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Husband and Mom with Cancer

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Gloria Koshinski - 06 Jan 2008 02:32 GMT
Mom just got her mapping done for the pellet injection for liver cancer. Dr.
said he hadn't seen the chest film yet but it looks doable as far as he can
tell. Supposed to hear in the next 2 weeks about the injection. Husband just
finished 3rd round of chemo. Goes for cat scan on 1/ 14 then to the Dr. on
1/16 to see how things are going. Still keeping his weight up.and still
working 7 hour days so holding his own. Will find out when we see the Dr. if
he has been accepted for another trial concerning shortness of breath. That
one only lasts 28 days and he is willing but even if accepted  could end up
with the placebo so we will see. All the updates I have for now.
J - 06 Jan 2008 10:40 GMT
> Mom just got her mapping done for the pellet injection for liver cancer. Dr.
> said he hadn't seen the chest film yet but it looks doable as far as he can
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> one only lasts 28 days and he is willing but even if accepted  could end up
> with the placebo so we will see. All the updates I have for now.

Hello Gloria,
Your husband's amazing to be still working with what-all's been going on, and
SOB as well..
There was a recent news item that people overseas are filling spaces in clinical
trials, rather than get nothing. (no insurance, money, I guess) since (many)
North Americans would rather not take a chance on getting a placebo. That I
understand.

An acquaintance of ours was diagnosed with advanced primary liver cancer in
November and had been told median 2 - 4 months. He had a major downslide shortly
after Christmas and's since been hospitalized.   According to NCI, advanced
liver cancer is cancer that is present in both lobes of the liver or has
metastasized to distant sites.

"AFP levels have been shown to be prognostically important, with the median
survival of AFP-negative patients significantly longer than that of AFP-positive
patients."
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http://www.nci.nih.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/adult-primary-liver/HealthProf
essional/page2


I'm still wondering what you meant by "lathery binaurally cirrhosis"  = lateral
biliary cirrhosis?
There's 2 paragraphs there that you might want to review with the surgeon - to
ensure double-check / all systems go..

Are the seeds coming from Canada? I was just reading that the backlog will be
cleared up in the next few weeks.

Thanks for the update and well wishes going your way from me for the CT scan,
husband's breathing and your mother's procedure.  And please take care of you as
well. I'll be here; thinking of you all and awaiting updates, as you are able
and have time..
Best
J
Gloria Koshinski - 07 Jan 2008 01:39 GMT
> Hello Gloria

"lathery binaurally cirrhosis"  = lateral
> biliary cirrhosis?

> Are the seeds coming from Canada? I was just reading that the backlog will
> be
> cleared up in the next few weeks.

> Best
> J
My spelling sucks, you have it right. Yes pellets coming from Canada. They
done a pet scan a couple of weeks ago on Mom and never said anything about
any spreading. I guess it would of shown up, it did on my husband.
Supposedly her cancer is early on the liver not actually in it. Not sure how
they can tell but that is what was said.  I guess time will tell. The Dr.
said at the begging that the normal would be 6 months but with the pellets
he feels it will increase it by 2-3 times that with a better quality of
life. She is willing to try it so we wait and see. Thanks for being here for
everybody J it is appreciated by most of us here.
J - 07 Jan 2008 23:21 GMT
> "J" <nswex@nalid;non> wrote in message
> >
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> life. She is willing to try it so we wait and see. Thanks for being here for
> everybody J it is appreciated by most of us here.

Thank you, Gloria.
I guess I'm just a worrier, especially about the elderly.
They're the experts, so we'll hope they're right about the 2-3 times longer (or
even more).
Best,
J
 
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