My wife is still here

markl007us · Regular Joined: 19 Aug 2006 Posts: 19

Well, it has been a long time since I have been on the forum. I try to keep up with all of the new folks that have found themsleves in this terrible disease's grasp. My prayers are with you all. My wife was given 12 months to live almost 18 months ago. Her tumor is still around 3 cm in diameter. We are no longer doing chemo. She does pretty good and has several good days. She has gained her weight back and just plugs along./ However, she is taking an enormous amount of pain medication. She takes approx. 10 oxicodone, 10 xanax, and 15 ml of liquid morphine each day to keep the pain under control. We want to be excited aboiut her possibly recovering but we are afraid to. I am wonmdering if anyone knows what might be in store for us by what I have described? Also, how will all of this pain medication afffect her. How much we would lolve to get back to a normal life but her prognosis was so bleak when we first discovered her illness. I know that the only one that knows for sure is the good Lord him self but I just was curious if any of you had heard of a situation like this. She is taking no other medication besides the pain meds. Like I said her pain can get pretty bad. She has two or three good days and then she might be in bed for the next couple of days.

I would appreciate any info you could give us. Thanks so much and may God be with you all.

Thanks, Mark Bond

brainman · Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 8:17 am Post subject: Re: My wife is still here

Hi Mark, glad to get the update about your wife. I am very sorry that she is in so much pain. While I do not know what you should expect, it seems like she is a fighter and has already lived well beyond her prognosis.

Do you remember a member username freeio? He was an amazing guy. You might want to read his story and his blog:

http://cancerforums.net/viewtopic.php?t=6939

That link will take you to his final topic covering the last few months of his life. He has a link to his blog where you can read his whole story.

You and your wife continue to be in my thoughts and prayers.
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Bernadin · New User Joined: 18 Feb 2008 Posts: 3

Hi Mark

My mother was diagnosed with Pancreas cancer early last year & was given only three months. But up to today she has become a great survivor most probably due to prayers of our friends & family and also due to her own faith in God.(Also could be due to use of Thripala)

If you have time here is her story in more details.

From around Feb/ March 2007 my mother couldn’t take her normal food & was complaining about stomach pain similar to heart burns. Our GP treated her with various medicine including things for gastritis & suggested that it could be due to her age (85 years) and was planing for a colonoscopy. Up to that time all her blood & stool tess were normal

Matters took a dramatic change in mid June 2007 & we managed to do a abdominal ultrasound test Then they found that her stomach was enlarged & advised us to take her to hospital immediately. At the hospital her stomach was drained & CT scans and other tests were done. Then they found that her duodenum is blocked due to compression from the enlarged pancrease. They tried to introduce a stent to duodenum & failed due to severity of the blockage. The surgeon told us that he is 99% sure that she is having pancrease cancer & she is not a suitable candidate for surgery to remove it due to her age & as she is wearing a pacemaker.

However he agreed to do a surgery to bypass the duodenum & connect the stomach directly. This was done in mid July 2007 & while doing that they confirmed that she has a 5 cm growth in the head of pancrease which was compressing the duodenum. She was given 3 months to live.

Meanwhile around mid Sept. 2007, she became jaundice (yellow in colour) & surgeon told us that now the growth in pancrease is blocking the bile ducts. They drained the bile by means of an external tube & introduce a internal tube too.

Since my mother was not given any other special medicine, as per information from internet we started giving her THRIPALA capsule a day. In December 2007 , external draining of bile reduced to a trickle & they removed the external tube. Her surgeons think that she is a great survivor & we believe that it is due to prayers of our friends & family & also due to THRIPALA treatment.

In mid Feb. 2008, she had another CT scan & we are awaiting another clinic date in early March 2008.As she take very little solid food she is fairly weak now.

Please keep her in your prayers.

May God bless you & your family !

Berny

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