What I learned from this is that it takes time to accept cancer into your life . Cancer doesn't just enter the life of the patient. It becomes a part of the lives of all those who love and care for you. And parents probably never give thought to their children getting cancer at such an early age. What a horrible thought, let alone having it turned into reality.
People have to get to that place of acceptance in their own way and at their own pace.
This whole cancer experience is, among other things, a lesson on patience and time . My parents live several hundred miles away and that makes this situation doubly difficult for them. I know that they would love to be close by to come over and prepare a meal, to help clean and do laundry, or just sit with me. I would love that too. This makes me feel a bit uncomfortable to tell them when people do things for me as I know they wish they were here to do it.