Swelling?
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Hi Dad’s Daughter,
Yes, this disease is very confusing and very frustrating. Thinking of you and your family and hoping for the best. Keep in touch and let us know how things are going.
Love & Hugs to all.
DarlaThanks, Kate. He did have an initial good responseto the lasix but he is not passing urine frequently enough and they are keeping him overnight again. His protein levels are still really low. Apparently he has had the biliary chirrhosis from the beginning — when he had his first operation to remove his bile duct, gall bladder and part of his liver the surgeon said he had it and would have liked to have taken out that part of his liver but it would have killed him. So, I don’t think that is anything new. He is really tired, has a very distant look in his eyes, sleeps alot and has a hard time moving. I told my mom we have to find a doctor that will tell us what is going on. very frustrating. . .
Hiya,
Cirrhosis is a ‘cover all’ term which means scarring on the liver. This is what people who drink a lot get, but it can also happen by other reasons. I think the cirrhosis could cause the swelling (fluid retention). The Lasix should be able to relieve the swelling though. He may not be passing urine frequently?
Is he any better now – I would hope you see the results of the Lasix quickly.
Regards
KateHi dads daughter,
Sorry to hear that your dad is having such a tough time right now. My dad also had issues with swelling in his feet, legs and abdomen, but he never had chemo. Has your dads doctors talked with you about his albumin levels?
My best wishes to you and your dad,
Gavin
Dad’s daughter….I am sorry to hear about your Dad water retention problem. Have any of the physicians talked about ascities?
Is your dad on chemo? my mom has really bad swelling too, and we were told that it is a side effect of chemo. However, when she skipped chemo treatments the swelling still continued to worsen, so I’m not sure exactly what the cause is. The doctors don’t seem concerned though, they just recommended that she keeps her feet elevated.
My dad had surgery a couple of weeks ago — he wasn’t able to keep food down so he had a gastric bi-oass surgery. I never did learn the name of it, but the end result was good. No more heartburn and food is successfully passing through his system. The next hurdle is terrible swelling. He was hardly eating anything, very weak, and his legs, feet and belly were extremely bloated. They admitted him yesterday and I was there while they did most of the tests (they did the CT scan this morning). They finally started him on lasicks (don’t know how to spell it) and that seemed to help reduce the swelling (he gained 40 lbs. since he left the hospital a little over a week ago). All of his tests were “good” according to my mom. When I probed a little more she said the tumor in his liver had grown a little and that his liver was cirrhotic. He hardly drinks so we can’t figure that out? I have no idea if his protein levels have come up — they said yesterday that we was very malnourished. They still don’t know what is causing the swelling? Anyone else experience this? I have read that it’s a sign the end is near. Maybe I am reading too much into what I am reading?
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