Hi, Dad just diagnosed. Overwhelmed and helpless waiting soo long!

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Hello all, firstly thank goodness for support like this… 

Dad was diagnosed about 2 or so weeks ago with Stomach cancer and liver. Have had one meeting and an endoscopy just on Saturday. Awaiting biopsy results now. The Wait is horrendous! He is really poorly, can’t eat hardly anything and the weight is dropping off him. Dietician was supposes to call last Monday still nothing. I’m at my wits end waiting and feeling helpless. The report  they gave us at the endoscopy  says T4N2M1 and GOJ involvement.

i have no idea what treatment they will offer. I am trying to encourage to eat little and often of things he fancies and high calories but he’s not having much. 

I want to do all I can to help and ease things for him and lift his spirits. 

  • Hi
    I am really sorry to hear about your dad’s diagnosis.  You must be in a state of shock and it so hard to come to terms with!

    The only advice I can offer is to make every day about doing things he enjoys and pulling together as a family.  Once the medical team have all the information they need, they will be clearer about the treatment plan.

    Take care

    Jac

    Life is what happens when you are making other plans!  
     
     
  • Thank you very much Jac. Wise words and advice and exactly what we’ve said we will do without overwhelming him more. We have an autistic nephew who is the apple of his eye and   Visa versa - the are glued together ordinarily. This is hard to navigate but today they have spent time together which was such a breath of fresh air and dispersed the tension from waiting.

    I love your motto :) 

    Thank you again