Pancreatic Cancer Sucks

I haven ' t been blogging recently because I have been emotionally stressed. It may take me a while longer to get back to it. Myfather, who was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer last May, had metastases by August 1, and was in chemo until Feb 13, died on Tuesday February 27.Since his diagnosis with Waldenstrom ' s lymphoma back in 2013, I had become his oncology interpreter/assistant. I went to the important appointments and answered his questions that the doctor ' s don ' t want to answer.Due to vein damage from chemo for his lymphoma he needed a port. When he did finally get a port, his first question was ' when do I get it out? ' The doctors and nurses would not answer that question. So I told him ' once you don ' t need it for six months or so, you can discuss taking it out. 'I also translated back to his oncologist when asked about pain levels and he replied ' just a little over here ' . I would tell the oncologist that he has had several instances of extreme pain. Once he told my sister that that the pain that caused tears in his eyes was only a 5. Later he corrected himself to say it was a ' 10 ' .Another big step in his cancer treatment was weaning him off Wikipedia for cancer research. I had to explain to him several times that Wikipedia is not a good place to do research and that theAmerican Cancer Society was the place to start. This took several months of ' discussion ' .Aside from losing my father, the sad part is that my medical history is what enabled me to be h...
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