mouth, and about his daughter he asks she's almost two isn't she? She's your daughter mate, if you don't know - and on the grandfather thing, well, we all deal with grief in different ways, but the word 'goner' with a smile just got to me for some reason - and just the feeling that they were secondary questions to the important thing of the duty free.
I think I may head over to see how things are myself maybe Australia Day weekend. Yes, it is two months away, but my grandfather is giving the impression he doesn't want people hanging around anyways. See how things go.
Paul
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