Hi Fortheloveofmarc, I lost my husband to liver cancer on January 26th 2009. It's very hard to go on at times. I visited his grave yesterday and it's still very hard and I miss him very much. But I...
Connie, Chemo was never an option for my husband, I was just comparing the side effects. You were blessed the treatment worked for you, and I thank God that there are treatments for some and I pray...
Sue I am so sorry for your loss. My prayers are with you and your family. Helen...
Polly, I am so sorry for your loss. I was with my husband when he died in January and I felt the same relief that he was not suffering anymore. We want them with us forever, but the suffering is so...
Bea, I am so sorry to hear about your father. My husband recently died from liver cancer. He was on Nexavar for a couple of months, but when we found out that it wasn't really doing him any good, he...
Penny I am so glad to keep hearing your good news. It is amazing how the hospital staff on the transplant floors are just like a second family to you, they were so good to us, on the floor and in the...
about the protein, when Jerry started getting worse, he didn't want meat, but he wanted pinto beans, which was his protein. I've heard a persons body will let you know what it needs. (If you listen...
Connie, I making it. Doing half way decent, trying to get paperwork done and thinking about what in the world I'm going to do now. I'm 48 and I have start my life all over again and fortunately for...
Meesha, when my husband went on Hospice they immeadiately put him on liquid Ativan (sp?) and liquid Morphine. The Ativan helped to relax his body so that the morphine could work. If your father is...
Penny, I am so glad Harvey is improving. The rehab will be good for him and as they start weaning him off the Predisone, that will help. Be prepared until they do he will get an appetite, and...
A quick update to let you know that Jerry died this morning about 3:50. He is no longer suffering. Thank you all very much for your prayers and being a part of this forum. Helen...
We finally started Hospice today. We've had a very bad evening, I'm hoping he will sleep tonite. I hope that Hospice will be able to get his pain controlled. It was good reading good news tonite on...
God is good. I am so happy for you all and will keep you in my prayers. Helen...
Well we made it thru another day. He hasn't ate anything today, just drank water. He doesn't get up to go to the restroom, just uses the urinal, he's just getting weaker. We did try the Nexavar, with...
Hello everyone, Jerry has taken a bad turn for the worse. He hasn't ate very much of anything in the last 8 or 9 days now and I feel like he may not very many more days. He's in so much pain, I can't...
Connie, We were blessed to get the transplant, but it seemed in 2 months we went from half sick to being on life support for over a week and as the transplant surgeon stated he had one foot all ready...
Windhover, my husband has Blue Cross Blue Shield Oklahoma. He actually got it in July, before we found out in August that he had Hep C and had a transplant in October. That was an interesting time...
Hello everyone, I am glad I'm not the only one and sorry I'm not the only one right now living in a nightmare. Jerry is really going downhill fast. For those who don't know, he had a liver transplant...
Butterfly I've been there where you are now and it is petrifing. We got up one day before Jerry's transplant and he vomitted once and there was a little blood and I asked him if he was ready to go to...
Poptart, my husband had his transplant in OKC at Integris and they have 2 transplant teams, plus they also go and harvest their own organs, it's very common at most transplant centers. Every center...
Oh my gosh I hadn't read this before, thanks John, now I'm crying. Helen...
Don't give up. I met a farmer at the transplant unit on one visit who had his transplant over 20 years ago and was still doing good and had a normal life. Be ready for the rollercoaster ride of your...
Susan I'm sorry you and your family are going thru this. My husband had a transplant last Oct. When they did the transplant they found a very cancerous liver. A big suprise for them. A biopsy was...
LaBunna I am sooo glad to hear from you. I know exactly what you mean about having a breakdown. While Jerry was on life support for that week before transplant, I never cried so much or prayed so...
Hi everyone We are making it. Jerry has good days and bad. He's still has a lot of pain, wears a 100 mcg Fentnaly pain patch and takes oxycodone when needed. He hasn't been to doctor in quite a...
John Take my word for it, you don't want a transplant until you beat the cancer. The cancer will go crazy and I don't believe there is any beating it then. Sometimes I wish we had know Jerry had...
Mary I know what you mean about the deer in the headlight look at the ER. I had to take Jerry to one before his transplant, to get him stabalized to get to THE hospital and I knew when the doc got...
LaBunna If you're out there I'd like to hear how things are going. Helen...
Mary I am so sorry for your loss, but I am glad he's not suffering anymore. I watch it with my husband and it is awlful. I will be praying for you and your family. Helen...
Jennifer /community/emoticons/tongue.gif /community/emoticons/tongue.gif /community/emoticons/tongue.gif Congratulations, that is the greatest news and has made my day. Take care of yourself, you...
I am so glad that I gave you something to smile about . I went and seen my newest grandson this morning and had a good reason to smile. Tomorrow I get to go to a suprise baby shower for my daughter...
LaBunna Things will get easier with your husband. Jerry had his transplant on Oct 17, 07. It took awhile, he had a light stroke right after the transplant, but he did start acting a little like his...
Cely My prayers are with you and your family. I know it has been so hard on you watching him suffer, but now that suffering is gone, now please take care of yourself. Helen...
Pink Grandma That is very stressful, we sold our home and bought a double wide and put it on our 80 acres about 2 years ago. We signed the papers on the double wide and sold the house about 2 days...
Hello Pink Grandma Life sucks these days. The liver cancer has spread all up and down Jerry's spine from the C1 down. He's lost so much weight and is sick most of the time. I keep hearing everyone...
LaBunna Men are such babies. My Jerry had a light stroke directly after his transplant. He would cuss me so bad, something he had never done before, I thought I would go crazy. But finally that...
Butterflythree Thanks so much for your prayers. We are not good. Jerry's cancer has bout go the best of both of us. I don't believe he will be here much longer. He's at home since they are not...
LaBunna I am so glad your husband is doing so good. Don't worry about him looking so frail. My husband was 209 before his transplant,with asites and all, but when he came home was 147. The prednisone...
La Bunna I am so happy for you and your husband. I have been keeping up with your posts and have been keeping you in my prayers. Take care of yourself. Helen...
I called the oncologist today and his nurse called and after talking to Jerry about the leg pain, she called the dr and then called back and the doctor is concerned about the pain and wants a MRI...
Thanks Connie They have him on Oxycodone, and he took 2 earlier this evening finally. For some reason he has decided he shouldn't take the pain meds so much. I told there is no reason to hurt and he...
Michelle You and yours are in my prayers. And yes my husband's stomach was hard before they started tapping it, that was one of the things that told me something was wrong. Praying Helen...
LaBunna, My husband was one of those on life support waiting on a liver to come in and he did get a liver within hrs of dying, but he DID get the liver. I'm sorry the liver wasn't OK, but it's so...
Jerry is complaining of leg pain in both legs, like if your standing up and put your arms to your side, in that area. Do ya'll that could be from the tumor on the L3 vertebra or from the liver...
Hello all Just a note from my experience with my husband,we found out he was sick in Aug 07 and had the transplant in Oct 07. He had Hep C-Cirrohsis-Liver Cancer. We didn't know about the liver...
They took him off because they thought it was causing too serious side effects. He is back on it now, 2 pill twice aday. Our next big trauma will be the lithotripsy for the kidney stone, I'm afraid...
Hello everyone Well the nurse called with the results of the ct scan and the cancer has grown and has spread to the L3 Lumbar, plus a kidney stone has finally shown up again which the doctor says has...
Jerry took the Nexavar for a couple of weeks, then developed a severe kidney infection and they took him off and hadn't put him back on it, so I don't know that it's going to be much of an option. I...
Hi Everyone Sorry I haven't been posting, Jerry is not doing good. Actually he's going down hill kinda fast. He doesn't eat much and sleeps alot. He got real bad about and I took him to the doctor...
Carol I believe it had, from the first ct scan after the transplant they have mentioned an elargement in the adrenal glands. Since they didn't know about the cancer when they opened him up, they had...