Update on my Dad -- this disease is garbage

Thanks everybody. I didn't mean to ghost out, but I've taken a break from CANCER for just a little while. 

I will be back to offer support to whomever I can, especially those whose stories match closest to my Dad's. 

The Cabo was working really well, Kidney tumor was so small it could barely be seen on scans. His primary tumor was small to begin with, which could have led to a very good treatment outcome had we got him on the Cabo earlier. We wasted a lot of time w the other Oncologst that gave him the unknown primary diagnosis and, of course Dad should have pursued his lack-of-appetite symptom months before he did. 

The cancer in his bones also shrunk remarkably. From a lemon sized tumor in his side/back, to barely there! By the time he died, his cancer was very much under control. 

It's almost worse knowing how effective the medicine was, and HOW GODDAMNED CLOSE we were to recovery, vs. a siutation of being so overrun with cancer that nothing could be done. At least, with the latter, you can't look back with regret. 

It was the 3-4 major medical issues the cancer had caused that led to his death. His onc called them "non malignant issues". His lung was worse that anyone knew, until we got him in the ER. Turns out he DID have lung mets. The Cabo had just shrunlk them to almost nothing. Those lung mets were biopsied and he finally got his officaly RCC diagnosis 2 days before he died (Prior to that Doc was 90+% sure). 

I should have had him in the ER 3 weeks before I did! 

I should have went to the FIRST Onc appointment with them, and asked the questions I later asked, that eventually led to better treatment. It was precious time wasted. Had he started Cabo in mid April instead of late June, he'd likely be alive and recovering.