Chefdaddy. (Mike)

Chefdaddy said:

Pancreatic cancer
Hi guys,

I noticed there doesn't seem to be a listing on the list of different kinds of cancer for pancreatic cancer and I was wondering why?

Maybe there are too few survivors. I would like to chat with someone who has also gone through it and the radical re-constructive surgery procedure called a Whipple.

Now that I have been over-radiated to the extent that my entire digestive tract no longer functions properly and ALL my doctors have told me that they don't have a clue as what to do to fix it, I'm in serious trouble.

I was ambulanced to the hospital last Friday thinking I had ripped something at the top of my stomach from coughing violently after choking on food I was trying swallow.
They did a CT scan and told me that I was severely impacted and they hospitalized me.
I told them when I arrived that it had been three weeks since I had a bowel movement and that I was in a lot of pain. They tried just about everything to break it loose but it was high on the ascending intestine. I drank a gallon of "Golytely" which did not go through. I was given (3) 2300 ml enemas and on Sunday a tiny bit passed and they quickly discharged me, saying that it's working now and I would have further success at home.

Nothing more has passed and I'm getting further distended and in more pain. I saw my radiation doctor today and he scoped me trying to see why I keep coughing up blood everyday but he didn't find anything unusual. I then saw a new doctor who works with patients dealing with chronic pain and he and I looked through the images from the CT scan together and he noticed that I had a restriction and my esophagus and stomach were
enlarged. So it's anyones guess what their planning to do next OR just let me die from being impacted and/or malnutrition.

Either way I am very angry with most of the doctors there but I can't switch hospitals until after I have the bone grafting on my skull and the implants put in.
I apologize for any typos as I'm on meds and very weak.

Hope to talk again soon.
Miss you all!

Mike

Hondo said:

Mike

I believe that you and I both fall under the category of living longer then our doctors anticipated us too. At lease that is what my Oncal doctor told me 8 months ago, with only a 20% chance to survive my second treatment he made no efforts for what to do if I lived. I believe that this is one of my problems why every ENT I see will not touch me for fear they might do something that will be life threatening to me and having my wife sue them.

What a boat to be in my friend, take care Mike I am always praying for you.
Hondo

Chefdaddy said:

Pancreatic cancer
Hi guys,

I noticed there doesn't seem to be a listing on the list of different kinds of cancer for pancreatic cancer and I was wondering why?

Maybe there are too few survivors. I would like to chat with someone who has also gone through it and the radical re-constructive surgery procedure called a Whipple.

Now that I have been over-radiated to the extent that my entire digestive tract no longer functions properly and ALL my doctors have told me that they don't have a clue as what to do to fix it, I'm in serious trouble.

I was ambulanced to the hospital last Friday thinking I had ripped something at the top of my stomach from coughing violently after choking on food I was trying swallow.
They did a CT scan and told me that I was severely impacted and they hospitalized me.
I told them when I arrived that it had been three weeks since I had a bowel movement and that I was in a lot of pain. They tried just about everything to break it loose but it was high on the ascending intestine. I drank a gallon of "Golytely" which did not go through. I was given (3) 2300 ml enemas and on Sunday a tiny bit passed and they quickly discharged me, saying that it's working now and I would have further success at home.

Nothing more has passed and I'm getting further distended and in more pain. I saw my radiation doctor today and he scoped me trying to see why I keep coughing up blood everyday but he didn't find anything unusual. I then saw a new doctor who works with patients dealing with chronic pain and he and I looked through the images from the CT scan together and he noticed that I had a restriction and my esophagus and stomach were
enlarged. So it's anyones guess what their planning to do next OR just let me die from being impacted and/or malnutrition.

Either way I am very angry with most of the doctors there but I can't switch hospitals until after I have the bone grafting on my skull and the implants put in.
I apologize for any typos as I'm on meds and very weak.

Hope to talk again soon.
Miss you all!

Mike