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Is there hope?? What is this ?

 
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mom2mande
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 6:43 pm    Post subject: Is there hope?? Reply with quote
From reading statistics it doesn't look like it. My grandpa had been having stomach issues since last summer and the dr.'s put him on a heavy duty antibiotic thinking it was some kind of stomach infection. Off and on he had still been having issues but the dr.'s blew it off so I think he kind of did. Beginning of Dec 2007 he noticed a lump in his breast so he had it removed and it came back has cancer. The dr ordered a ct scan to see if there was cancer anywhere else. On Dec 26 2007 we found out there were spots on his pancreas, liver and lungs but his cancer dr said to order a pet scan to see if those spots were cancer because they might not be. After fighting with the insurance company he finally got the pet scan done on Jan 18 and yesterday we heard the news.....advanced pancreatic cancer. I am so so distraught and can't even think straight. He is doing chemo, 1 day a week for 3 weeks then 1 week off and then again 1 day a week for 3 weeks and then they will check to see if it has shrank at all. He started the chemo today. I brought some meals over to my grandma last week and my grandpa just looks like he is going downhill so fast. I am trying to not lose hope and as my 6 year old son told me yesterday that we just need to pray all day and night for a miracle because God is more powerful than anything. I just wish sometimes I had faith like a child. I am just angry and I don't even know who to blame.
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 10:21 pm    Post subject: Re: Is there hope?? Reply with quote
Hi mom2mande. I am very sorry about your grandfather's cancer. Pancreatic Cancer is one of the worst cancers possible but there is always hope. He needs to be getting aggressive therapy... surgery of possible. However, since it has already metastasized, chemotherapy will be his first and primary line of attack.

You and your grandfather are in my thoughts and prayers.
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