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My Fathers Cancer Surgery/Latest Update for All My Friends
El Destructo:
All my Friends here knew that My Father had Prostate Cancer that They tried to Cure with Radiation Therapy....well They killed the Cancer in His Prostate ...and in the Process gave Him Bladder Cancer from excess radiation! Well He has been undergoing Chemotherapy for the last 5 Months....which killed the Cancer in the Bladder...but also made it entirely Useless...So He was Scheduled for a Cystectomy on Friday (Bladder Removal and the fitting of a Bag)
He went under Anesthesia at 7 am yesterday morning...was in Surgery for 7 1/2 hours...2 hours longer than expected. Everything was going well until they dissected a piece of His Intestines to make the Stoma (a tube that connects the two kidneys to the Abdomen where the Bag is placed)....When they dissected the Intestins...He started Hemorrhaging ...and they could not get it under control due to the Damage from all of the Radiation from His Prostate Cancer Treatments....They gave Him 14 units of Blood and 4 units of Platelets before They finally got the Bleeding to stop....He about bled out on the Table...My Stepmother called Me at 2 pm to let me know that He made it...barely...and was being brought to the ICU for the Night....She called Me about an Hour ago...and told Me that They moved my Dad into His own Room at Noon...and that when He woke up this Morning He was already telling the Doctors that He was ready to get the Hell out of there and go Home! ...I talked to Him...He sounded weak...but in very Good Spirits...and told Me that They want to keep Him for a Week...but He had bet Them that They would be letting Him go in 4....now that sounds like my Dad!!
They also said that everything else looked OK...besides all of the Radiation Damage...and that They had removed all of the Local Lymphnodes and sent them off to Pathology ...but expected them to come back Negative...by the Looks of them.... So I am praying that everything goes well and they will let Him go Home earl next week....He is going to have to learn how to do a lot of things differently now...and to live with the Stoma and Bag....it's not going to be easy...but He is a fighter...and at 72...He is in better shape than I am......... ::)
Frode:
Glad to hear he's doing better, El.
Frode
zeNBowyer:
Sounds like his cancer metastacized, radiation doesn't cause cancer in a few months of treatment, at 72 he probably has a host of other conditions that have exacerbated surgery, at 72 major surgery has lots of risks, I'm sure the medical team did everything they could,
good luck to your father
zeNBowyer
DanaM:
Mike you and your family have my prayers and well wishes, I lost both my parents to cancer so I know the helpless feel;ing that one feels as you watch a loved one suffer. I met your dad and I have to say I liked him, he's struck me as the kinda gut that speaks his mind which and tells ya exactly whats on his mind :) Sounds like he may be a worse patient than me ;D M last surgery I was in the elavator with an IV my arm and a nurse chasing me >:D Hope to see your dad again this summer at the Salmon derby :) Best wishes from a fellow Yooper eh :)
Justin Snyder:
Glad to hear he is doing a little better. If you can visit him and keep his spirit up he will be even better.
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