Metastatic Liver Cancer

Hospital kicks mom out

When there are more beds than people, means somebody cannot get a bed. Seems from tomorrow onwards that will be mom, as the rehabilitation hospital she is in now has more supply than beds and the rehabilitation hospital she was supposed
to go to has no beds available.
Seems we have a problem that needs a solution [...]

Why cancer keeps a secret

There is a taboo when it comes to cancer: as if you did something wrong and … gosh, what is more bad than having cancer that you wouldn’t go in the open with it?
But there is another reason I noticed now since Mom is above the knife and recovering in hospital. Her sister is visiting [...]

No news is good news

(Unless the person you are expecting the news from has passed away…)
But these days no news about mom’s shoulder means:

mom can sleep again at night without waking up in the morning having pain
not having pain means your state of mind is much better, even now mom has no hands to do anything with.

So mom has [...]

Laser treatment for liver cancer

When father had metastatic liver cancer and doctors said they couldn’t operate father because his liver was filled with raisin sized cancers, I started Googling for alternative liver cancer treatments.
Yet you have to know that when you start searching for alternatives, you are looking for the latest technologies and findings… all very far away from [...]

Stage 4 liver cancer

Some people have been criticizing me that although I think I am an expert on liver cancer, yet they never heard me talking about the well known stage 4 liver cancer…
First and foremost: I am not an expert. My father had metastatic liver cancer, so he is the expert. I only could sit by and [...]

Orchids for mom

A few posts before I wrote how you can send flowers over the Internet.
So I thought: since I cannot make it to visit mom, let’s send her some flowers.
Mom loves nature, loves her garden (father was the one in charge of gardening), loves flowers and above all she loves orchids so I chose a beautiful [...]

Liver Cancer Prognosis

First and foremost: every liver cancer is different and you need to listen to your doctor what he says about liver cancer prognosis. Do you any reason to be alarmed? Yes you do: 3 people out of 4 in the US diagnosed with liver cancer will die because of their cancer…
The "good news" is that [...]

Mom holds the knife herself

I just received an sms from mom, so that kinf of means that again mom passed 1 other stage after the latest post : Mom is above the knife.
Mom says she is ok, sleeps a lot and has a little pain still.
If you ask me, she must be feeling a bit drowsy, as she [...]

Mom is above the knife

… That must be the opposite of saying that Mom is under the knife
Operation is done and according to the surgeon and the medical nurses from the hospital: the operation went well. According to them, it’s now "just" about recuperation and after that rehabilitation.
Of course from a human point of view: things [...]

Mom is under the knife

Latest update is that mom is under the knife having surgery right now. Mom was very hungry and thirsty, as she wasn’t allowed to eat nor drink for the last 12 hours.
Mom was also a bit afraid, but according to brother, she calmed down once she saw the surgeon, who seems to be a very [...]

Shoulder operation today

4 hours to go and mom will start getting her shoulder operation (see Upper back and shoulder pain)
Nothing could be more easier you should think when you have heard about tumors and cancer, yet even for a simple shoulder operation to re-adjust a torn ligament, 10 to 15% of the surgery is not successful.
Although not [...]

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Upper back and shoulder pain

Since mom has pain in the shoulder and we all know that unlike cancer pain, this pain is curable, I am still puzzled where the pain comes from.
On mom’s right arm it’s obvious: a torn ligament, but mom’s left shoulder at least the ligament is completely ok. Yet according to the position mom sleeps in [...]

Moms operation

Mom has her operation this Friday: the (good?) old-fashion ‘cut all open so we can have a good look and then let’s hope for the best’ kind of surgery. Low tech but the surgeon has 17 years of experience, so we cross our fingers that that’s the good news.
After that mom managed to get a [...]

Mom is going for operation

Finally mom has decided to get an operation for her torn ligament. Surgery will be at most 2 hours, success rate is between 80 and 90 % (I am quite chocked to read that what looks like a simple surgery still can go wrong 1 time on 7: like of you operate once a day, [...]

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