My Dad And His Fight...

On 5/4/2008 mimi3 wrote:

 

On 4/30/2008 FamilyFighter wrote:

How kind of you to be so positive and give my father 1 to 3 months! Listen, I'm sure that you are just trying to help but I don't need comments like that right now! No one here is ready to give up and just say "well, looks like we only have a few months left! All the tests they just ran show no increase in fluid in his belly and the blood cultures have shown nothing. In addition to that, we. Ahave started juicing some of his food and he is doing better.

I'm sorry if I sound like a whiney stupid woman in denial but no one is going to tell me that my dad doesn't have much time left! We are not about to quit, that's just not us!

I am so glad you responded in this way!  No one has the right to give anyone a time limit. Not even doctors. My Dad also has pc. It has metastasized to his liver. He was diagnosed in Sep.2005 also had Whipple. Dec. 2005 we took him to MD Anderson in Houston. He was in a clinical trial with heavy duty treatment. After, followed up with 6 mos. chemo. Was cancer free until Jan.2008. He took gemzar and tarceva for 3 mos. Scan last week said the tumor has increased in size. Now we will try Xeloda. Also we are talking to University of Pittsburgh for second opinion. We know our fathers better than anyone. Keep up the good fight! I will pray for you, your father and your family. Keep me posted.  Kim