After nearly 8 months which involved
-two liver enlargement procedures,
-one new tumour appearing,
-that one new tumour being rfa'd
-being told by another Doc (who was not my Dad's main doc) that chances of a resection were practically zero (after all the above) and to possibly consider palliative care...erm, what did you say? (angry face)
-being told time and again that his liver does not have enough volume…
Yesterday we went down to the Royal Free, London, to get Dad's latest MRI results which would tell us if he could have a resection. After a few months of having PVE's to try and enlarge the liver (already small due to naturally having a small liver) to give it enough volume/function, we were told that the latest PVE had enlarged the liver, but not enough. First bit of bad news. However, the Dr then said that Dads liver…
Well, next month means 1 year from dad's diagnosis, and what a year it's been. Who'd have thought that 1 year ago, Dad, previously healthy and hardly needing to go to the Dr's, would be diagnosed with the most vicious disease? And how ours lives have changed, hey. But, at least we are more positive now than what we were then! Since Dad's diagnosis, he (as well as the rest of the fam) has been through so…
Hey peeps! Some of you know Dad was diagnosed with secondary bowel cancer last December, and he has been on 7 cycles of chemo since January/February this year. Today he had his CT result (picture taken mid-way through chemo) and results are brilliant-no trace of cancer in the liver anymore, so no liver resection to be done...however, there was still a small amount of primary tumor in the bowel, so within the next few months…
THE MOST DESTRUCTIVE HABIT..........WORRY
THE GREATEST JOY.................................GIVING
THE GREATEST LOSS..............................LOSS OF SELF RESPECT
THE MOST SATISFYING WORK...............HELPING OTHERS
THE UGLIEST PERSONALITY TRAIT......SELFISHNESS
THE MOST ENDANGERED SPECIES.....DEDICATED LEADERS
OUR GREATEST NATURAL RESOURCE.....OUR YOUTH
THE GREATEST 'SHOT IN THE ARM'......ENCOURAGEMENT…
