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Tapsel and Quirky,
We found out late yesterday afternoon that the cancer hasn't spread any furthur. Dad will have to speak with the specialist his doctor is referring him to. That will probably happen the first of next week. Once that has been accomplished, we will then know the path the treatment will take. Right now, they are talking about taking radiation and chemo treatments before surgery to shrink the cancerous area some before the surgery. My concerns with that are 1. How sick and weak will that make him? 2. Will it be that much longer then before they can do the surgery? 3. Why can't they just do the surgery first and get it out of there? Hopefully, I will be able to accompany Dad and my sister to see the specialist so that I can ask those questions. If not, my sister will, I'm sure. Thanks for asking and for your prayers. Please keep the prayers coming. I may not get to blog very much in the near future, at least for awhile. Thanks again for your support.
posted by
RAME
on September 30, 2005 at 11:09 AM
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Quirky,
I hope we find out today, but I will not hold my breath. Thanks for asking.
posted by
RAME
on September 29, 2005 at 9:49 AM
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Tapsel,
Yes, we are still waiting and it's getting old. My sister called twice to see if she could get answers sooner but they didn't bother to return her calls. Hopefully we will hear something today. Thanks for caring. I really do appreciate it.
posted by
RAME
on September 29, 2005 at 9:48 AM
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I see you are still waiting, RAME. I thought you would have found out by now.
posted by
TAPS.
on September 27, 2005 at 12:18 PM
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Waiting must be pure torture--I see by your previous comment you will find out soon though--tomorrow?? ...I hope everything will be okay.
posted by
Julia.
on September 27, 2005 at 11:07 AM
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Ainsley,
We should be getting the results of the tests by Wed. but you know how that goes. We already know he has cancer and that the scope they did when they went down in the esophagus doesn't look good. We are just hoping it isn't any worse than that and that it is very easily treatable. We are praying for that. Thanks for caring. I truly appreciate it.
posted by
RAME
on September 26, 2005 at 1:22 PM
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Hopefully, next weeks tests will show good news!!!
posted by
Ainsley_Jo_Phillips
on September 26, 2005 at 9:06 AM
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Sunjae,
Thanks for your kind words. Yes, you are right in that whatever happens is God's will, and I have accepted that, what I'd like to avoid is having my Dad just give up on life rather than having a great will to live. I know he misses Mom so badly and wants to be with her. I want that, too, but I am a little selfish in that it feels like he will all eternity with her soon enough but we still need him here. Whatever God decides is what I want and accept, for He knows and does what is best. No matter, if He takes Dad sooner rather than later, I will still miss him very much.
posted by
RAME
on September 24, 2005 at 9:16 AM
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rame
no matter what the results will be, please understand that it's God's will. I understand it's hard to let go of someone we love, especially when we have already lost one before. i do hope things will work out well for you and your family though..:)
posted by
sunjae
on September 24, 2005 at 12:13 AM
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Ainsley,
Thanks to you, too, for your caring and prayers. We finally heard yesterday that the CT scan they took of his lower abdomen last week was clear, however, the CT scan on his chest, which is what should have been scanned the first time, was not even ordered, so my sister had to take Dad back down to the hospital on Tuesday to have that done. Now, we won't hear anything until next week some time. At least the one he had done on his abdomen was clear. Of course that isn't where they were concerned it would be anyway. Please keep your prayers coming.
posted by
RAME
on September 23, 2005 at 8:59 AM
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Thanks, Tapsel,
For your caring. I appreciate all your prayers.
posted by
RAME
on September 23, 2005 at 8:56 AM
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What Taps said...
posted by
Ainsley_Jo_Phillips
on September 23, 2005 at 6:53 AM
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RAME dear, I am so sorry that you and your family are having to go through this. Yes, the waiting is so hard, even when you turn the results over to the will of God. My prayers are with you.
posted by
TAPS.
on September 22, 2005 at 5:23 PM
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