Please help, dad dying, liver cancer - Cancer: Pancreatic & Liver Message Board

Diva10 · 11-27-2004, 10:36 PM

Not sure if I am in the right forum, i will give it a try anyway.

My dad had to have his gall bladder removed due to gall stones. The surgery was cancelled by the anesthesia doctor because no stress test was given for his heart, well they found that he had 80 to 90% blockage in the main artery but could not due surgery because of the fluid that had suddenly built up in his belly, so they drained it and had to find out what caused it so they eventually did a biopsy on his liver.

They diagnosed him with hepatocellular cancer ( primary liver cancer ) and after doing a ct scan, said there was nothing that could be done for this type of cancer, said he had a 7 cm tumor on the inside of his liver and gave him six months to live and told him chemo could maybe prolong his life a few months, but that would be it.

He has decided not to take chemo for his grand kids sake, what is another 2 months. I have been looking up a lot of things on the internet and have maybe gotten my hopes up for not. I do not want to go with my dad about the info for incase I just read what I wanted to read.

Please help, any info or advise would be much appreciated.
Thanks in advance

crisma · 11-27-2004, 11:24 PM

I am sorry for what you are going through! You should check out the death and dying board. Remember that even though these doctors give time lines they are not God. I don't know much about the cancer, but have you checked into any clinical trials? It might be worth looking into. My thoughts will be with you!

vamp36 · 11-28-2004, 10:47 AM

My thoughts and prayers are with your family. TIna

Diva10 · 11-28-2004, 06:39 PM

Thank yall so much, I am still trying to figure out what to do, I just cant belive what is really going on with my dad, after reading some of the post, it's hard, reality is a very strong reality.
not sure about clinical trials, where would i find info about that
thanks

crisma · 11-28-2004, 07:22 PM

I recently had an aunt die of gall bladder cancer and when I was trying to find some treatment ideas for her I just typed in Oklahoma cancer trials (where I am from) and it brought several up. Some were near-by, some were not. Cancer is such a bad thing. It has taken so many of my loved ones. Thoughts and prayers!