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And I totally blanked on asking this, but is it actually true that when adenocarcinoma takes on that diffuse infiltrative form, it just sits there and refuses to budge for chemo or radiation?
Angela Wright said:Helicobacter is one incredibly stubborn little bacterium that loves nothing more than to just hide out after you finish an antibiotic course, waiting for the perfect moment to start multiplying all over again once conditions shift... Honestly, you really ought to run follow-up tests several times after treatment just to make sure it’s actually been wiped out completely. If things went sideways, it might just be because someone failed to point out that necessity in the first place.
As for ascites, performing a puncture often just triggers even more fluid buildup, which can spread incredibly fast right after you see a brief moment of improvement. At first, they try to manage it and keep things stable using diuretics—like Lasix or Furside, for example—but a puncture is really just a last-resort palliative move.
I am just so incredibly sorry... looking at everything you've shared, it really does seem like a perfect storm of unfortunate circumstances happening inside his body. I know when something like this hits—when a guy who was perfectly healthy just yesterday leaves us this soon—it’s just so damn hard to wrap your head around or accept. You get this overwhelming urge to find someone to blame, to point a finger at someone just to make the whole mess feel a little more manageable... but the truth is, we're all just so fragile and small when life throws something like this at us, much like what seems to have happened with your husband. 😢
I truly hope you can somehow find some peace within yourself and keep moving forward, carrying that love and those memories close to your heart. 🙂
Thanks so much for getting back to me!
Yeah, honestly, the sheer speed at which everything was spiraling was just unbelievable... and it's probably exactly like you said, just a massive chain of unfortunate events... I was mainly wondering about the water situation, you know, the ascites, since they were giving him those pills to help him shed the fluid while he was in the hospital, and I couldn't quite wrap my head around why they weren't just draining it, but it makes a lot more sense now that you've explained it... thank you!
Angela Wright said:Honey, please accept my deepest condolences. I’ve dealt with plenty of heavy losses in my life, but I honestly can't even begin to fathom how devastating it is to lose someone so young and so suddenly... 😢
Sepsis happens when bacteria hit the bloodstream, and it's actually not that uncommon when you're dealing with a bacterial infection that isn't getting properly managed.
Just thinking out loud here—and I'm totally speculating based on what you shared—but it's possible your husband was carrying the H. pylori bacteria for years, which eventually triggered the stomach cancer and then spread to his lungs, ultimately leading to sepsis...
Here’s a study that discusses how this specific bacteria can cause issues in the lungs too http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12508341
Did you ever get the results from his autopsy?
In any case, if I were you, I'd definitely suggest getting tested for that bacteria yourself. It's a super simple breath test. If you have it, you really need to treat it before it starts causing trouble for you, since it's one of those primary triggers for gastric tumors...
Yeah, about two years ago he started having some stomach issues, so he went in for an endoscopy and they found he had gastritis and H. pylori, but he finished the treatment and it cleared up... when the stomach problems flared back up, he was taking Controloc tablets prescribed by his doctor... but it wasn't like intense pain or anything, and let's be real, who doesn't deal with gastritis at some point? The final report listed pneumonia, a pulmonary embolism, sepsis, and finally cardiac arrest... I keep wondering why they didn't drain that fluid, the ascites... because honestly, I can't help but feel like that's what finally took him out...
velvetmoose9 said:I am so incredibly sorry for your loss...
Unfortunately, a pulmonary embolism (blood clot) is one of those things that causes sudden death way too often...
When you're dealing with cancer, the body often gets this tendency toward excessive blood clotting within the veins, so a clot frequently just "ends up" straight in the lungs.
Having pneumonia on top of all that just makes everything so much more complicated.
The symptoms hit you out of nowhere, and honestly, even in the absolute best medical centers in the world, the mortality rate for something this nasty remains terrifyingly high...
thanks!
I get all that, I really do... but in just 9 days? Like, the breathing issues and lung problems only showed up in the last 2 days... and where would pneumonia or sepsis even come from?! That part just doesn't make any sense to me at all... but anyway, thanks for the reply!
Hey everyone...
I really wanted to reach out and see if anyone else has ever dealt with something like this... because I’m just completely lost... here's the situation... my husband passed away four months ago at only 38 years old from stomach cancer... diffuse type... though, technically, he didn't actually die from the cancer itself, but from a pulmonary embolism, pneumonia, and sepsis... It was only nine days from the moment they found the cancer until he was gone... so the whole thing just feels so surreal and impossible to wrap my head around... A month before the diagnosis, he started getting these cramps and a dull ache in his calves... since he plays tennis recreationally, he just figured it was some minor injury from the court, and after two weeks, he went to see his doctor. His doctor sent him for blood and urine tests, and by pure coincidence, he ended up seeing an internist because there was a tiny bit of blood in his urine—just a trace amount, and apparently, the doctor thought it might just be because he hadn't stayed hydrated enough the day before... As for his legs, his regular doctor just told him to take some magnesium... When he saw the internist, the guy just suggested a higher dose of magnesium, and my husband also thought it was just pulled ligaments or something from tennis... but since the specialist happened to be a nephrologist, he ordered a kidney ultrasound while he was already there. My husband had been working like normal and wasn't having any issues at all... we were even planning a summer vacation... he had never been sick a day in his life. But when he got to the ultrasound, the doctor noticed fluid in his abdomen and immediately admitted him to the hospital without telling us anything other than "we need to run all the tests." He couldn't go to work that day; he had to stay in the hospital, which was July 14th. Physically, he was doing great, no pain, just those calves... On July 15th, he had a gastroscopy and they found the stomach cancer, even though all the subsequent lab results came back okay. We were just waiting for surgery... in the meantime, he kept running fevers, which delayed the surgery until they could get the fever under control with antibiotics. He wasn't even on any other meds for the fever besides Tylenol... and still, there were no bad prognoses given... Then, suddenly, on July 21st, he started struggling to breathe and they had to put him on oxygen... but his general condition still seemed fine, he'd tell me everything was okay, just that it was hard to catch his breath. By July 23rd, he was gone... we were talking to him at 1:00 PM, he was eating normally, just breathing heavily, and then around 2:00 PM they moved him to the ICU, and by 3:00 PM, he was gone... we were just in total shock!! If he could have walked, he would have just strolled up to the ICU on the third floor himself, because he felt okay... he hadn't even lost a single pound. The discharge papers say he died from a pulmonary embolism, pneumonia, and sepsis... but it was probably that fluid in his abdomen that did him in... I mean, wasn't there any way to drain it?! How can a person die in just nine days??? One day he's working fine, just having calf pains, and then... nothing. I can't believe it, it's almost impossible to process. I keep wondering what would have happened if he hadn't gone to the doctor for those leg pains... would it have been the same? I don't know, I've never heard of someone dying within nine days of a diagnosis when the only symptom was calf pain caused by fluid buildup. Has anyone else in their family gone through something similar? Thank you!!
I really wanted to reach out and see if anyone else has ever dealt with something like this... because I’m just completely lost... here's the situation... my husband passed away four months ago at only 38 years old from stomach cancer... diffuse type... though, technically, he didn't actually die from the cancer itself, but from a pulmonary embolism, pneumonia, and sepsis... It was only nine days from the moment they found the cancer until he was gone... so the whole thing just feels so surreal and impossible to wrap my head around... A month before the diagnosis, he started getting these cramps and a dull ache in his calves... since he plays tennis recreationally, he just figured it was some minor injury from the court, and after two weeks, he went to see his doctor. His doctor sent him for blood and urine tests, and by pure coincidence, he ended up seeing an internist because there was a tiny bit of blood in his urine—just a trace amount, and apparently, the doctor thought it might just be because he hadn't stayed hydrated enough the day before... As for his legs, his regular doctor just told him to take some magnesium... When he saw the internist, the guy just suggested a higher dose of magnesium, and my husband also thought it was just pulled ligaments or something from tennis... but since the specialist happened to be a nephrologist, he ordered a kidney ultrasound while he was already there. My husband had been working like normal and wasn't having any issues at all... we were even planning a summer vacation... he had never been sick a day in his life. But when he got to the ultrasound, the doctor noticed fluid in his abdomen and immediately admitted him to the hospital without telling us anything other than "we need to run all the tests." He couldn't go to work that day; he had to stay in the hospital, which was July 14th. Physically, he was doing great, no pain, just those calves... On July 15th, he had a gastroscopy and they found the stomach cancer, even though all the subsequent lab results came back okay. We were just waiting for surgery... in the meantime, he kept running fevers, which delayed the surgery until they could get the fever under control with antibiotics. He wasn't even on any other meds for the fever besides Tylenol... and still, there were no bad prognoses given... Then, suddenly, on July 21st, he started struggling to breathe and they had to put him on oxygen... but his general condition still seemed fine, he'd tell me everything was okay, just that it was hard to catch his breath. By July 23rd, he was gone... we were talking to him at 1:00 PM, he was eating normally, just breathing heavily, and then around 2:00 PM they moved him to the ICU, and by 3:00 PM, he was gone... we were just in total shock!! If he could have walked, he would have just strolled up to the ICU on the third floor himself, because he felt okay... he hadn't even lost a single pound. The discharge papers say he died from a pulmonary embolism, pneumonia, and sepsis... but it was probably that fluid in his abdomen that did him in... I mean, wasn't there any way to drain it?! How can a person die in just nine days??? One day he's working fine, just having calf pains, and then... nothing. I can't believe it, it's almost impossible to process. I keep wondering what would have happened if he hadn't gone to the doctor for those leg pains... would it have been the same? I don't know, I've never heard of someone dying within nine days of a diagnosis when the only symptom was calf pain caused by fluid buildup. Has anyone else in their family gone through something similar? Thank you!!