Husband and Mom with Cancer
Gloria Koshinski
said he hadn't seen the chest film yet but it looks doable as far as he can
tell. Supposed to hear in the next 2 weeks about the injection. Husband just
finished 3rd round of chemo. Goes for cat scan on 1/ 14 then to the Dr. on
1/16 to see how things are going. Still keeping his weight up.and still
working 7 hour days so holding his own. Will find out when we see the Dr. if
he has been accepted for another trial concerning shortness of breath. That
one only lasts 28 days and he is willing but even if accepted could end up
with the placebo so we will see. All the updates I have for now.
J
Hello Gloria,
Your husband's amazing to be still working with what-all's been going on, and
SOB as well..
There was a recent news item that people overseas are filling spaces in clinical
trials, rather than get nothing. (no insurance, money, I guess) since (many)
North Americans would rather not take a chance on getting a placebo. That I
understand.
An acquaintance of ours was diagnosed with advanced primary liver cancer in
November and had been told median 2 - 4 months. He had a major downslide shortly
after Christmas and's since been hospitalized. According to NCI, advanced
liver cancer is cancer that is present in both lobes of the liver or has
metastasized to distant sites.
"AFP levels have been shown to be prognostically important, with the median
survival of AFP-negative patients significantly longer than that of AFP-positive
patients."
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http://www.nci.nih.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/adult-primary-liver/HealthProfessional/page2
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I'm still wondering what you meant by "lathery binaurally cirrhosis" = lateral
biliary cirrhosis?
There's 2 paragraphs there that you might want to review with the surgeon - to
ensure double-check / all systems go..
Are the seeds coming from Canada? I was just reading that the backlog will be
cleared up in the next few weeks.
Thanks for the update and well wishes going your way from me for the CT scan,
husband's breathing and your mother's procedure. And please take care of you as
well. I'll be here; thinking of you all and awaiting updates, as you are able
and have time..
Best
J
Gloria Koshinski
"J" <nswex@nalid;non> wrote in message
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> Gloria Koshinski wrote
>
> Hello Gloria
"lathery binaurally cirrhosis" = lateral
> biliary cirrhosis?
> Are the seeds coming from Canada? I was just reading that the backlog will
> be
> cleared up in the next few weeks.
> Best
> J
My spelling sucks, you have it right. Yes pellets coming from Canada. They
done a pet scan a couple of weeks ago on Mom and never said anything about
any spreading. I guess it would of shown up, it did on my husband.
Supposedly her cancer is early on the liver not actually in it. Not sure how
they can tell but that is what was said. I guess time will tell. The Dr.
said at the begging that the normal would be 6 months but with the pellets
he feels it will increase it by 2-3 times that with a better quality of
life. She is willing to try it so we wait and see. Thanks for being here for
everybody J it is appreciated by most of us here.
J
> "J" <nswex@nalid;non> wrote in message
Thank you, Gloria.
I guess I'm just a worrier, especially about the elderly.
They're the experts, so we'll hope they're right about the 2-3 times longer (or
even more).
Best,
J
Gloria Koshinski
injection off pellets is set for Jan. 18 at 2 P.M.. Mom's outlook is good.
Not ready to die but if it happens it just does. She feels she would rather
die receiving the pellets than die little by little each day and be
bed-ridden with no quality. The oncologist we saw today works with the Dr.
doing the pellets. We are 65-70 miles from the hospital where it is being
done. In case of an emergency the oncologist is only 20 miles away and the
hospital we would use. He said he would see to her care at that time if it
would be needed. Also that later down the road she might need some chemo and
he said they have been having some luck with some pills. We will wait and
see. Guess getting everything set up for the long run. She even asked him
about donating her body to science and he knows of a woman that handles that
but that is in the future he told her. About it for now. Will keep you
updated as I find out more on either one of them.
J
Very reassuring, Gloria. Good idea to check things out ahead of time.
Rest well. You've done good.
I look forward to hearing how things go.
J