Ray (Jr.)

rose20
rose20 Member Posts: 258
edited September 2011 in Esophageal Cancer #1
From Kathy, Ray's wife:

pray for ray, well the test was good,,God is sure answering our prayers..he had a bad reaction to infusion today, but that was taken care of after about an hour..that wore him out.keep praying.
It was a good scan,the tumor has shrunk alot, the area that was massive has reduced, there are a few spots still he is watching but dr. Is really pleased. He goes for chemotherapy and fluids as before and in two months another scan. (Sept. 14



pray for ray, he is not feeling well at all, had to cancel his dental appt yesterday.. he is really nauseated and spitting up, weak..keep praying. (Sept. 17

pray for ray went to dr. today he didnt get chemo just fluids. his potassium levels are low so he is on a new med for that,,,keep praying. (Sept. 21

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  • BMGky
    BMGky Member Posts: 621
    #2
    Prayers for you all
    The chemo is so hard to endure. If he gets dehydrated, it is even harder. We are praying for him.
  • mruble
    mruble Member Posts: 174
    #3
    Prayers continue
    Rose --

    Your brother continues to be in my prayers. The news about his scan was very hopeful but it's so hard to deal with the side effects of the chemo. With the many different meds for nausea it's too bad they haven't been able to find something that works for him. Potassium issues aren't unusual. My husband has had to have potassium with his infusions a number of times. Now he drinks about 8 ounces of low acid orange juice each morning and that seems to be keeping his level in the acceptable range.

    Praying for strength for Ray and Kathy as well as you and the rest of the family.

    Mary
  • casp42
    casp42 Member Posts: 79
    #4
    mruble said:

    Prayers continue
    Rose --

    Your brother continues to be in my prayers. The news about his scan was very hopeful but it's so hard to deal with the side effects of the chemo. With the many different meds for nausea it's too bad they haven't been able to find something that works for him. Potassium issues aren't unusual. My husband has had to have potassium with his infusions a number of times. Now he drinks about 8 ounces of low acid orange juice each morning and that seems to be keeping his level in the acceptable range.

    Praying for strength for Ray and Kathy as well as you and the rest of the family.

    Mary

    prayers
    Rose,

    Prayers for your brother, I was so happy to hear that his scans were good. May he have a speedy recover! Dad had low magnesium, potassium, wbc and dehydration after his last round of chemo. U of C had home health supplied fluids of sodium chloride, potassium and magnesium.

    Prayers to you and your family.

    Carolyn
  • rose20
    rose20 Member Posts: 258
    #5
    From Kathy
    Pray for ray,he hasn't felt good these last few days, please pray he feels better, tomorrow is his 53rd birthday, I want to try and get him out of house to be with family. Keep praying. (Sept. 28)
  • rose20
    rose20 Member Posts: 258
    #6
    rose20 said:

    From Kathy
    Pray for ray,he hasn't felt good these last few days, please pray he feels better, tomorrow is his 53rd birthday, I want to try and get him out of house to be with family. Keep praying. (Sept. 28)

    Today is Jr's 53rd birthday!
    I didn't know if he would get to this birthday or not, but he made it!!
    Yesterday he was paining in his stomach but today he is going to try and go out to his favorite restaurant, Ryan's, with a few family members.
    Pray that he will be able to eat something and have a better day!
  • mardigras
    mardigras Member Posts: 215 Member
    #7
    rose20 said:

    Today is Jr's 53rd birthday!
    I didn't know if he would get to this birthday or not, but he made it!!
    Yesterday he was paining in his stomach but today he is going to try and go out to his favorite restaurant, Ryan's, with a few family members.
    Pray that he will be able to eat something and have a better day!

    Praying for Ray and you all Rose
    I hope Ray gets out and enjoys a wonderful birthday.
    Prayers and hugs are with you.
    Bless you all
    Marci x
  • Tina Blondek
    Tina Blondek Member Posts: 1,500 Member
    #8
    RAY
    Hi Kathy and Ray
    Ray was my dad's name, as well as my brother's. My dad passed from EC with mets to the liver in March 2010. The fluids will help him tremendously. Make sure he takes the anti nausea meds daily at the same time. Do not wait until he is already nauseated and spitting up. We are always here for you. We will continue to pray for both of you. Keep in touch.
    Tina in Va

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