My Dad was diagnosed with a grade 4 brain tumour called a Glioblastoma in February. He is 47 years old. For my whole life my Dad has always been the fittest person I know and perhaps for that (and other) reasons this was the biggest and worst shock. The day he was diagnosed was the worst day of my life but I am terrified there are worse days to come.
He is currently undergoing radiotherapy and chemotherapy. He had surgery which saw the surgeons take out "everything they could see", that phrase alone scares me because it means that there is more. We were told by the oncologist that some doctors consider this to be incurable. Where do you go from there? My Dad is overall in good health at the moment and we are keeping a positive attitude and praying that he will be ok but I am scared. I am not scared for myself, I am scared for him. He still has so many things to do. I am getting married this year and he so wants to walk me down the aisle and to be well on that day but I am scared he wont be and that will set is mental health back. I want to cancel the wedding and do something smaller but he wont hear of it.
My youngest brother is only 12. Such a crucial age for a boy. They are so close and I can't imagine how he would get on without my Dad. They spend so much time together and I so want for him to have the childhood with my Dad that me and my other brother had. It's not fair for them to be robbed of that.
My Mum is so amazing and strong but she wants to spend the rest of her life with my Dad and I am scared for her that wont happen.
My Dad is the glue in our family. He keeps it all together. We need him.
I hope they find a cure for this terrible disease and all other terrible diseases in the world. It's strange how you live your life never contemplating these terrible things when the probability tells us that something terrible will come to all our doorways. 1 in 3 will get cancer. We will all be affected by it.
