Working at illness

Date 8 March 2012
Author Ilana Estelle
I was always removed from being around anyone who was terminally ill when I was little, but if and when I did hear about someone’s terminal illness, it made me struggle mentally and emotionally. I’m coping to act as a support to my father, but it is slowly becoming clear…
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Today's new thoughts

Date 6 March 2012
Author Ilana Estelle
It would be easy for me to hibernate with everything I deal with. Dealing with a family member having cancer is the most difficult time. As I watch my father struggle to hold on to life, I want what is best for him. I am not convinced having chemotherapy is…
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Unexpected visitors

Date 4 March 2012
Author Ilana Estelle
Someone once said it was fascinating, how when someone is terminally ill, we crawl out of the woodwork unexpectedly, to pay our respects, even though we may not have had nothing to do with them for years. And it got me thinking. Perhaps it’s done because we may want that…
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Illness and Anger

Date 3 March 2012
Author Ilana Estelle
It’s easy to become angry around negative experiences, but it’s important to deal with those experiences so that anger doesn’t take consume us. Talking about how we feel should make a difference between acceptance and non-acceptance of our issues. Anger and terminal illness When it comes to people with a…
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What makes us happy?

Date 29 February 2012
Author Ilana Estelle
Because emotions aren’t an exact science, do we really know how to be happy? Is being happy something we fleetingly come in and out of? Being happy is innate Some of us may automatically know what it means to be happy, it may take others time to find out. Being…
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Standing up for oneself

Date 28 February 2012
Author Ilana Estelle
I was a people pleaser. I used to go out of my way to please everyone as a child. I know it was the reason behind my search for acceptance, but in hindsight it didn’t do me any favours. Pleasing people But what started as a kind gesture on my…
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Happy, relaxed and calm

Date 26 February 2012
Author Ilana Estelle
People with happy dispositions may have periods of low moods, disappointments and problems, in the same way people who have unhappy dispositions may. The only difference is that happy people should adapt more easily, and their disappointments and low moods should be dealt with more swiftly. Happy people Happy people…
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Relationships and Being Judged

Date 25 February 2012
Author Ilana Estelle
I’ve heard it said, ‘It’s better to come from a broken home than live in one.’ It is important not to feel guilty about walking away, if it means we’re supporting our mental and emotional health. We may find it hard to walk away, because we think others may judge.…
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Cancer treatment choices

Date 24 February 2012
Author Ilana Estelle
How many of us go with decisions that have been made that we don’t agree with, but have no choice but to agree to? That has been the pattern for all of my adult life. I know that my decision for my father not to have treatment would be the…
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Dealing with illness

Date 21 February 2012
Author Ilana Estelle
Things are never easy for the one who is terminally ill, or the family dealing with their loved one being terminally ill. I’m tired and although I am mentally okay with what’s happening, keeping up with it is even more tiring. It’s important to spend time with a loved one,…
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No need to feel guilty

Date 19 February 2012
Author Ilana Estelle
I have so many thoughts tonight. I feel indifferent, calm and very tired. We may come to reflect on our relationships around the time we know someone we love is terminally ill. Relationships are about expression, we need to be able to express ourselves. Picking fault is unhelpful and counterproductive…
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Losing a loved one

Date 17 February 2012
Author Ilana Estelle
As children, we may live in fear of the reality that one day our parents will no longer be around.  Children are too young to have the knowledge that adults have. Losing a parent seems scary when you’re a child. My mother passed away what will be 5 years on…
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