Doom and gloom

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Clive ended up in hospital last week from Mon evening to Saturday, his white count was really low and he developed a temperature, so they had to treat him with iv antibiotics. We couldn't believe it as there was no tv's or anything, totally boring! He is seriously glad to be home it was so depressing in there the bloke in the bed next to him died while I was visiting one night, and there is a lot of old people in there some in a bad way, its really not good for your state of mind. Anyway we did get the scan results while he was in. Unfortunately they were fairly devastating. This new docetaxol chemo hasn't worked and the tumour has grown and has infected more lymph nodes along with a nodule in the lung. So I guess thats really the end of the line.... Clive asked the dreaded how long question and he said an average of 6 months but given his age and fitness he could still be around in 8. They are planning a couple of weeks of radiotherapy but this will only treat the main tumour and I suppose everything else will keep growing. How come there seems to be not a lot of options for treating this cancer it is so damned agressive and I hate it! Telling the kids is going to kill us both, but we are waiting till they have broken up from school, and we then intend to have a great summer doing some exciting things. although my eldest put a spanner in the works and broke his arm yesterday, as if we havn't seen enough of hospitals this week!
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  • FormerMember
    FormerMember

    Hi - I'm so sorry your scan results weren't good news. I wish I could think of something deep and profound, or wise to say but I can't. I just know that awful 'punched in the guts' feeling so well.

    And I know that we seem to be hearing about more and more cases of oesophegal cancer. Hope and hope that there will be a breakthrough in treatment for this type of cancer soon.

    Jeanie x

  • FormerMember
    FormerMember

    Hi there, just wanted to say I'm sorry for your latest news.  This must be horrendous for you all right now.  As for the time limit, who knows, loads of people have beaten the odds and lived for a lot longer than expected, so don't give up hope.

    Will be thinking of you all, best wishes, Christine xx