My dad has had Parkinson's disease for over 20 years now and has been suffering badly from the illness.. a couple of years ago he had surgery in Lebanon where they place a battery operated system in his chest with wires leading up to his brain. It has been a case of trial and error to see which settings work best for him, and a lot of money spent on doctors. Over the past few months he's had problems urinating, and with constipation which have lead him to end up in ER. The hospital said he would have to wait until September to have a scan but my mum decided not to take the risk and paid for a scan at a clinic. They discovered he had stones in his gallbladder and had to have surgery immediately. He went in last Friday and he had them removed, but while the surgeon was in there he found a lump growing from his gallbladder to his liver. He removed it all, but the tests just came back today and they discovered the lump is cancerous.. cancer of the gallbladder. I don't know how to feel, i don't know if i should be worried... Does this mean my dad has cancer? The doctor is sure he removed it all, but i still think further blood tests should be made. The doctor said there's nothing more he can do for him, as he said there's nothing that can be done for this kind of cancer... He said he knows patients who have lived with it for a year, and another for 4 years. Does this mean my dad is terminally ill? I need to know what to expect... if someone can please help shed some light on this it would be greatly appreciated. I'm so confused and lost right now... my dad has suffered enough and so has my mum... even if chemo were an option, my dad is too weak to endure it, especially because of the Parkinson's... Thank you in advance for anyone reading this post...
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