He Left, Why Am I So Nervous?
By Angie
@andriaperry (116860)
Anniston, Alabama
April 28, 2017 1:59pm CST
Since November 2016 we have practically been joined at the hip, not through one hospital but two, not just a regular room but CICU.
Three months worth of daily treatment, driving for miles and miles daily.
Not one doctor but three doctors.
Good news and then bad news.
A wheelchair, to cane and now walking without any help.
Today he gathered his metal detector and fishing pole, covered himself in 100 sunscreen and walked out the door.
Why am I so nervous? After all he is adult.
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22 responses
@MarshaMusselman (38663)
• Midland, Michigan
28 Apr 17
Someone answered M.L. the same thing. Cardiac Intensive Care Unit. I would have asked too.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
29 Apr 17
Well he did good and only stayed gone 3 hours.
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@JudyEv (326127)
• Rockingham, Australia
29 Apr 17
@andriaperry I do understand your anxiety. Did he tell you which way he was heading?
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
29 Apr 17
@JudyEv Yes and who h would be with.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
29 Apr 17
I will as long as he doesnt fall or get down and not home.
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@allknowing (130114)
• India
29 Apr 17
Is this his first outing all on his own? That is great news but I quite understand your anxiety.
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@allknowing (130114)
• India
29 Apr 17
@andriaperry A celebration is called for.
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@MarshaMusselman (38663)
• Midland, Michigan
28 Apr 17
Like you already said, you've been joined at the hip for so long. How long has he been walking without any help? Has it been weeks, days or a month or more. If it's not been all that long, I'd probably be nervous too. Did he take a cell phone with him, and is he just going for the day?
You may want to edit this to show what the CICU means as many are asking. Rather than have to answer each one individually you could answer them here.
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@MarshaMusselman (38663)
• Midland, Michigan
29 Apr 17
@andriaperry At least he came back before he got to tuckered out. I'm sure that small trip did his morale a world of good. You did well not trailing along after him.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
29 Apr 17
About a week maybe 10 days without a cane and no he came back in 3 hours, so tired he went right to sleep. Yes always make him take the cell.
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@chrissbergstrom (10767)
• Banks, Oregon
29 Apr 17
Thats good he is able to be on his on though, but i understand you worrying about him to
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
29 Apr 17
I was really afraid he would fall down.
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@rusty2rusty (6751)
• Defiance, Ohio
28 Apr 17
You're nervous because you care for your friend and have been through a lot together. You do not wish any harm to come to him.
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@divalounger (5849)
• United States
28 Apr 17
You have both been through a lot--how could you not be nervous!
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
29 Apr 17
Right now yes, he is okay and I have him back up and going but it can only get worst if the doctors do not get a plan going.
@hostessman (11871)
• Tucson, Arizona
29 Apr 17
it is not that you are nervous, it is just that you care for him and you miss him when he is not around
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
29 Apr 17
LOL, what a crock of ...... no more like he he gets hurt I will be tending to him after getting him almost well.
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@1creekgirl (40615)
• United States
28 Apr 17
You have given so much of yourself that it's natural to feel a little anxious when he's in a situation without you, even if if it is a good situation.
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@Courtlynn (66918)
• United States
28 Apr 17
I think its understandable that you're nervous
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@Courtlynn (66918)
• United States
29 Apr 17
@andriaperry yeah its understandable.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
29 Apr 17
its what the doctors told him to use.
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@GardenGerty (157665)
• United States
29 Apr 17
You are nervous because you feel he is your responsibility, and also because when something is constant, then stops, we miss it. Even a toothache can affect us that way when treated.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
29 Apr 17
LOL, That is what I should call Tony, my toothache.
@jobelbojel (34730)
• Philippines
29 Apr 17
I agree with Judy, we are human. We worry about our loved ones.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
29 Apr 17
I know.... but it was nice to have a few minutes to actually sit down.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
29 Apr 17
I know, I just dont want him to have a coughing fit while driving and wreck and kill himself and someone else.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
29 Apr 17
I wish my husband would go someplace LOL - just kidding. I guess you have good reason to worry.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
29 Apr 17
I used to love it when no one was home, still do, but He is not well and that is my concern. That he will undo what I have accomplished in rehabbing him here at home.
@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
29 Apr 17
@andriaperry He must feel well enough to do things if he wanted to go.
@KristenH (33352)
• Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
29 Apr 17
@andriaperry Oh I didn't know that.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
29 Apr 17
Oh yes, there is 50, 70 and 100. He has has skin cancer many times before he is not supposed to be outside after chemo unless he wears 50 up.
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@spaceseed (2843)
• India
29 Apr 17
Every moment should be enjoyed. But yes worry is a part of life.
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