Posts by Sarah White34

vividsailor7 said:I haven't forgotten about you all; I will get back to you when I am able.

We definitely require more data, such as laboratory results, radiological findings—ultrasound, CT scans,
current therapy, age, additional comorbidities, diagnosis, and so on.

I am requesting assistance; we are from Cleveland, and they are only suggesting palliative chemotherapy for my father-in-law...
My father-in-law is 74 years old. Following an extensive series of tests, an adenocarcinoma of the stomach was identified. A pleural puncture and an ascites puncture were performed, which confirmed the presence of malignant cells. ECOG score is 2. There are pleural effusions. Primary neoplasm is gastric, with a large left-sided pleural effusion (1500ML).

Histopathology of the gastric mucosa biopsy shows high-grade atypia and areas of invasive adenocarcinoma.

Pleural fluid analysis: glucose 4.1, LDH 794, amylase 64, protein 42.

Cytology report from the ascites puncture:
The sediment contains numerous malignant glandular epithelial cells (BER EP4 positive), ruling out a pulmonary origin for the tumor; the findings are consistent with gastric cancer.
EKG shows an axis deviation of over 30 degrees, heart rate 78 bpm, several individual ectopic beats, lack of R-wave progression from V2-V3, and bradycardia.

In 1965, he underwent surgery for a stomach ulcer.

Now, there is no possibility for surgical intervention or anything else; they are only recommending palliative chemo. Is it even worth administering this to the patient? I would appreciate your medical opinion, thank you in advance.

Good afternoon, everyone. My father-in-law has just been diagnosed with adenocarcinoma. Unfortunately, the cancer has spread through fluid, leading to some serious issues with pleural effusion in his lungs, though they have managed to stabilize that somewhat for now... He is 75 years old, and <u <to be honest, we were told there is no option for surgery or radiation; it's strictly palliative chemotherapy and a timeline of roughly six months. If anyone could point me toward a specialist or a facility in a major medical hub like New York City or Houston where we might seek a second opinion—and how to best navigate that process—it would mean the world to us. Please feel free to reach out via DM. We’ve already dealt with so much loss; they buried his daughter just a few years ago when she was only 42 due to a brain tumor. I truly thought he would at least get to live out his years without this kind of suffering and debilitating illness...