Primary Periteneal Carcinoma

Hi my name is Corrine and im here at 12:21 am in the PCMH hospital family pc room on the west tower...oncology tower. I couldnt sleep, my mom just got out of surgery about two hrs ago. Spoke to her doctor wgile she was in recovery. He said she had primary periteneal carcinoma. She had a tumor the size of a lemon on her liver. Except for that, all her tumor markers came back normal, het ct scans were clean(now i know why),her mris' were clean. they had did a biopsy last week and thats when she said she had "liver" cancer but it was'nt made up of liver cells. She had the fluid build up that i had read about on some of the other posts and fatigue, and plenty of pain, but she thought she was constipated since she had gastric bypass back in 2004 and she figured she needed to clean her system out. In 2006 she had a hystorectomy because of severe fibroids, and since ovarian, uterine and cervical cancers are in our family history, she went ahead and had it taken out, but she still has her ovaries since they havent posed a threat, and they still dont becuase that was the first place they checked when she had an ultrasound. she is now laying in her bed sleep, and none the wiser until later this morning when th doctor comes, my dadalready knows, he was home with my nephew, my sisters were waiting with me, as well as one of my moms closest coworkers. I dont know what to do. Im going to be her primary caregiver, since im unemployed right now, but im in need support too, i have depression and this is not going to help me help her and my sisters are not very helpful, thats why my dad has my nephew beacuse one of them gave him up, and my dad is in a wheelchair. How do i stay positive for her when it nearly does me in to face each day. Some of the post i read were helpful, knowing that im not alone, but there really isnt miuch info about this cancer. Please help with any info that i could help her with and i will get her to this site once shes able to sit @ a pc for a while, or either she dictate and ill post, till shes able to, thanks for your help in advance and God Bless.

On Oct 29, 2009 4:41 AM rinniboo28 wrote:

Hi my name is Corrine and im here at 12:21 am in the PCMH hospital family pc room on the west tower...oncology tower. I couldnt sleep, my mom just got out of surgery about two hrs ago. Spoke to her doctor wgile she was in recovery. He said she had primary periteneal carcinoma. She had a tumor the size of a lemon on her liver. Except for that, all her tumor markers came back normal, het ct scans were clean(now i know why),her mris' were clean. they had did a biopsy last week and thats when she said she had "liver" cancer but it was'nt made up of liver cells. She had the fluid build up that i had read about on some of the other posts and fatigue, and plenty of pain, but she thought she was constipated since she had gastric bypass back in 2004 and she figured she needed to clean her system out. In 2006 she had a hystorectomy because of severe fibroids, and since ovarian, uterine and cervical cancers are in our family history, she went ahead and had it taken out, but she still has her ovaries since they havent posed a threat, and they still dont becuase that was the first place they checked when she had an ultrasound. she is now laying in her bed sleep, and none the wiser until later this morning when th doctor comes, my dadalready knows, he was home with my nephew, my sisters were waiting with me, as well as one of my moms closest coworkers. I dont know what to do. Im going to be her primary caregiver, since im unemployed right now, but im in need support too, i have depression and this is not going to help me help her and my sisters are not very helpful, thats why my dad has my nephew beacuse one of them gave him up, and my dad is in a wheelchair. How do i stay positive for her when it nearly does me in to face each day. Some of the post i read were helpful, knowing that im not alone, but there really isnt miuch info about this cancer. Please help with any info that i could help her with and i will get her to this site once shes able to sit @ a pc for a while, or either she dictate and ill post, till shes able to, thanks for your help in advance and God Bless.

 

Hello Corrine, I am sorry to hear about your mom. My mom was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer almost three years ago. They told us she had only 6 months to live. We got a second opinion. She had surgery, radiation and chemo treatments. Everything was going good for about a year. Then she began having problems with pain and constipation. They found a very small spot on her lung and cysts above the naval. She has had chemo treatments twice since her surgery. The last chemo treatment was very hard on her. She said no more chemo. She is now on an alternative cancer treatment for aggressive, fast spreading cancers called Lifeone. She has been on the treatment for a month. Her back and rib pain is gone. She is doing much better. There are two websites I found very helpful in deciding what to do.  cancertutor.com and http://www.new-cancer-treatments.org/Articles/StrongestTreat

God bless you and your family