My mom is having her first appointment with her oncologist today. She's supposed to start chemotherapy today. Please keep her in your thoughts and prayers. Thank you.
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Please pray for my mother.
- Thread starter Saint Frankenstein
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Okay, so we went to see the oncologist today. I have some good news. My mom does have pancreatic cancer, but it's not as bad as we thought it would be. She has a tumor above her pancreas that's about 1.5 inches. It's around blood vessels and an artery, so surgery isn't recommended. However, it hasn't spread and there isn't a blood clot. She had an ultrasound on her liver last week and there was concern about that, but her liver is fine.
She will have to undergo chemotherapy and the nurse practitioner said that it would probably be for an indefinite time. She'll probably lose her hair and such, which is sad because my mom loves her hair, but living is more important to her. She had to reschedule her chemo to next Wednesday because it was late in the day and we needed to be able to arrange transportation (we were provided transportation there and back by the Red Cross through the Columbus Cancer Clinic, so that was good).
So in some ways, I'm relieved. For everything else, we'll just take it day by day. The nurse practitioner told me not to worry over the hard data of pancreatic cancer, so I will try not to. Also, the oncologist was in a better mood today. When we talked to him in the hospital, he was rather dour and that was apparently because the results were murky at that time. So I somewhat misjudged him.
She will have to undergo chemotherapy and the nurse practitioner said that it would probably be for an indefinite time. She'll probably lose her hair and such, which is sad because my mom loves her hair, but living is more important to her. She had to reschedule her chemo to next Wednesday because it was late in the day and we needed to be able to arrange transportation (we were provided transportation there and back by the Red Cross through the Columbus Cancer Clinic, so that was good).
So in some ways, I'm relieved. For everything else, we'll just take it day by day. The nurse practitioner told me not to worry over the hard data of pancreatic cancer, so I will try not to. Also, the oncologist was in a better mood today. When we talked to him in the hospital, he was rather dour and that was apparently because the results were murky at that time. So I somewhat misjudged him.
They just gave her a refill of the pain medication she was already on but they did give her something for the nausea. We'll find out tomorrow if it's helping her because I picked up the meds for her earlier today.
Thank you. *hugs*
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I didn't see this on Wednesday but this is awesome news Frank
Still sending love and light, Frank. Always and forever. Love you bunches. xoxo
