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my father, my friend, is weakening

believer
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Joined: Jul 2001

Hello,

My father is 6months into his battle with Lung cancer and in the last month he has really taken a turn for the worst. I am still strong, but I am getting a little scared. He is now officially a man with cancer. Before he had cancer, but acted mostly normal. Now he naps often feels terrible and is losing weight quickly. He is currently taking chemo treatments, but he is quickly declining. It is so hard to watch the man you admire and respect be so sick. I wish I had a miracle cure or the crystal ball that would tell me the future. I still pray daily for a miracle. My sister is having her first baby in July and I pray my father will see it come into the world. I was lucky enough to have my father there forthe birth of both my children. I guess I would love to hear how anyone out there copes with their loved ones take a turn for the worst. I love my father and he is my rock, I just hate watching him turn to sand. We find out next week after his cat scan to see if it has spread further than the lung and hip. Send a prayer up that he is maintaining and who knows maybe shrinking. I hope there is a miracle out there for all of us!!

Beating Cancer,
Sherri

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pdtycz
Posts: 9
Joined: Nov 2000

Sherri -

I ask you to read this as a ray of hope. When I was diagnosed my oncologist told my wife he would just about have to kill me to cure me. This he did successfully 14 years ago.

Your father may be exhibiting the side effects of his chemo and radiation treatments. Both often produce a lethargy in the patient, a loss of appetite due to nausea, and of course a loss of weight due to loss of appetite. Hopefully what you are seeing are the signs of treatments working.

Continue with the prayers, the best medicine adjunctive to traditional medicine, ****tinue to insist he eat ANYTHING and as often as possible, and love him and help him the best you can.

whelan
Posts: 2
Joined: Apr 2002

I really needed that - my father sounds exactly