char

My Dad passed away on July the 30. He fought for 8 months with every thing he had. The DR. called him "Mr. feel good" for no matter how bad he was feeling or how much pain he was in he would always tell you he was "good". I'm going to miss him so much. He was my hero and I was and always will be Daddy's little girl , his princess. I would like to say thank y'all of all your support and all the words on this board it helped me so much get through the this 8 months and i know it will help me get through the next months to come. Thank you all so much. With love Char.

We got the results from the scan and there is some shrinkage. I am so happy i am crying. This is a miracle. Thank you all for your prayers. I know we are out of the woods but there is hope and there is a light at the end of this tunnel.

Yesterday my Dad finished his first round of chemo and went for his scan. ( its part of the study he is in).At this moment I am scared, we all are . We want to know the results and at the same time we don't. We pray for good results,but yet there is that little voice at the back of our head saying if there isn't or if there is more them they are stopping the chemo, and them were do we go from there? The chemo has been my Dad's hope it has made him such a believe that he can beat this. Because of it and his attitude he has made all of us believers don't want him to lose that hope he has(that we all have)More then anything I don't want to lose my Dad.

Holly My prayers and thoughts are with you and your family at this time. I can't imagine what you are going through at this time, Be strong and just look at beautiful girl you have and you will all ways see and have your Mom there plus in your Heart. Hugs Char

What can i expect from the chemo? My dad started his chemo yesterday . He is in a blind study. Its a phase 2 study on Beavacizumab in combination cisplatin and gemcitabine vs placebo cisplatin and gemicitabine. What are the possible side effects of chemo? Ya the doctors tell you this and that, but i find them to be un personable. Will this have an effect on his spirit? What are the worst days to look out for? Are there any signs to look for that something is going wrong? Thanks for listening to my questions and thanks for your help.

I want to say thank you all so very much you kind word mean so much to me . Plus the fact that you all understand helps me to no end at this time. There are so many questions running through my head. The why, and how comes and what ifs i just want to scream.But i know there is no answer to those questions just a normal reaction i guess. Well chemo started and i pray he gets the medication in the blind study not the placebo.His spirit's are good and that's all we ask for. Again thank you all so much

Hello my name is Char. We just found out that my Father has Advanced Lung Cancer 2 weeks ago. It has spread all through out his body. The pain he is in is horrible. My Father and is a strong person who does everything for my Mother and you can see in his face that this is killing him how the slights thing he has trouble doing. The hard part of this for be beside it being my Dad is the distance between us. He is Montreal and i am in Memphis. I flew down last week to see him meet with the Doctor's and the nurse's talk about the treatments etc. And be there for them. (Be Daddy's little girl as he See's me.) The hard thing was not to cry in front of him to be strong to keep up that front for him. But i must admit he has a wonderful attitudes willing to do what every it takes . He believes he can beat this and how can i take that away from him.What do i do? How do i get through the day with out crying?