any hope for stage 4

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any hope for stage 4

by OREO02 on Tue Jul 14, 2009 12:00 AM

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my father has stomach  cancer and he is 79 on july 4th.  He had most of his stomach removed then they found it in 20 of the 25 lymph nodes, now he has had a cat scan and they have found a  tumor in his kidneys, and calcification in his arteries,  he  started chemo this week and radiation in a week, he is in stage 4,   I need to know is there any hope , i love him so much and he is so strong and or rock. .  i am so scared...

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by momwithkids on Tue Jul 21, 2009 12:00 AM

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There is always hope.  There are many survivor stories and if he is strong, my advice would be to give him all they got - that way you never have to say I wish I did more.

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by OREO02 on Wed Aug 05, 2009 12:00 AM

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 He started the chemo and developed and ileus in his colon, he has now lost 30 pounds and asked my sister and i to put him in assisted living so he can get stronger , he says he is too weak to start chemo and radiation on the 10th of august. not even sure he is going to do chemo again.  I am so  worried if he does chemo and  raditation it will be even worse than just the chemo.  The chemo made him miserable.   i am so worried about him not doing anything and just giving up..  but i still want to have hope, so i do not want him to stop treatments. either way it is hard...

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by justin1997 on Sun Aug 16, 2009 12:00 AM

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their is always hope you just got to belive and keep both of you ocupied

justin

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