We just got the word on my father

Oh I am so sorry i wish there was something we or i could do to help.

I am so sorry to hear that. I'll be praying for him and you.

I'm sorry to hear about your dad, but it sounds like you have a doctor who really cares and respects you and your family's wish to keep fighting. It's a little easier when you have the doctor on your side, but it doesn't make the pain any easier about having to deal with the news that was delivered.

I hope that the chemo will work wonders!

Oh Carol, I'm so sorry.

I don't know if your father would qualify for this - it does require surgery, and it is experimental. But there is a company in Phase III (final phase before regulatory approval from FDA) trials for a system whereby they remove the patients liver from the body, treat it with the anti-cancer agents, and then return it to the body. It is for a situation where the cancer has metastasized and isn't otherwise treatable by surgery. It doesn't require the immunosuppressants of a liver transplant because it is the person's own liver. I also have no idea if there are any cancer treatment hospitals/centers participating in the study that are anywhere near you - I just know it exists. But it may be worth asking the oncologist about. Here's a link to the comany's website: http://www.delcath.com/

I am sending mega vibes that your father will respond well to the chemo treatment!

Laurie

Support vibes for you and your family.

Thank you all so much for your good wishes... and Laurie, I will see about that procedure and ask the doctor what he thinks of it, thank you so much for the information.

But this evening, things went from bad to worse. Two months ago, one of my father's sisters was diagnosed with lung cancer, and she's been going back and forth to M.D. Anderson in Houston for treatment...she'll probably have surgery in February. Well, tonight she called to tell us that one of their three brothers passed away this morning.

So on top of everything else, we had to tell Papa that his brother just died. It took him a long time to absorb it. It's just so wrong! Whatever time he has left should be lived in peace and joy, not mourning.

He loves eggnog. All I could think to do was go out and get stuff to make him some eggnog. I feel so useless.

Originally Posted by CarolPetunia

The oncologist was very gentle about it, but he held out no hope of a cure... only the hope that chemotherapy might slow down or halt the growth of the cancer.

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I'm so sorry

I will keep you and your dad in my thoughts.

I'm so sorry Carol. And especially that he receive such bad news on top of it. Hopefully he will rally with all your support!

Originally Posted by CarolPetunia

He loves eggnog. All I could think to do was go out and get stuff to make him some eggnog. I feel so useless.

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Been there...done that. My parents are both sick and there is nothing I can do to fix it. I do a lot of cleaning, cooking, errands, take them to the doctor or whatever needs to be done. I get so frustrated because I feel like no matter what I do, it will never be enough, but I know that I have done everything I possibly could. I have put my life on hold because I will not leave unless I know they will be ok.

It also is not fair to either you or your family. Then there is the whole range of emotions you go through depending on how the day is going. Sometimes things are already bad, they can always get worse, but you still have to have faith that even with all the bad, that there can still be some sunshine in it. I'm so very sorry and I understand what you are feeling more than you will ever know.

Oh, Carol! How awful! I hope the chemo is easy on your dad.

Many for you, your family, and your father!

My gpa was diagnose with cancer when I was just a baby, he had everything that could be removed, removed. He had lost every organ available to be taken out, he lived 15 years after that, and then died at the age of 92 to pure old age! I hope that can happen for you dad too... Cancer is a struggle in my family too...

Im sorry to hear of your loss of your uncle too!!
Things sure can get bad fast!

I'm sorry to hear about your father.

I've known a lot of people with cancer--mostly co-workers. Every single one who had kept up a fighting attitude triumphed over the disease. I know it's easy for me to say that...but, I've seen it so many times. Your father sounds like a fighter, and this will help him enormously.

You all are in my thoughts, and I'm sending lots of love and prayers your way.

Carol, I am so sorry.

I'm so sorry the news is not good. I hope you find a little comfort in the fact that you have done everything possible to help your father. Some things are just beyond our control. Sending hugs to you.

Carol, I am sorry the news was not better, but I am going to pray that the procedure Laurie mentioned would be a possiblity for your dad - that he could qualify and his doctor agree to it etc.

Please accept my condolences on the loss of your Great-Uncle.

Sending you vibes of strength, remember to get some rest for yourself.

Prayers for your Family. My Mom died from Breast Cancer that went in her Lungs. Would you like to join a online Cancer Group I am in? Alot of people in my Family died from cancer and I have friend that have it now.

Carol, I'm so sorry for you and your family. I lost my sweet mom to cancer about 4 years ago and I still feel her loss very much. Hugs, thoughts and prayers to you and yours.

Im am so very sorry, Carol. Many prayers for you and your family during this time.

So sorry to hear the news about your dad...We hope he is going to be okay
Heres unlimited For your dad...