Well, my dad's been battling cancer for the last few months... esophageal cancer, which is a pretty aggressive one. He finished chemo and radiation and they did an endoscopy and the tumor was gone, so Monday they were supposed to do surgery to remove part of his esophagus and stomach to keep it from spreading. When they opened him up they found cancer on his liver, so they didn't do the surgery, there wasn't any point in it if it has already spread. They didn't tell me till Monday how aggressive this cancer is, I guess trying to look out for me, so it was a bit of a shock. My dad had been telling me all this time not to worry and saying he and the doctors weren't worried...
So they saw the oncologist today, he said they will have to do a pet scan between Christmas and New Years to see how much cancer there is and decide how much and what kind of chemo to do. He said the best case scenario is that the chemo will work and it will possibly be a year or two before more cancer pops up and he'd have to do chemo again (it's not curable, only treatable and will keep coming back). Worst case scenario is that the chemo won't work and he may only have 3-6 months then. He responded well to chemo before, it completely got rid of the first tumor, so we're trying to stay hopeful.
I've been at the hospital every day with him this week, he was pretty out of it from the epidural until they took it out yesterday. He was doing much better today, joking around with us and even got up and walked around some. We are hoping they will discharge him tomorrow.
It's just been a rough week... I'm taking some time off school right now, since I don't think I'd get any studying done anyway, at least for the rest of this week, then next week I'll be getting ready to move. I'm scared to death of what's gonna happen with my dad... mostly been trying to keep my mind off it, but that's nearly impossible right now. The thought keeps crossing my mind that my baby may not get to know his grandpa, and this is my dad's only biological grandkid
Say some prayers please... dad really needs them right now...
I'm exhausted, think I'm gonna finally make myself get in bed...
I am so sad to hear about what your dad and you are dealing with. It really encourages me to treasure every moment with the ones I love.
This must be a very hard thing for you to face, Lisa. But you can be there truly and wholly for your daddy now that you are sober, and that is a real blessing.
You are definitely on my prayer list, you and your dad. Know that thoughts of love and healing are going up for him right now! And don't forget to take care of you and baby.. make sure you are eating well and getting the sleep you and the little one both need.
((((hugs)))) Joni
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Prayers going up right now for you, baby to come, and your daddy. I hope God will heal him and that he has many years with his grandchild.(((hugs)))Deb
Hi Lisa Sorry to hear your sad news and prayers are definetly sent up for all of you! Proud of you today that you can be there for your dad! What a great blessing that is in itself!! Take good care!
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I'm sorry for the pain you're both in right now, Lisa. I hope you both feel encircled in love & knowing you're not alone. My prayers are with you & all of your family including your little bump. May your Sobriety be bringing you many small gifts & blessings to ease you in your difficulties. Godbless. Recovery love & fellowship, Danielle x
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Thanks y'all... My dad got out of the hospital yesterday and is recuperating... He and my stepmom went to the country club for a little bit today but it really wore him out. They said they'll be staying home tomorrow and hopefully I can go see him for a bit then. I'll definitely be spending a lot of time with him now.
I've been keeping busy the last couple of days. I didn't go see my dad at the hospital the last 2 days because they kept saying he would be discharged, but then he finally got out last night. Just been trying to keep my mind off of everything mostly... There's not much we can do right now except pray and wait for more tests to be done and see what happens...
