Terese for Pammy and the rest of us
(pammy’s liver cancer story please give your hugs)
I am reading this. My husband,45, has Angiosarcoma of the liver.
He never smoked, took drugs or worked in a factory that emitted chemicals. We have two children,13 and 9, and we just found out that the chemo that they are using is not working so they have switched him to a new drug. He just came home from the hospital and doesn’t have enough energy to make it up the stairs. I can’t stand to see him in this state and I fear he doesn’t have much time left. We just found out on Oct 31 that he has a liver mass so it has only been 8 weeks and already I can see how cancer causes such pain, pain that no person should have to endure. Keep us in your prayers.
Terese
Dear Terese,
All our prayers and hugs for you and your children.
Father most of the time didn’t have the energy to walk up the stairs either, so we put a hospital bed in the living room where he slept the last months of his life. Yet sometimes "father was gone" : just managed to walk the stairs on his own and sleep in his good old bed…
Pain: we opted for NO PAIN : meaning giving the pain medication every so many hours and progressively adding more medication when needed.
Hugs and prayers.
What is Angiosarcoma
A type of cancer that begins in the lining of blood vessels. This type of tumor tends to be aggressive, recur locally, and spread widely. It can originate anywhere in the body but is well known to arise in skin, soft tissue, liver, breast, spleen, bone, lung and heart.
Father’s metastatic liver cancer was called adenocarcinoma… all in all words without a real meaning for us, especially when you hear the word cancer and you don’t hear the word cure…
my nice 22 years old, have angiosarcoma,
Hello there-my husband Kevin, 36, lost his battle with angiosarcoma of the esophagus on October 28, 2008. How is your journey going? Please feel free to contact me on my blog, http://www.theboitsons.info
Angiosarcoma of the liver
to Stephanie:
Our 5 year old daugher has Angiosarcoma and we would like to exchange experiences with your treatments and day to day life regarding your 6 year old son.
@Mandy
Big hugs for you and Robynn.
We elaborated further on Mandy’s comment at Sandy & Mandy : Angiosarcoma of the liver & Metastatic Liver Cancer
Hi Terese and Stephanie,
I am so sorry to hear about your husband and son, my friend Robynn is also battling angiosarcoma of the liver. I have read a few postings about gemzar/taxotere being very effective and today that turned out to be the case for us, too! My friend just received results from her tests that the tumors have shrunk with the gem/tax (which was not the case with the first chemo).
My prayers are with your family, I hope your husband and son find their success story soon. It is so very tough to watch our loved ones suffer…
Terese, I am so sorry to read your story. My 6 year old son has Angiosarcoma of the Liver so I absolutely know the pain of this disease and I am aware that oncologist really don’t know much about it. This type of cancer is so rare in children that there are no answers for us. I will keep your family in our prayers, maybe new medicines will help?? I am interested in knowing what types of chemo your husband has been given. If you read this post, please reply. Thank you and God bless.