CancerCompass message board discussion started by rocketwrench on 5/16/2008 http://www.cancercompass.com/message-board/message/all,24089,0.htm Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ My wife age 30 diagnosed with stomach cancer( june 07). surgery chemo, radiaionton. two PET scans later both showing now cancer last scan mar 08.  Went in to the hospital for pain and found to be gullblader.  Dr. opened her up and found her body completely filled with tumors and one big one around her liver, gulbladder, stomach, and intestines.  So tell me how can a PET scan, CT scan, Untrasound and Nuclear scan not detect a tumor the size of a volley ball. or any of the other ones in her body.  .  rocketwrench Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT I don't understand that either and I am so sorry for her diagnosis.  I can totally understand your anger and would certainly be asking questions. Msmittens Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT same here,, my wife 34 went in jan for severe stomach pain,, constant vomit etc,,, did 3 ct scans where she drank the white stuff adn did lots of x-rays,,, later told us it was stomach infection adn gave us anti biotics,,,it cost us $7k,,,which we cant pay,,, so after a month of med,, with no help in symptoms,,, my hard headed wife stopped taking meds adn refuse to go back to hospital,,,, later in late march while in miami for work,,, she called my father at 4 am to come and get our 1.5 yr old daughter bc she couldnt breath and kept vomiting,,, she them hung up and called 911,,, a tumor had ruptured and she wold have died a few hours later the drs said,,, she had to have 2/3 stomach removed, had pnemonia, hernia, bad ulcer, holes in her stomach, removed 15 ft of intestine to examine for holes,,,,and now has advanced stomach cancer that has spread into her lungs,,,,  they said she will die from the cancer....................how will i explain this to my daughter who now just turned 2....................and are oly treating with chemo,,,, after reading lots about immuno therapy,,,, immune boosters,,, biological therapy,,,,, but they say its not yet "Proven."...............ahhhhhhhhhhh Giovanni Sat, 31 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT