Posts by Alexander Campbell2

shadowmason6 said:Don't say things like "he doesn't have much left." My mother will be turning 66 in two months, and I really hope she’s around for a long time! Sure, maybe she's handling the chemotherapy a bit easier than your grandfather is, but I truly believe this is just a temporary phase for him and he'll recover. I've read that the side effects from chemotherapy don't necessarily dictate how successful the treatment actually is, so please, don't let his current state discourage you.
By the way, my grandmother lived to be 93, and the women in my family tend to live quite long... so my mother's illness came as a real shock to me :-(

What is your grandfather saying? If he has the will to fight and try, and if a few months of suffering means—hopefully—extending his life, then I think it's worth trying, provided there's a future with better quality of life without chemo...
Though, I suppose the aforementioned Lothar H. probably wouldn't agree...

...well, I haven't really been posting much lately. We're waiting on the results from my mother's CT scan and her blood work, so I'm, to put it mildly, a nervous wreck...

And sad... just incredibly sad because of Dina, as are the rest of us... I'm speechless... I think I'll find myself reading her posts whenever I feel like I'm losing my courage or my drive to keep going.
My sincere condolences to everyone who knew her and those who miss her even more.
May she rest in peace up there...

Maybe I phrased that a bit poorly... the doctors are giving him about a year with chemo, which is such a short time... so the question is whether to put him through the misery of chemo or just let things take their natural course... 😢without chemo

What are your thoughts on this situation? Last year, my mother was diagnosed with ocular melanoma after losing partial vision in that eye. Eventually, the eye had to be completely removed. At the time, the doctors insisted they had gotten everything—that no chemotherapy would be necessary because the removal was sufficient. They scheduled a follow-up for six months later. He went in for that check-up last November, the eleventh month. Since then, the tumor has metastasized to his liver, lungs, and right shoulder bone with terrifying speed. It’s just galloping through him. He didn't have any symptoms, no pain, his appetite was perfectly fine... but now they are recommending chemo. He started the first round of therapy, and now he has absolutely no appetite, feels weak constantly, and has lost weight terribly. I don't know if my opinion might come across as harsh to some, but I wouldn't push the chemo on him. He's 70 years old... he doesn't have much time left. For heaven's sake, he shouldn't have to suffer through chemo when all it does is make him miserable and unable to eat. What do you all think about this?

While I truly enjoy his movies... I found myself feeling quite disappointed... ☕ ... unfortunately

Perhaps some of you are already transitioning into 4D 🙂