Thank you for your concern. Yes they operated her on 3rd October. They
bypassed the blockage in duodenum. Today they allowed water and juice
intake from mouth. I hope she will not vomit. Now she has developed a
new problem. She is having breathing problems. Docs say it is due to
long bed rest. Moreover, due to excessive intravenous drips (dextrose
monohydrate) her feet have swollen. They say that her tumor around gall
bladder and liver has grown to a large extent. During operation they
took small samples from infected portions, the biopsy reports are still
awaited. Let us hope for the best. She is very weak. Her pulse rate is
around 100 and bp fluctuates between 110/75 and 95/65. Yesterday I saw
her blood analysis report. The platelets counts has reduced to 73 which
was around 340 before operation. HB is 9.8. She also has fluctuating
fever of 100 and 101. She is so weak that she can't speak. Man is so
helpless. I remember when I was a child and my mother used to do
whatever possible for me. But in the present situation, I feel so
helpless. Perhaps, thats fate. I have been living in hostels for
previous 15 years. Now that my mother is ill, I feel so much that she
is the most precious person of my life. I only pray for her long and
healthy life so that I may serve her as much as possible.
I am sorry I got very emotional. You seem to be a nice person. How can
I contact you oher than this group post? My email is
rain.on.moon(@)gmail.com. The brackets are to avoid spam. I hope to
stay in touch with you.
Regards,
Atta.
> > Yesterday I saw the specifications on the drip. It was named as
> > Macsalate (Ring Lactate). On the bottom it was written I.V.Nutrition
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> http://www.emedicine.com/radio/topic388.htm
> J
> Thank you for your concern. Yes they operated her on 3rd October. They
> bypassed the blockage in duodenum. Today they allowed water and juice
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> rain.on.moon(@)gmail.com. The brackets are to avoid spam. I hope to
> stay in touch with you.
Hello Atta,
Our parents brings us life, nurture and education and life educates us and
brings us wisdom.
You may have gained a lot of wisdom living in hostels.
And so, in the cycle of life, we often are put in a position where we are
called on to nurture one or both of our parents, at a time of their greatest
need.
When cure or extension of life is not possible, we must use the wisdom that
we've gained to improve our loved ones quality of life.
You are serving your mother by being there. Part of nurturing is making
decisions for those we love, when they're not well enough to make them on their
own (or don't have medical education).
Medical advances can "do"; and doctors will "do" if given the opportunity; your
mother's cancer is too advanced. Surgery would likely kill her and it is very
unlikely that your mother has a type of cancer that chemo can help. I think
they've done the most that should be done.
I'm sorry to tell you that I cannot email. I have been doing support, on
alt.support.cancer, for many years, and it would be humanly impossible to
support (by email) all the people, that I have met there.
You have my heartfelt sympathy and empathy. My mother died of lung cancer, 3
weeks after she was diagnosed. It was too late for her, as well. It is very
emotional and hard to accept. That was over 10 years ago; it was painful for
many years, but I understand now how it's sometimes too late and impossible to
save everyone.
Please come over to alt.support.cancer
There's quite a few of us who can be of emotional support for you, during these
trying times.
There's also an oncologist, who will listen for the pathology report (result)
and tell you the appropriate treatment, if any.
J
PS. You could reply to this, your last post, but change the name of newsgroup
to alt.support.cancer, then come join us over there and look for replies to
your post.
Or copy what you just wrote and post it to alt.support.cancer, please. See you
there? If impossible, I will watch for your posts here.