My dad had quad bypass the end of Jan. He continued to lose weight, not eat, became weaker and weaker. He described to me what sounded like divertricultis (sp?). I had been after him prior to the problems with the heart emerged to go to see a gastrologist. I told him that at 67 with digestive problems and a brother that had an illiostomy 17 years ago, he should have already had a colonoscopy. He had the colonoscopy at the urgency of his urologist. Dad has fought bladder and kidney infections for years. They did a scope of his bladder and found that there was a fistual to the colon. So, on he goes to the colonoscopy and the doc could not go pass what he said was scar tissue from years of divertriculits. They immediately do a barium enima. He has a blockage and on to a surgeon. The Sat before his scheduled resection on Monday, he is so weak he can barely walk. He took a handful of Xanex because he was tired of being sick. Ends up in ER and eventually admitted. Surgery was finally this past Friday. He was saying up to the day of surgery that this would not do any good. He would be no better. The surgeon came to us after surgery and told us that behind the scar tissue was a tumor a little larger than a baseball. It was attached to the bladder and small intestine. He said the looked at it in OR and confirmed it was cancer. He felt they got all the tumor, but because of the size he was concerned that it most likely has spread to the lymph system. And given the condition of his heart, he would not be able to make it through chemo.

So, we wait. We watch this once strong active man sleep endlessly. Or, when awake, he is in much pain. Only whispers. He won't take in nurishment. Today they finally start giving him some through an IV. Please, what do we do? I feel so guilty and baggering him into the surgery. He knew all along that things were bad and he would not be better.

Hi debdaniuel.
Sorry to hear the results of your dads colonoscopy but now you know why he hasnt been feeling well. You did the right thing. After the recuperation from the surgery he will be feeling alot better im sure. Be there for him, is all u can do! and Take care of you too.
Hugs, Maz.