Thank you for taking the time to do this. I’ve been reading through the comments and it’s almost kind of comforting to read so many stories about cancer.
My 8 year old son got diagnosed with a cancerous brain tumour 7 months ago, originally they told us he had 12-14 months to live, and because of the placement of the tumour they couldn’t operate on it. We have since then, had the diagnoses contested as the biopsy results indicated a more rare but treatable/curable cancer.
Of course we are elated that his cancer is treatable, and he has since gone through 6 weeks of radiotherapy, and we are now in stage 4 (of 8) rounds of chemotherapy. I feel incredibly amazed by the Drs, nurses and hospital staff who work so hard to help him, and us, it has been an eye opening time for us as a family.
My questions is, as silly as it might seem, is there a better way of asking “how are you?” Because every single person asks him this, all the time. It’s almost unreal how many times a day we hear this phrase.
And he has told me many times how much he hates being asked this repeatedly…and I’ve told family, friends and school but they often forget, or say it automatically.
I wonder if there is a better way for them to ask/or a phrase we can ask them to use instead?
Or is it just something we should learn to live with.
I know that it’s always meant well from the people who ask, but it’s also accumulative over the course of a day for him and is a constant reminder of his situation every time.
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Thank you for taking the time to do this. I’ve been reading through the comments and it’s almost kind of comforting to read so many stories about cancer.
My 8 year old son got diagnosed with a cancerous brain tumour 7 months ago, originally they told us he had 12-14 months to live, and because of the placement of the tumour they couldn’t operate on it. We have since then, had the diagnoses contested as the biopsy results indicated a more rare but treatable/curable cancer.
Of course we are elated that his cancer is treatable, and he has since gone through 6 weeks of radiotherapy, and we are now in stage 4 (of 8) rounds of chemotherapy. I feel incredibly amazed by the Drs, nurses and hospital staff who work so hard to help him, and us, it has been an eye opening time for us as a family.
My questions is, as silly as it might seem, is there a better way of asking “how are you?” Because every single person asks him this, all the time. It’s almost unreal how many times a day we hear this phrase. And he has told me many times how much he hates being asked this repeatedly…and I’ve told family, friends and school but they often forget, or say it automatically.
I wonder if there is a better way for them to ask/or a phrase we can ask them to use instead? Or is it just something we should learn to live with. I know that it’s always meant well from the people who ask, but it’s also accumulative over the course of a day for him and is a constant reminder of his situation every time.
Anyone else feel the same?
Thank you.
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