Platinum Contributing Member Highmark Posted May 18, 2022 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted May 18, 2022 2 hours ago, Turbo Kitty said: My brothers second surgery is today to remove the other tumor, , then in a few days he goes for physical therapy for 2 weeks, then hopefully he can go home, hope for the best boys. Prayers for your brother. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Jimmy Snacks Posted May 18, 2022 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted May 18, 2022 3 hours ago, Turbo Kitty said: My brothers second surgery is today to remove the other tumor, , then in a few days he goes for physical therapy for 2 weeks, then hopefully he can go home, hope for the best boys. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 For your brother. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbo Kitty Posted June 10, 2022 Author Share Posted June 10, 2022 It’s been a rough go at it for my Brother, yesterday he had to get rushed to the hospital, he got sicker than hell, turns out the cancer is now spread into his story, it ate a hole in his small intestine, they did surgery, there’s so much in there if they can’t remove it all. I’m just waiting for the oncology team to confer, and it sounds like hospice is the next step, last Monday when we met with his doctor they gave him 6 months to live. Some heavy stuff going on. Lord give me strength to get through this. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bontz Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 16 minutes ago, Turbo Kitty said: It’s been a rough go at it for my Brother, yesterday he had to get rushed to the hospital, he got sicker than hell, turns out the cancer is now spread into his story, it ate a hole in his small intestine, they did surgery, there’s so much in there if they can’t remove it all. I’m just waiting for the oncology team to confer, and it sounds like hospice is the next step, last Monday when we met with his doctor they gave him 6 months to live. Some heavy stuff going on. Lord give me strength to get through this. Damn - sorry TK, that's not the updates anyone wants to hear I wish your brother, and you & your family, nothing but the best in getting through this. Continued thoughts to you all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DriftBusta Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 Damn turbo, I’m sorry to hear that. Prayers to your brother, and to your entire family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 Sorry to hear. Wish the best working through the challenges ahead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokin george Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 Best wishes for your brother/family Turbo and all the others on here doing the fight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Jimmy Snacks Posted June 10, 2022 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted June 10, 2022 6 hours ago, Turbo Kitty said: It’s been a rough go at it for my Brother, yesterday he had to get rushed to the hospital, he got sicker than hell, turns out the cancer is now spread into his story, it ate a hole in his small intestine, they did surgery, there’s so much in there if they can’t remove it all. I’m just waiting for the oncology team to confer, and it sounds like hospice is the next step, last Monday when we met with his doctor they gave him 6 months to live. Some heavy stuff going on. Lord give me strength to get through this. So sorry to hear.😔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
favoritos Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 My Brother lost his battle with AML last night. As hard as it is to say, I'm glad his pain is over. He put up one heck of a battle. I never saw him complain and the chemo stuff was brutal. Multiple rounds and just couldn't get the blasts down for BMT. I was a match through the initial screening and we had some hope. For awhile, I felt like I could help. What a horrible disease. The ups and downs of treatments and hope eat everyone around. We all tried and gave everything we could to help. It was especially hard to see the pain in his family. Mom and the kids rallied together for the fight. They coalesced and bonded together with him through each phase. There is another side of this horrible process and maybe we were lucky. Toward the end, he was in a pretty good facility. (MAYO) We had a similar experience in the first hospital. The people involved in the care were extraordinary! (Wish I could find a better adjective.) The nurses . . . , It takes special people to go into work and do that every day. I saw them hiding tears at times. They had their hearts in the battle too. It showed in their care. It showed in the interaction and relationships that we formed. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irv Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 Very sorry to hear, Favoritos. My condolences to you and yours. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bontz Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 3 minutes ago, favoritos said: My Brother lost his battle with AML last night. As hard as it is to say, I'm glad his pain is over. He put up one heck of a battle. I never saw him complain and the chemo stuff was brutal. Multiple rounds and just couldn't get the blasts down for BMT. I was a match through the initial screening and we had some hope. For awhile, I felt like I could help. What a horrible disease. The ups and downs of treatments and hope eat everyone around. We all tried and gave everything we could to help. It was especially hard to see the pain in his family. Mom and the kids rallied together for the fight. They coalesced and bonded together with him through each phase. There is another side of this horrible process and maybe we were lucky. Toward the end, he was in a pretty good facility. (MAYO) We had a similar experience in the first hospital. The people involved in the care were extraordinary! (Wish I could find a better adjective.) The nurses . . . , It takes special people to go into work and do that every day. I saw them hiding tears at times. They had their hearts in the battle too. It showed in their care. It showed in the interaction and relationships that we formed. Sorry to read the news on your brother's passing, @favoritos Wishing your family and friends all the best in getting through this. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleepybrew Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 my mom and bro just went through it. we were amazed how they all told us something different. still not exactly sure what my mom had. we were told many things, including less than a year to live. then the guy who was to do the chemo saw i was not happy and took me in the hall. i asked why you would wreck the less than a year with chemo. he said well all they told you is wrong, and i can treat what she does have. and they did. left us all confused but she is still here. now on an immunotherapy drug that is 2000.00 a month but it has held her from getting worse. my bro had cancer in his bladder that they fixed, but he kept smoking and it came back. then they took all but 1 kidney. he kept smoking, got cancer in that kidney. had it removed weeks ago and is on dialysis forever. lost my dad to it as well as my last 3 golden retrievers and lots of friends. cancer sucks, and wrecks the whole family. my heart goes out to all of you who have had or dealt with that shit. and the expense, that is in a class by itself. sucks to see someone suffer like that, lose the battle, and we feel relieved . some say they are in a better place. to me right here with us is where they want to be 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry 976 Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 Very sorry to hear, Favoritos. Keep him alive in your heart & mind and he will always be with you, Remember the good times and the bad times.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bontz Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 26 minutes ago, sleepybrew said: my mom and bro just went through it. we were amazed how they all told us something different. still not exactly sure what my mom had. we were told many things, including less than a year to live. then the guy who was to do the chemo saw i was not happy and took me in the hall. i asked why you would wreck the less than a year with chemo. he said well all they told you is wrong, and i can treat what she does have. and they did. left us all confused but she is still here. now on an immunotherapy drug that is 2000.00 a month but it has held her from getting worse. my bro had cancer in his bladder that they fixed, but he kept smoking and it came back. then they took all but 1 kidney. he kept smoking, got cancer in that kidney. had it removed weeks ago and is on dialysis forever. lost my dad to it as well as my last 3 golden retrievers and lots of friends. cancer sucks, and wrecks the whole family. my heart goes out to all of you who have had or dealt with that shit. and the expense, that is in a class by itself. sucks to see someone suffer like that, lose the battle, and we feel relieved . some say they are in a better place. to me right here with us is where they want to be That phrase is something I have grown to stay away from. It's okay to say they're no longer suffering, but to say they're in a better place simply isn't true. The better place is here, with us, healthy. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleepybrew Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 8 minutes ago, Bontz said: That phrase is something I have grown to stay away from. It's okay to say they're no longer suffering, but to say they're in a better place simply isn't true. The better place is here, with us, healthy. you got it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleepybrew Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 not one but 2 of my friends had stomach pains. went to the hospital and never came home. pancreatic cancer. didn't get to say goodbye to either of them. less than 2 weeks for each of them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleepybrew Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 we just have to believe that we will all be together again, heathy and happy. man i hope my goldens come running to me, and we all have a lot of catching up to do! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 1 hour ago, favoritos said: My Brother lost his battle with AML last night. As hard as it is to say, I'm glad his pain is over. He put up one heck of a battle. I never saw him complain and the chemo stuff was brutal. Multiple rounds and just couldn't get the blasts down for BMT. I was a match through the initial screening and we had some hope. For awhile, I felt like I could help. What a horrible disease. The ups and downs of treatments and hope eat everyone around. We all tried and gave everything we could to help. It was especially hard to see the pain in his family. Mom and the kids rallied together for the fight. They coalesced and bonded together with him through each phase. There is another side of this horrible process and maybe we were lucky. Toward the end, he was in a pretty good facility. (MAYO) We had a similar experience in the first hospital. The people involved in the care were extraordinary! (Wish I could find a better adjective.) The nurses . . . , It takes special people to go into work and do that every day. I saw them hiding tears at times. They had their hearts in the battle too. It showed in their care. It showed in the interaction and relationships that we formed. Sorry to hear Favoritos. You have my sympathy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Jimmy Snacks Posted July 21, 2022 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted July 21, 2022 Condolences Favoritos…so very sorry for your loss. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p51mstg Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 I'm sorry to hear the news, @favoritos. I'm sometimes disappointed with the bureaucracy at Mayo, but am never disappointed with the care I receive. When I was an EMT, we took a lot of patients there and the ER at St. Mary's is pretty impressive. Have seen them go to work on people. When someone needs the resources, they're there before you can say please. @Turbo Kitty, @sleepybrew, I'm hoping everything works out well for both of you. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1jkw Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 Very sorry for the loss of your brother. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbo Kitty Posted July 21, 2022 Author Share Posted July 21, 2022 (edited) Sorry to hear that Favoritos , terrible , I am my brother’s care giver, he’s at my home, he’s in Hospice care, he’s in terrible shape, I’ll take care of him as long as I can, he don’t want nothing to do with assisted living, that will be the last resort, I just take it one day at a time. It’s amazing the fight he puts up, he wants to be independent, and he does a good job with that, Edited July 21, 2022 by Turbo Kitty 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Jimmy Snacks Posted July 21, 2022 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted July 21, 2022 2 minutes ago, Turbo Kitty said: Sorry to hear that, terrible , I am my brother’s care giver, he’s at my home, he’s in Hospice care, he’s in terrible shape, I’ll take care of him as long as I can, he don’t want nothing to do with assisted living, that will be the last resort, I just take it one day at a time. 🙏🏻😔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
favoritos Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, p51mstg said: I'm sorry to hear the news, @favoritos. I'm sometimes disappointed with the bureaucracy at Mayo, but am never disappointed with the care I receive. When I was an EMT, we took a lot of patients there and the ER at St. Mary's is pretty impressive. Have seen them go to work on people. When someone needs the resources, they're there before you can say please. @Turbo Kitty, @sleepybrew, I'm hoping everything works out well for both of you. I was shipped to St Mary's in 96 with a crushed hand. The locals figured they were my best shot if I was going to keep my fingers. The care was pretty impressive. Good enough, that I kinda forgot about that time. I know, seems hard to believe, but that is a testament to my recovery. Anyhow, when I was doing blood work for the donor match, they said you already have a patient number in our system. Thanks everyone, I share the thoughts about others too. It is tough. @Turbo Kitty, You are a good one. I hope the best with your brother. Edited July 21, 2022 by favoritos 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soeaster Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 (edited) You have my sympathy favoritos. I've been with quite a few people on that journey and it's always a tough one. It sounds like he had wonderful support which, in many ways, not only helped him, but those of you who were supporting him, and that's important too. Take care. Edited July 21, 2022 by soeaster 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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