Father dying of pancreatic cancer
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| Sun, 06-03-2007 - 10:12pm |
Hi, I am new here but just wanted to find some guidance and support through this board. My father was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer back in November right after Thanksgiving. Since then he had radiation and chemo, then a Whipple procedure in early March to try to remove the tumor. They got about 99% of the tumor the doctor said but unfortunately shortly after his health took a turn for the worse, the cancer metastasized, he is very weak and the doctors told us last week that he has only a very short time left, "days to weeks". I have researched everything possible on the web about pancreatic cancer and found out how quickly this type of cancer spreads, and that the survival rate is pretty slim. It hurts so much that my father is losing his battle to this terrible disease. :(
I am starting or rather trying my best to accept everything even though it has been such a short time of only 7 months and still sometimes think about things and it is hard, I cry at times and other times I feel calm and feel I am able to be strong for others. My oldest son who is 15 is taking this very hard, last night he went to visit his grandfather and had to leave the room because he started crying. He said that it was hard seeing him like that and knowing that he will not get better and thinking about how much he is going to miss him. I am trying to be strong for my son as well as my other children and especially my mother who is really going through alot and so overwhelmed; I do not know how she will hold up and get through it when the time comes, she has depression and nerve problems and I know that my brothers and sisters will really need to be there for her. I already have told her that I will help her in any way possible.
I really want to do whatever I can to help her.
I just wonder how much time is left. I hate to sound morbid but I wish kind of there was a way I could tell, I guess to prepare myself for it but no matter what it will not be easy, and will in fact be a very sad and heartwrenching experience.
I find that talking about this does help me alot with handling this, so any of you who want to talk about your experiences or whatever, I am here.
I look forward to hearing from and getting to know everybody on this board.
Many Hugs,
S

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I am so sorry that your Dad has to face this.