Mother Recently Diagnosed as Inoperable.

Khyla H.

It sounds like your father and my mom have a lot in common. Always strong willed and will fight forever. I hope your father's scans came back positive.
My mom had another scan done during the last week of April and they found more tumors in her bladder and intesting. To keep this case more unusual now they are not sure what the source is. Lymphoma or pancreatic cancer. She just had more biopsies done on Friday and we won't have new results for another week or so. To answer your question about removing the tumor, the answer is yes. They cannot remove any of it due to blood loss since it's connected to the mesostic artery.
I just keep my hopes up that at 54 she can fight through this. She has lost 50lbs since March and she is always running fevers and I can't help but feel that the docter's she chose are not moving quickly enough.
I'll keep you in my prayers.

Tracey

Hi Tracey,

I have recently discovered more information on my fathers cancer.

After reading his medical records (on request), it appears the primary cancer is Pancreatic, spreading to the liver via the vein as we have mentioned.

His results after the recent scan are not great. The tumor hasnt shrunk, nor has it grown, but doctors suggest they have "exhausted" chemo options and he is to focus on gaining weight/health for a couple of months and return for another scan then.

I find this very hard to accept as he is too young and positive minded...

Because he had part of the pancrease removed, he has been struggling to absorb his food. His medication is assisting in doing this now so we are hoping for weigh gain etc soon.

I have sent his latest scans, chemo/radiation & bloods reports to the UK for a 2nd opinion. As I mentioned previously, they are experimenting with a new procedure, operating on such cases as my father and your mother, where they do whats called a "dry" cut and minimise blood loss to an egg cup full. It has been successful so far. I am keeping my fingers tightly crossed but trying hard not to get my hopes up.

They are meeting tomorrow to discuss his case and I will let you know what happens.

Where are you located? Im in Australia. We have a natural juice here called Ginger Punch which my father is trying out. It apparently targets Bladder and Pancreatic tumors.

If you would like to continue this discussion, contact me on khyla_77 (at) hotmail (dot) com.

I hope you and your families spirits are high and you have some positive news soon.

Take care

Khyla