Lessons My Dad’s Cancer Taught Me
We survived 2020. Not many did because of COVID-19. It changed the world as we knew it.
COVID hit my dad pretty bad and just when we all thought we were in the clear his doctor recommended he take a stool test (yes the fun kind where you collect your own poop and mail it back in a little baggy) and the results were that he had blood in it.
Fast forward a few weeks later where he had his colonoscopy done and the results were that he had cancer — they resected a piece of his colon and we kept on trucking. Throughout the course of these last few months, he started treatment, battled with being hungry, tired, frustrated, and sad. Our emotions have been all over the place as well but that is secondary.
Some of the things I have learned and am continuing to learn throughout this process are as profound as I can put into words right now on very few hours of sleep.
1. Allow yourself to feel
Cry when your emotions hit you- sometimes in waves and sometimes in hurricanes. They can feel like they are drowning you but if you suppress them then you will only hurt yourself in the long run. Be cliché and listen to all the sad songs you can or don’t there is honestly no proper way to grieve your old life and your new normal but suppressing things only makes things worse. At least…
