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My husband’s name was also Tom. He was not a heavy drinker at all. In his younger years, yes, he probably was. But not any at all in the last 40 years or so. He had NO symptoms. He was on a a cholersterol lowering drug so had his blood work down every 3 months. In Jan ’08 his numbers were perfect. Three months later his Alk Phosphate was 10x elevated. That was the first time there was any indication that something was wrong.
He had a left liver resection but they also took part of the right lobe, about 3/4’s of his total liver. He had a good 18 months, then started turning yellow. A new tumor, radiation, chemo…was given 6 months, lived another two years, then passed away on 11/20/2011.
This is an evil cancer, and there are not a lot of people who get 100% recovery from it, even with a successful resection with clean margins, even with a liver transplant, as this cancer tends to reoccur.
Happy that you got time w/your brother while he was sober. I’m sure that you have some good memories of him. Hold those close to your heart.
Hugs,
MargaretThank you, Nancy. My name is Nancy and it’s rarely heard of until this site. I have seen the name Tom alot (which was my brothers name) too. Im interested in knowing what people’s warnings were. How they found the bile duct cancer early. Do you know where this info would be found on the discussion board? Do you feel her cancer was from alcoholism? You had her a few years after diagnosis? How was that road, if you don’t mind me asking. My heart goes out to you. I hate alcoholism, my family is dripping in it. So glad you had your Mom sober. Nancy
I am so glad you got to know your brother without the alcohol before he died. I also had the return of my mother the last few years of her life when she was too sick for alcohol. It is hard to see good people we love fall into the deadly spiral of alcoholism.
How beautiful for your brother to experience family and love again before he passed. He is at peace. You are a wonderful sister. NancyMy brother, Tom, was beaten from this monster at the age of 53. I do know he IS in peace now. His alcoholism (lifetime of on and off drinking constantly battling his disease, could never surrender to it) brought his end faster for he had cirrosis also. His ascites in May was the first sign that something was wrong. He died a month and a half later. By the grace of God, he came to live with me and my family a year and a half prior diagnosis. For some strange reason (Holy Spirit maybe), I asked him to come live with us so he could get back on his feet again. I had never asked him in the past, he had always picked booze back up. I felt this time was different (still not knowing why, nothing was different). He came to live with us sober and we had a relationship as brother and sister that we had never experienced and he became my best friend, walking my dogs together everyday for 1 1/2 years. Tom had lived in shelters and on the street most of his life. GOD HAD BROUGHT HIM HOME TO US. He passed with his family surrounding him, we couldn’t of been prouder of who he was when he passed. An angel in my eyes, a good man who didn’t have an enemy and never had a bad word for anyone. My Mom was on one side of him and I the other lying next to him when God called him home. Til we meet again, Tom, you have a huge piece of my heart. The battle is over, REST. Reading everyones individual stories makes me feel closer to Tom. Thank you everyone for sharing, peace to you all.
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