Mom Newly Diagnosed
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I do not live in the Chicagoland area, but my my family does. They are in Lake Zurich (Northwest Suburbs). None of my family has mentioned that she is jaundiced…I haven’t sene her since her diagnosis. They did talk about the itching when they saw the oncologist and interventional oncologist this week. Thanks for the advice, I will pass it along. Lauri
Hi…wanted to follow Lainy and Barbara in welcoming you. I also am encouraged about the stage II diagnoses. As Lainy has mentioned, a stent will definitely help drain the bilirubin and eliminate the itching. Has this been discussed with the physicians? I hope for Thursday to set things in motion for your Mom
MarionMy dad didn’t have much of a appetite b/f his resection, but after the resection, his appetite slowly came back, infact he gained back all of the 30 lbs he had lost prior to surgury and initial diagnosis. As for intaking nutrients prior to surgury, I bought a really good juicer b/c it was easier for him to drink then eat. I juiced anything from carrot/beet/apple, to pinapple(which is supposed to be a great detoxer for the liver)orange, grapefruit. You name it, I tried it. It will be important to for your mom to have strength going into the surgury, and that is what I told my dad everytime I forced a drink down him. It worked, he always cooperated with me. Good Luck! “Stage Two”, in and of itself is great news for this Cancer!!
Peace and Prayer
Barbara
BTW, do you live in the Chicagoland? my father was operated on at Evanston Northwestern, and I absolutely loved our surgeon, he did a great job on my dad.Hello and welcome to the best little club in the world that no one wishes to join. Sounds like you have everything going the right way and that the doctors are wasting no time getting to what needs to be done. I have suggested before, an over the counter cream that my husband used for itching called Sarna and can be bought at Walgreen’s or CVS. It is very strong and should not be used more than 2 weeks. Before he had his bile stent put in we also used ice bags on his arms and legs. The itching is just horrible. Is your mom jaundiced? Good luck on Planning Day and please keep us posted.
My mom was taken to the hospital about 3 weeks ago with chest pain. She thought she was having a heart attack. Cardiac etiology was ruled out, and a CT was done to see if the pain was gall bladder. A spot was found on her liver. A liver biopsy was done and she was diagnosed with Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma. She turns 67 next week. She has since met with a Liver Surgeon, Hepatologist, Oncologist, and Interventional Oncologist. The staging has determined that is is a stage 2 tumor, however, it currently spreads over two lobes of the liver and involved 2 of the 3 arteries of the liver. Originally, they wanted to plan surgery right away to resect the liver, but with two arteries involved, they now want to shrink the tumor with insertion of radioactive beads and then resect the liver after the tumor has shrunk. She is being treated at Northwestern University Memorial Hospital in Chicago. We have got our fingers crossed for the best. This Thursday she is going through “Planning Day.” She will be having an angiogram. After this likely in the next couple of weeks, she will then have the beads inserted. Likely, a month after that, she will be having surgery. I’ve read several posts that talk about the itching and lack of appetite. She is having a hard time with both.
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