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Hey all :wave: Haven't read anything since I posted last this morning - feel kind of pooped... 
for some reason, so will read them when I log back on in the morning! 
cguru:
But did hear from my sister in Sweden; she gave my bro a call last night, and received her "novel" about 45 minutes ago. When she writes something, it's ALWAYS a novel... :lol:
Here is what she says and my comments in blue:
Hi everyone!
Richard left for work this morning at 5:00 and as he closed the door, our cat Tiger threw up. As I cleaned up the carpet, I thought, why not call Jr, it's 20:00 or 8:00 PM USA time and he might be feeling lonely.
He answered right away with his raspy voice and then said 'It's confusion here'. When I asked what the confusion was, he said the doctors still hadn't decided what to do and that he was willing to take whatever treatment or do whatever they said they could but hadn't done anything in the last 4-5 days. He sounded frustrated and angry. He said he had decided with Terre that if they didn't get around to doing something soon, he was leaving the hospital. he has a problem with his "anger", that's why he doesn't drink anymore-thank goodness-would start fights out of nowhere
It seems the 'anger' stage has set in after the 'shock' stage of hearing he has liver cancer. He said the results of his biopsy should be back tomorrow. Then he said , 'It probably is cancer'. I tried to explain to him that with all the hospitals I worked with on various Clinical trials,she worked for AstraZeneca in Sweden, now retired; she wanted to be a veterinarian like my dad, but things got complicated the doctors would normally meet only once a week with all the specialists included -- in his case the oncologist, the endrocrinologist, the surgeon and even a liver specialist to discuss the case from each specialist view and come up with a decision. I told him not to piss off the doctors, or they'd throw him out. do NOT want that to happen!!
Then he told me to hold on while he talked to someone. It was a nurse or assistant who said he was to go for a scan. Jr. said, 'I've already had one!' When he came back on the phone, I told him they might want to get another angle on the scan. And again, I told him not to take it out on the personnel. He said, 'Oh, they understand'.
Maybe that's why he hasn't been sent to the Cancer Center yet because they're trying to decide if they can even do something or not. If they cant', there would be no reason to send him there.
I realize this sounds depressing even as I read it through but we did say we'd keep each other informed. I tried to tell him to be patient and let the doctors do what they do.
I told him everyone was praying for him and he said 'Yeah, everyone's been saying that!' so maybe as Richard says, he doesn't believe praying will help. but still asking you guys for some!!
Again, sorry to write about a negative experience but we all know how he can get when he feels frustrated and can't seem to do anything about it.
Hopefully, we'll receive better news as the days go by. Love to you all -- Marik
so... I'll give him a call tomorrow and see if the biopsy reports are back and report back here!
Good night all!
Smiles and good thoughts, all!
:seeya:
for some reason, so will read them when I log back on in the morning! cguru:But did hear from my sister in Sweden; she gave my bro a call last night, and received her "novel" about 45 minutes ago. When she writes something, it's ALWAYS a novel... :lol:
Here is what she says and my comments in blue:
Hi everyone!
Richard left for work this morning at 5:00 and as he closed the door, our cat Tiger threw up. As I cleaned up the carpet, I thought, why not call Jr, it's 20:00 or 8:00 PM USA time and he might be feeling lonely.
He answered right away with his raspy voice and then said 'It's confusion here'. When I asked what the confusion was, he said the doctors still hadn't decided what to do and that he was willing to take whatever treatment or do whatever they said they could but hadn't done anything in the last 4-5 days. He sounded frustrated and angry. He said he had decided with Terre that if they didn't get around to doing something soon, he was leaving the hospital. he has a problem with his "anger", that's why he doesn't drink anymore-thank goodness-would start fights out of nowhere
It seems the 'anger' stage has set in after the 'shock' stage of hearing he has liver cancer. He said the results of his biopsy should be back tomorrow. Then he said , 'It probably is cancer'. I tried to explain to him that with all the hospitals I worked with on various Clinical trials,she worked for AstraZeneca in Sweden, now retired; she wanted to be a veterinarian like my dad, but things got complicated the doctors would normally meet only once a week with all the specialists included -- in his case the oncologist, the endrocrinologist, the surgeon and even a liver specialist to discuss the case from each specialist view and come up with a decision. I told him not to piss off the doctors, or they'd throw him out. do NOT want that to happen!!
Then he told me to hold on while he talked to someone. It was a nurse or assistant who said he was to go for a scan. Jr. said, 'I've already had one!' When he came back on the phone, I told him they might want to get another angle on the scan. And again, I told him not to take it out on the personnel. He said, 'Oh, they understand'.
Maybe that's why he hasn't been sent to the Cancer Center yet because they're trying to decide if they can even do something or not. If they cant', there would be no reason to send him there.
I realize this sounds depressing even as I read it through but we did say we'd keep each other informed. I tried to tell him to be patient and let the doctors do what they do.
I told him everyone was praying for him and he said 'Yeah, everyone's been saying that!' so maybe as Richard says, he doesn't believe praying will help. but still asking you guys for some!!
Again, sorry to write about a negative experience but we all know how he can get when he feels frustrated and can't seem to do anything about it.
Hopefully, we'll receive better news as the days go by. Love to you all -- Marik
so... I'll give him a call tomorrow and see if the biopsy reports are back and report back here!
Good night all!
Smiles and good thoughts, all!
:seeya:
