Hello everyone,
My father has been diagnosed with
Gallbladder cancer in June. The doctor told him that he is currently
at stage two right now. He also gave him two options, to get surgery or
to not get surgery. Before these options, he has already taken out his
gallbladder, but the cancer has already spread to the bile ducts. If he
does not get the surgery he would only live two more years, and if he
does get the surgery (taking out a portion of the liver and replacing
the bile ducts) he would live to five years. My father is extremely
confused on what he should do. If he was to do the surgery many side
effects might come from it. I am afraid that because he will be in so
much pain from the surgery his immunity will go down, making it
possible for the cancer to spread even more. What is surprising to me
is that the doctor said that chemotherapy and radiation will not treat
this cancer, but yet I can see that many patients are able to receive
these treatments. What are your opinions to my father's conditions?
Thank you very much and hope the best for everyone.