Lisa, just a quick welcome. I have been gone as my husband had his bladder removed and that pretty much took up most of my time. We are home now and he is doing great.
He had chemo before surgery and now has been declared cancer free. adjustments to a new way of life are being made one day at a time and he's doing well with that.
I have not had to stay home with him 24/7. I've gone out to Curves for exercise, to my church for prayer, to the groc store for groc. He got out of the hospital on Friday and we were home Monday afternoon and it is a 800 mile drive.
What do I contribute this too! First of the willingness to ask every one we knew to pray and keep praying and to be open to those prayers, 2nd attitude on both of our parts, a positive attitude is great. He got his from his brother and I got mine from this forum and being able to vent here and by phone calls realizing what I felt were just feelings and not facts was a great help.
So keep coming and posting and hopefully you Mom will do the same and learning as much as you can from people who have gone before. Relizing everyone is different but in some ways very much the same.
God Bless you and yours
pat(justme)