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Mar. 18th, 2009
Dad's Situation
Mar. 18th, 2009 12:47 pmGot this email just a little while ago from my brother.
Well this man is getting very difficult. He said he wants to go through the VA
to get a second opinion. He doesn’t want the surgery he wants to wait a few
years and get tested again....... The doctor at Sheppard did not really give an
opinion he said if the urologists recommend surgery then that’s what he would
do. I guess we'll just have to wait and see. If you have time make sure he is not
trying to postpone this surgery because of mom. If he is worried about someone
taking care of her tell him I will fly up there and take care of her while he is
having the procedure. I will call him again in a couple of days to talk to him
more since I called him late last night and we didn’t talk long.
::headwallheadwallheadwall::
Why does he not want to take out the bits and parts with cancer!!! Wait a few years?!?!?!?! If the cancer doesn't get him first, I may kill him myself. Looks like a visit to Mom and Dad's house is in order this afternoon.
Well this man is getting very difficult. He said he wants to go through the VA
to get a second opinion. He doesn’t want the surgery he wants to wait a few
years and get tested again....... The doctor at Sheppard did not really give an
opinion he said if the urologists recommend surgery then that’s what he would
do. I guess we'll just have to wait and see. If you have time make sure he is not
trying to postpone this surgery because of mom. If he is worried about someone
taking care of her tell him I will fly up there and take care of her while he is
having the procedure. I will call him again in a couple of days to talk to him
more since I called him late last night and we didn’t talk long.
::headwallheadwallheadwall::
Why does he not want to take out the bits and parts with cancer!!! Wait a few years?!?!?!?! If the cancer doesn't get him first, I may kill him myself. Looks like a visit to Mom and Dad's house is in order this afternoon.
Dad Update
Mar. 18th, 2009 04:55 pmOkay, I've talked at length with Dad and I feel marginally better about his decisions. Marginally.
Prostate cancer is one of the slowest growing cancers in the body. Dad apparently caught his super early. He told me that his Doctors agree that had they caught it near this level, 5 years from now, they wouldn't even treat him because he'd more than likely die of old age before the cancer had any effect on him.
Dad wants a consult from a Doctor in Oklahoma City. Fine. We can go there. Dad wants to look into the option of treating this with radioactive pellets. His cancer hasn't spread to the whole prostate yet, it's only on one side. There's a better than good chance that the pellet treatment could kill the cancer cells without having to do surgery.
This would be awesome.
Dad also said that he could actually go a year or two without doing anything really, and still be okay.
Cue Sorcha's squashing of that little plan. Slow growth doesn't mean nonexistent. And pretending something isn't that bad doesn't make it less CANCER.
I think Dad's a little frustrated with me and my Brother. We've turned into a couple of nags and I think it's driving him nuts.
Prostate cancer is one of the slowest growing cancers in the body. Dad apparently caught his super early. He told me that his Doctors agree that had they caught it near this level, 5 years from now, they wouldn't even treat him because he'd more than likely die of old age before the cancer had any effect on him.
Dad wants a consult from a Doctor in Oklahoma City. Fine. We can go there. Dad wants to look into the option of treating this with radioactive pellets. His cancer hasn't spread to the whole prostate yet, it's only on one side. There's a better than good chance that the pellet treatment could kill the cancer cells without having to do surgery.
This would be awesome.
Dad also said that he could actually go a year or two without doing anything really, and still be okay.
Cue Sorcha's squashing of that little plan. Slow growth doesn't mean nonexistent. And pretending something isn't that bad doesn't make it less CANCER.
I think Dad's a little frustrated with me and my Brother. We've turned into a couple of nags and I think it's driving him nuts.
