PLEASE Please i need help now!!! Miracle or not??

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IS THIS A MIRACLE OR ARE THEY WRONG AGAIN!!

If anyone has read my previous posts you may know why i need your help.

In dec 09 dad has a biopsy on a tumor in his armpit. Doc told us then he was 99'/. sure it was lymphatic cancer and was easily treated. 

Then

On xmas eve dad was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer and was given weeks to live. 6-12 months with chemo. We have been completely heartbroken.

We then found out the primary was in his windpipe with secondaries on both lungs and also a huge tumor in his armpit which has been his only symptom.

anyway his chemo started on thurs 14th and he was given a massive dose that lasted nearly 12 hours.

He was admitted to hospital on sunday 17th and is still there now.

he was there because he was bringing up blood and could not physically eat or drink anything he could not swallow.

Today he woke up feeling well and ate breakfast

At 3pm today his consultant came to see him and said "i'm so sorry mr ........ but there is a possibility that i may have got your diagnosis wrong" WHAT?????????

He said he has now (4 weeks later) sought a 2nd opinion and now believes he has 'germ cell cancer' which is curable.  

WHAT??????????

Dad told us all tonight and he is obviously delighted but we were all in shock and also angry very very angry that we and dad (who had accepted his fate) have been put through this.

I have now come home and researched this and it all leads back to testicular cancer and mainly in children.

Nothing i have read tonight though gives the indication that this is what dad may have. He has tumors on his lungs, windpipe and armpit. He has nothing 'downthere' what so ever and nothing has shown in the scans etc i just don't get how ther have come to this conclusion.

We are all in shock and want to believe there is hope but how can we when it seems so far fetched.

Please help me.....i need some answers. xxxxx

 

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  • FormerMember
    FormerMember

    Thankyou for the advice. My Dad now truly believes this germ cell theory. (it is his chance at a life again). I really hope these doctors know what they are saying because god help them if the have got it wrong again.

  • FormerMember
    FormerMember

    so sorry to hear about what you are going through, the whole situation must be very difficult for you all.  I really hope that they have got it right this time.

  • FormerMember
    FormerMember

    Thankyou so much for your support and information.

    Dad sees the new specialist on monday. He has got obviously excited about this possible diagnosis and understandably but he like us is very confused.Dad had come to terms with the fact that he was going to die (even if we hadn't) and he was at peace with it and had made all the necessary arrangements and now i think he is just in shock and disbelief but is holding on to hope.

    I can not find that hope yet - i cannot believe they may have got it sooo wrong and put my dad though having to tell his children, mum and friends etc and i had to explain to my eldest dd (9) that he is going to die only then to a month later say i may have made a mistake and not explain any further.

    I am angry and upset and confused and i really don't have any faith in what theses docs are telling us. Even after monday i will still be questioning their findings - who knows if they have got this wrong again and if they themselves are clutching at straws like we were!!

  • FormerMember
    FormerMember

    pinkvickie

    now this is easy to say....but sit down....put your feet up and listen to your fav cd.....close your eyes and relax.....

    worrying wont make one bit of difference ...but worrying can make you feel crap, and can even make you ill......

    monday will soon be here and you will find out then what the specialists are thinking .....we all hope for you and your dad and all your family the news will be good....

    so please try not to worry to much....it wont make one ounce of difference you know but as i say it will mess you up so much...

    hugs.....

  • FormerMember
    FormerMember

    Thanks Graeme,

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