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Colon cancer metastasized to lungs: Husband severely depressed

Colorectal Cancer | Last Active: Nov 14, 2021 | Replies (51)
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@lah

Thanks. I ramble a lot lol. I bought one of those Roomba vacuums! I have to tell you -it is my new best friend!! Vacuuming is hard for me because I am having piriformis syndrome with sciatica. Going to try a chiropractor 🤞.
Thank you for your kind words. Today I found out my sister in law's breast cancer returned ( it has been 5 years) and she now has pleural effusion She was told they couldn't do anything more for her. ?? She has twin 9 year old boys. Its so awful. I dont even know what to do for her. 😢
Have a good night all. Talk soon.

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Colleen Young, Connect Director | @colleenyoung | Oct 13, 2020

@lah, I'm sorry to hear about your sister-in-law. That is hard to news to accept. I, of course, don't know how close you are to your sister-in-law, but here are a few things that can help you think of things you might be able to do:
- be the person that she can talk to about the reality of the situation, her fears, about her sons, dying,... So many close to her will be afraid to start those conversations. Let her know you can (if you can).
- collect stories (written or audio-taped), pictures and memories of her to put in a book or box for the boys when they're older. Ask other family and friends to contribute. They may be thankful that you gave something useful to do.
- if you life near by offer to do the laundry. Pick it up from the front of the house and drop it off clean, dry and folded. I bet with 2 boys she has a lot of laundry.

Any other ideas come to mind?

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