Stomach cancer is no fun that's for sure. Two days ago we
celebrated my fathers 61 and last birthday. He hs gone from being a
large man to looking like an 95 year old toothpick. We are down to
days and this is really hard. Dad insists on having fluids by IV
because anything that goes in is vomitted out. The IV is only
prolonging things which is very hard for us to watch but that's his
decision. He is on morphine and is very bloated with a large
stomach. He has times where he can't catch his breatht due to the
pressure he feels. These are difficult days. I saw him this
morning and he is starting to go in and out of reality. He talks
about things that are old or make no sense then falls back asleep.
We hope to get him into the hospital before the weekend as my mom
needs someone else to help her with him constantly. My father
decided agsinst chemo as they told him it would only possibly slow
it down from a fast to medium paced cancer. It would have meant 4
months hooked up to iv and was likely only going to give him an
extra 6 mponths at most. This was the end of February when we found
out. His surgery was on the 17 of March. Now I write this on the
28 of June with only days to go. This has been a very fast cancer.
We tried a cancer protocol and cellular zeolite in our holistic
approach but nothing worked for our situation. I pray for anyone
who has this disease or for you if you know someone. This is very
difficult, and cruel to watch. I am sorry to hear of the other lady
who has burried her husband this Monday. It takes a strong women to
care for someone with this illness and bless your heart. May you
find the strength and courage you will need each day.



--- In stomachcancer@yahoogroups.com, "pumpkin422001"
<pumpkin422001@...> wrote:
>
> Hi all -
> A month ago my dad was diagnosed with terminal stomach cancer. He
> went in for what we thought was a hernia operation and it turned
> ugly. He was opened up and a couple of biopsies were done - they
were
> malignant and closed him up without doing anything. I don't know
what
> stage he is in but was given 3 - 6 months to live. Apparently
when
> they opened him up it was everywhere. Because of his age (79) he
is
> not a candidate for chemo or radiation. Dad is refusing any
> alternative form of treatment - he is just basically waiting to
die.
> This is so sad to watch. I have an older brother but he has
chosen to
> ignore our situation.
>
> - Heather K.
> 47 - married - no kids
>