Dear All:
There are urgent questions need your help to provide recommendations.
Because my father has the bladder cancer which has spread to bone and lung, bone metastasis happened on the vertebra(the 5th lumbar vertebra and the 10th thoracic vertebra)
He found the pain on hip on July, 2009. And then he almost can’t walk on August.
We do MRI scan on 8/13 and found there is compression fracture on the 5th lumbar vertebra to compress the nerve.
So the doctor does the lumbar vertebra surgery on 9/17.
After surgery, we still found the leg can’t move.
Do another MRI on 9/20.
We found there is new compression fracture on 10th thoracic vertebra to compress the nerve too.
So the doctor does the thoracic surgery on 9/22. After surgery, legs recover the movement capability during the following three days. After three days, his legs lost the movement again gradually.
The doctor can’t find any reason even we do another MRI on 10/5.
And my father still has serious pain on his back after surgery. He must use morphine 50mg to relieve pain. The doctor also can’t find the root cause.
Now his legs lose the feeling and movement (He can’t lift, bend his leg and foot.)
On 10/10, his WBC up to 18000/ul, we found he had the pleural effusion on full left lung on 10/10 chest CT. (he did the thoracic surgery from left chest.)
So my question is
1. Anyone provide effective treatment to cure metastasis bladder cancer?
2. Is it possible to treat serious pleural effusion by any conventional or alternative treatment?
3. Because my father’s legs can’t move after surgery, is there anyone know how to check what is the root cause? What test should we ask to do?
4. If the nerve were damaged by something, is it possible to recover by some way? Could anyone provide some recommendation?
5. How to reduce pain without morphine? Someone says the morphine will help the growth of cancer, is it right?
I am really waiting for your recommendations from all of you.
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