Take more time for parents.

Yeah, you are right, we are often busy working and ignore our parents, I do like that , too. Your words remind me of showing concern about their health. I do want to stay with them and taking care of them, but I am very busy and I work in another city which is far from my parents. So I sometimes call them, I feel sorry for not acompanying them. Hope they have a good health.

The best thing you can do for your friend, is just be there for her. Giving her a shoulder to cry on, someone to hear her voice, to even yell at for the pain in her heart that she is going through. Time with parents is important. Many parents deserve to be cared for, loved and remembered. Some are not so deserving, yet they do need to learn they are loved regardless of their actions from the past. Share the love so the journey to our next step into the beyond is not so hard to take.

Yes, you do have some point. Firstly, I am sorry for your friends. We hope her father can get better. I cannot agree more on your opinion that we should spend as much time as possible with parents. Although, it is not practical for the work related reasons, we can talk with them on the phone when we have free time.

There is no way to comfort her. She has to deal with this alone and give it a place in her life. We all know people will die. We all know they but also we are dying from the moment on we are born. Each day a bit more. Nobody knows when it will be. It's not said we all will get old. So it's better to be aware of that, get the fullest out of your life (instead of being focused on other people and making their life a misery, labelling them, neglecting them or "complaining" when it's (nearly) to late there was so less time to spend together). If everthing is so useless depends on how you look upon life itself. What you set for goals. If you think everything is useless, life is, you better stop wasting other peoples lives by complaining and give up on life. I think that way life would be a way better life. BTW might be interesting too to read more about cancer, how come some people have it, others do not. I don't think a regular examination will be a quarantee for your parents not to get sick. With whom we should spend more time is up to each of us. Would be a good thing if we start with ourself first since most people are not able to be with themselves, are too scared to be alone. Fact is most of us will live a big part of our lives that way. So better start get knowing and entertaining yourself.

We sometimes forget spending time with our parents. But they can't stay with us the whole life, so we should make efforts to keep them happy

That is really sad. Just comfort her and pray for her father. At times like that, you really don't know what to say. Just be with her too.

Yes, we should spend more time with our parents before they pass on. I think that most young people want to leave home to make their mark but they often forget its their parents who help them establish their lives. I call my dad once a month and check in with him just to see how he is doing, its important to take time for the people who love us, busy or not, we are all so connected nowadays but still unplugged when it comes to relationships.

That is very sad , I hate cancer so much . I wish they get the cure for cancer soon very soon I hope . Cancer is much worse than STDs , those you can avoid . I would not know how to comfort her either , i would just be in shocked also . I dont think you can really do anything now , the best things is to just let her cry. We are sometimes so caught up that we never check our health , and also some people check so much and that might lead to health problem also .

I am so sorry for your friend. I remember the day I found out my mother had a brain tumor (this was years ago and she has since passed away). The shock of hearing something like that is very hard. Just let your friend know that you love her and you are there for her to share her tears, fears, etc.

My parents aren't that old they are in their mid 50s and yearly, I would always enroll them for health insurance which I pay monthly. The hospital is very near our home and I have my sister and two brothers with them. The problem is they don't really want to consult the doctor whenever they feel some unusual in them. I told them it is okay to go to the doctor as I know that they only worry about the payment. I explained to them that they can use their health card and so they do not really need to pay for the consultations and tests. But my father would always say that he would just use the card for emergency cases. So yearly, they always end up with not using the card which I pay monthly. And the sad part about it is they health conditions are not being monitored which is my primary purpose of enrolling them to this health insurance.

Yes that is very sad news indeed. Hopefully there family will be able to stay close to her dad and spend a lot of time with him. These times will be very precious. It's important for you to strive to just be there for her as a support.

If we love our parents, make time, make efforts, to be with them. When our parents are getting old, as their body functions deteriorate, we must be more forgiving and understanding to their situation. We must be careful with what we say to make sure that our words would not hurt their feelings and self-respect, even if it is not intentional. Our aging parents may not know that they are not as sharp as before although it is obvious to us that they are indeed slow. They may think that why are we so fast now when we used to walking side by side together not very long ago. When we can repay the love our parents have given to us, and that they are still around - we are blessed. It will be the biggest regret in life when we want to repay our love but our parents are not around anymore. Don't wait. Do it now.

I agree with you, we need to give an extra time to our parents to monitor their health and make sure they are healthy. Yearly I made sure to accompany my parents for their routine check -ups and give their budget for their medicines.

Yes, we must see and have a communication to our parents oftentimes. We are busy growing up, we do not noticed they are also growing old and getting weak.If we are living far away from them, we must visit them often so that they'll not feel they are being forgotten. They need also our attention and love.

Of course we should take more time to care for our parents, but sadly it is something that we often overlook until it is too late. Parents tend to be taken for granted until something happens and we are unable to turn back the clock in order to rectify our mistakes.

Aww that is so sad to hear about this. My father in law was diagnosed with liver cancer as well a few months ago. He just had surgery. They took out two tumors and his gal bladder. There is still cancer showing in his body but they cannot figure out where it is. I dont know when thry will even be able to start chemo. He will be 61 in a few weeks.

It could be really devastating to hear news like that. We need to spend more time with our parents when this happens. He needs our strength so he could go on with his life.

Oh! Dear! My mom had Pancreas cancer and they don't survive it I warn you right there. when it is that far gone, unles her dad can still eating i would try to give him Garlic clove,WHY you would say? Because it stops the cancer to progress.Beside that "Chemotherapy" gives you the cancer it doesn't cure it. I would try to help the naturel way and do what you can.Good luck.

Yes, as we grow up, our parents become older and older sicently. We are busy with working, so just as you say, we should take more time for parents.