CT: Little sister goes in for surgery in a few hours, favorite Uncle is in the hospital with blood clots lining his already cancer-riddled lungs, brother is deteriorating from some as yet undiagnosed auto-immune disorder... enough is f*cking enough already!
I know exactly how your uncle feels with the clots, and I can sympathize entirely with your brother.
I've had a pulmonary embolism in my lung for the past year and it's one of the most painful things to have; performing a natural, required human function should never be painful. But having both clots and cancer of the lung is just horrible.
I've got an auto-immune disease that has yet to be diagnosed and I will tell you now, I hate it. They believe me to have either Lupus or Hashimoto's disease and no matter how many doctors tell me it's this or that or those sets of illnesses, you never want to see your own brother go through it, let alone yourself. I hope you get answers soon because I know right now how impossible it is to cope with something you don't know about.
I've seen my own mum go through having a fully clotted leg, fully clotted abdomen, clot in the brain and abuse against her and you absolutely wish it was you and not them on the receiving end of it all.
I have the utmost sympathy for you and wish that no-one had to go through what your family has. If you ever need to talk about anything, just send me a message.