Riverdawg
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Well the dreaded cancer is hitting my family again. Lost my aunt about 5 1/2 years ago due to a second fight with breast cancer. My cousin, her daughter is dealing with skin cancer. My Uncle, my aunt's brother has had skin cancer and recently lung cancer. Well my brother had to have his appendix removed a week ago and on his birthday to boot. From the ultrasound it appeared that it was starting to burst so they ended up doing the appendectomy last Wednesday evening. They found that what looked like was a bursting appendix was actually a soft tissue tumor right near the appendix that was rupturing. The doctor said that he'd only seen a few of these and none of them turned out to be anything.
Well the biopsy results came in today and it's a rare cancer, low grade appendicel mucinos neoplasasmi (say that 3 times fast). Apparently there's only one doctor in MI that even knows how to deal with this too.
I just happened to be texting him this evening to find out how he was feeling from the appendectomy and checking on him. He said they were just heading to Texas Roadhouse for an impromptu birthday dinner and asked me along. My mom told me after I got to the restaurant while we were waiting to be seated. They had just told my brother about an hour before so I think he's still a bit shocked and hasn't really proceeds things yet. My brother just turned 49. His wife is pretty shaken up as one might expect and after talking to my mom after dinner, I can tell she's pretty worried too as am I.
My wife has been dealing with health issues for some 8-9 years now and finally this summer they told her she has Lupus. So she does a lot of reading and research and jumped right on line to see what was up with this cancer. What she was first finding did not sound good, but after finding some more recent studies and info, it sounds like if this has been caught early enough and he is treated right then he has a good chance to beat this. Have to wait until they get into see this doctor in Grosse Pointe to see were he's at. Hopefully they can get him in quickly. Sorry for the long post but needed to try to get my head wrapped around this a bit. Thanks, Ken
Well the biopsy results came in today and it's a rare cancer, low grade appendicel mucinos neoplasasmi (say that 3 times fast). Apparently there's only one doctor in MI that even knows how to deal with this too.
I just happened to be texting him this evening to find out how he was feeling from the appendectomy and checking on him. He said they were just heading to Texas Roadhouse for an impromptu birthday dinner and asked me along. My mom told me after I got to the restaurant while we were waiting to be seated. They had just told my brother about an hour before so I think he's still a bit shocked and hasn't really proceeds things yet. My brother just turned 49. His wife is pretty shaken up as one might expect and after talking to my mom after dinner, I can tell she's pretty worried too as am I.
My wife has been dealing with health issues for some 8-9 years now and finally this summer they told her she has Lupus. So she does a lot of reading and research and jumped right on line to see what was up with this cancer. What she was first finding did not sound good, but after finding some more recent studies and info, it sounds like if this has been caught early enough and he is treated right then he has a good chance to beat this. Have to wait until they get into see this doctor in Grosse Pointe to see were he's at. Hopefully they can get him in quickly. Sorry for the long post but needed to try to get my head wrapped around this a bit. Thanks, Ken
