kerryfriend

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• kerryfriend has created a new message board discussion

  This is the first time that I have posted here on the bereavement board. My story started on October 5, 2011 when my husband was diagnosed with stage IV Pancreatic cancer with mets to liver. He had a port put in and started chemo the first week in Nov. All was going good and everything was shrinking till July when we go the news that the chemo stopped working and the cancer had spread. He was still doing good though ...

  December 29 at 3:20 PM view discussion

• kerryfriend has created a new message board discussion

  I have had a very hard time since the passing of my husband. He passed away in our home on 10-19-12. Just a week and one day after being put on hospice. He was put on hospice on Thursday and the following Friday he was gone. Thursday and Friday we were still trying to process the news. He wasn't able to lay flat in bed for a couple of weeks before he passed. He was sleeping in his chair and I was sleeping on the couc...

  November 30 at 7:04 PM view discussion

• kerryfriend has replied to a post on the message board

  Thank you all so much for the kind words and prayers. I find myself having melt downs. I know that this day would come but just can't believe how quickly things turn down hill. Just Wednesday last week he was laughing and joking. Now he talks real slow and almost sounds like he has been drinking. Sleeps almost all the time. Although I have cheerished the time around 9pm when he is more awake. I don't want him to suff...

  October 15 at 1:52 PM view post

• kerryfriend has created a new message board discussion

  My husband had been fighting pancreatic cancer since October 5, 2011. This past Thursday we were told no more chemo can be done. They said that it could kill him. Said that it was time for hospice. Have a hospice nurse coming tomorrow. I am so scared. He is now yellow. He tries talking but is having a hard time. He is now talking like he has been drinking. Has trouble remembering things. He was doing so good and with...

  October 14 at 2:25 PM view discussion

• kerryfriend has created a new message board discussion

  As I have stated before. My husband has stage IV PC w/ mets to his liver. He had another PET scan done last Thursday and we got the results today. The mets on the liver are growing. He now has cancer in a bone in the base of his neck. Tumor in his stomach. Cancer in his pelvic area. It is spreading fast. Last scan was 2 months ago and so many new areas. Have an appointment on Friday to talk about this scan. God pleas...

  September 24 at 11:05 PM view discussion

• kerryfriend has replied to a post on the message board

  Thank you all so much! I needed some uplifting. I will pray for you all and your family's. God bless.

  September 21 at 2:05 AM view post

• kerryfriend has replied to a post on the message board

  Thank you for responding. I am sorry about your dad. I will be praying for you and your family. This had been so hard. We have a lot of family and friends that support us. I talk to them all the time but yet I can't help but feel alone. They try to help in what ever way that they can and we appreciate everything. It's hard to explain to them the feelings that I am feeling when they have not been down this road. I mys...

  September 21 at 1:39 AM view post

• kerryfriend has created a new message board discussion

  My husband had been battling stage IV PC w/ liver mets since Oct. 5, 2011. He started chemo right away and it worked till July 2012. We than started on a new chemo and found out that it isn't working either. He has right side pain now and is having to take alot of pain pills. I am scared out of my mind. I don't know what is in store for us or what to expect down the road. He has started sleeping more. He is more quie...

  September 18 at 10:19 PM view discussion

• kerryfriend has created a new message board discussion

  Our journey started on October 5th, 2011 when my husband was diagnosed with stage IV Pancreatic Cancer with mets to his liver. He had a power port put in the first of November and started chemo. He had 18 rounds with all CT scans showing positive results till the last one that showed one of the lesions had doubled in size since April. He was than scheduled a PET scan two weeks later. Now showing a vein off the liver ...

  August 02 at 11:17 PM view discussion

• kerryfriend has created a new message board discussion

  I am writing this today with a broken heart. My husband had his CT scan and now on 19th had his PET scan. The PET scan showed more than the CT. The PET scan showed hot spots with the liver, pancreas, a vein connected to the liver and two nymph nodes in his pelvic area. This is so sad since the CT showed that his liver went from 50-60 lesions on his liver to 5 and the pancreas is continuing to shrink. Looked so positi...

  July 21 at 2:24 PM view discussion