Overcoming PTSD after losing my mom to melanoma
When my mom was diagnosed with metastatic melanoma, I became her main caregiver. For two years, I cared for her through several surgeries and several rounds of chemotherapy. I drove her from our home in Louisiana to MD Anderson, and stayed there with her for weeks at a time.
After my mom died, I felt lost. I kept thinking I needed to be taking Mom's temperature, giving her medicine, sitting with her, holding her hand, something...
My mother's melanoma diagnosis: What a caregiver learned
Living in southern Louisiana, my family learned to endure the heat, humidity and sun. But we struggled when it came to protection from its...