Cancer Research: News and Journals

Putting Myself in the Hands of Others

Posted from NPR Blogs: My Cancer 36 days ago
Cancer Research : Patient Journals

I wonder how they explain it to the home health aides they send over to the house. He's big, he's heavy, you're going to have to pick him up. Well, I'm not as heavy as I used to be. We've developed something of a system now to get me up and off the bed. Go on three. That's the key. Except that sometimes one of us goes on two. That makes things interesting. Luckily, everyone who comes over is strong enough to hold me. So I put myself in the hands of others. Not something I'm used to doing. But it's something I have to do now. Something I have to do every day. Will I ever get used to d...