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Need Some Positive Thoughts/Prayers for My Dad

Thoughts and prayers. My folks are 3000 miles away.
 
67satty you have my deepest, sympathies & well wishes,
I hope he does get well/better soon, hope for a full recovery...
I hope he's at-least not in too much pain...

Sounds like your the good son, I commend you...

I have been thru this stuff with both my mother {she went really quick, complication from MS, liver & kidney failures}
& my father now, my Pops is still here, had some serious health/heart problems back in Nov., he also has chronic asthma,
but it seems that there's a new ailment or problem every month, allot of Dr. trips & waiting in Hospitals...

I recently just lost my favorite Uncle Ron, from esophageal & lung cancer, he was a survivor of prostate cancer a few years ago,
he went extremely quick, late diagnosis strange because he was going to the dr. regularly for falling down allot,
then he was in the hospital for a broken clavicle, when they found it, he told them he was having trouble swallowing his food,
unfortunately he died last month, very shortly after they took him off chemo,
he died just before his 60th Anniversary would have been June 23rd...

Keep your head up, keep up with fighting the good fight... for both your parents

FBBO is a great & compassionate/caring community & very understanding/helpful...

Truly it's a sad & natural part of life... He use to be so strong & now is so frail...
 
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That is tough, my dad had cancer, my wife's mom is having a hard time also battling chemo treatments. I am grateful we have our health and friends and family.

Thoughts and prayers to you.
 
Thoughts and prayers to your Dad, your family, and to you too. I know that you are worried and feeling down, but you need to take care of yourself too.
 
Taking care of yourself should be top priority in this time. My thoughts and prayers to you and your family.
 
Now is the time that your Dad needs you and family.
God bless and take the time to be with him through these difficult times...
 
Warm wishes and positive vibes from your Mopar brothers in Canada.
 
67, Our thoughts and prayers go out to you and your family. It's not an easy thing to deal with but it's also important to think positive.
My wife was diagnosed with renal cancer in january and it metastasized to her spine. She had the spine tumor partially removed and a month later had her kidney removed. She's doing fine now and your dad should do fine also. They can do some amazing things now. Our best to you and our prayers go out to you and your family.
 
My dad also had cancer of the kidney. From what i know if its in the early stages its curable. Is the bladder cancer a separate site? Cancer brings fear just by hearing it mentioned,it is a dreaded disease but people are living longer with it and there are new treatments and new ways of dealing with it. My advise if you want it or care to listen is not to let your parents see the panic or despair in your face. You need to be strong and if you find yourself getting emotional excuse yourself and do it in private. One more thing is use caution if you decide to look up things related to your dad illness on the internet. I spent many hours late into the early hours of the mourning looking up articles about my wifes cancer and it did me more harm than good. There are many people who have been were you are now and there experiences will hopefully help you. There is one gentleman on this forum who has spoken to me twice so far and while i will not reveal who he is,i can tell you his compassion and thoughtfulness are truly appreciated. My thoughts are with you----Steve
 
The greatest display of love,respect and honor is when a child cares for their elderly parents in their time of need. Know that your parents are both getting strength from your actions. All the best to your family.
 
my prayers goes out to you and all your family,i wish your dad a healthy recovery.
 
Thank you all so much for all the support, it really means a lot to me right now.

I just got back from Arizona last night. Dad had the surgery on Monday and his doctor found a lot more than he was expecting to (there were multiple tumors not just one) but he got it all out. He went into the surgery thinking he was just going to take out one growth on the bladder and he found several. He also took out a growth on his prostrate. The good news is that dad seemed fine right after the surgery and was able to resume his normal activities right away. So I was able to spend some good quality time with him for a few days. He's got a really positive attitude about the whole thing and he's strong as a bull for a 77 year-old dude so that will help him.

So the plan now is that in a month after he heals he will start chemo once per week for six weeks where they slosh it around in his bladder and then he holds it in for two hours and then pees it out. Then after that, he has to get checked every three months or so and repeat surgeries and chemo as necessary if they find anything else. His doctor said he has some patients that have been going through this for twenty years. So it's dawning on me that this is going to be a chronic thing that is going to drag on for awhile. I think my dad was thinking it was either going to be cleared up or he was going to be a goner soon (one or the other) - nothing in between, but I think it is going to be one of those chronic things. I guess the next thing to see is how the chemo affects him.

Thanks again everyone for the support.

Jon
 
Best wishes for your dad. And for your moms health also.

Chuck
 
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