tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1506064328898764765.post3218567640405604493..comments2023-08-29T02:45:40.934-05:00Comments on Dad's Diary - a journey through childhood cancer: Her sickness or my mania - you pickMark Dunganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18139784704905490034noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1506064328898764765.post-1763981131502512222008-07-03T12:34:00.000-05:002008-07-03T12:34:00.000-05:00Oh, Mark, the problem with kids who have been thro...Oh, Mark, the problem with kids who have been through so much severe medical treatment is that they often do not feel well. They manage to cope with it by not thinking about it, being distracted from it, forgetting about it, getting used to it. <BR/>One of my kids was saying that he could not read in the car as it make him feel sick. My cancer survivor, said that he feels the same way alot, but he's used to it, a surprise to me. He has learned over the years to NOT bring up any aches, pains, tiredness or other symptoms when he wants to do something, go somewhere, or plain does NOT want parental scrutiny. That can be as bad and frightening as a kid who is constantly complaining of not feeling well.So it's often difficult for the kids themselves to discern whether they are feeling the regular blahs and aches or if this is something unusual. <BR/>My oldest who is was a national athlete has a friend who nearly died from appendicitus. Those kids, too, who push their bodies unnaturally in sports, get used to pain to a point that they learn to ignore it. They feel lousy, tired, pain, don't feel like it, so their thresh hold is way up there. <BR/><BR/>I hope your sweet Sydney feels better, and reaches an equilibrium that she knows is a normal range for her. It would make things so much less stressful for all of you.<BR/><BR/>Prayers and hope.Catherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11149885637140617891noreply@blogger.com