phloopy

Can I be part of your family?

You say it’s enriched your bio dad’s life drastically. Could you provide some examples of how? Where was he at in life when the news of his dozens of children started pouring in? Married? Kids he raised himself?

Soooo many questions! You should get him on here for an AMA too.

Can you just not?

I love that you called this out. Language matters and can be uplifting or demoralizing. Even when somebody tries to be uplifting it can be demoralizing, as in this scenario. As you said, there is no fight with cancer; undergoing treatment is a chemistry/physics experiment where, hopefully, one comes out of it with no cancer remaining and the ability to heal from the brutally difficult experiment that killed the cancer.

I wish you well and hope you keep on enduring!