alison1205
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Hi Jemima, it really is a small world! My father in law is now out of Morriston hospital. They have put in the metal stent and he is now on a two week course of anitibiotics. He is very weak, but in good spirits at the moment and starting to eat a little better. He is also under Mr O’ Riordan at Carmarthen and he is being referred back to them now to see if Chemo will shrink the tumor to enable them to insert any future stents more easily. It seems everyone keeps telling us how seriously ill he is and that he could deteriorate at any moment and will eventually lose is battle because of infection.
Hope your Mum is doing well. We may just bump into you at the hopsital some time.
Take care
Alison
Hi Jemima, we are also in Wales! My father in law is in Morriston hospital at the moment but was originally diagnosed and the first stent was put in in Carmarthen hospital. It was there that we were told his cancer is inoperable and his liver scans were the worst they’ve ever seen, hence the prognosis of 6 to 9 months.
I went to see him yesterday and he says it was his first pain and fever free day for 13 days, so we are keeping our fingers crossed that the infection is now being beaten. they have told us that he should be out next tuesday or wednesday if he remains well until then.Marion, I have been assured that a culture was grown of the infection ( although nonone seems to be able to tell me exactly what it is) and the right antibiotics have been given on the advice of the microbiologist. I am advised that they are giving him a very strong penecillin.
It was encouraging to read that some people have outlived their prognosis by a long stretch and hopefully this will be the case with my father in law. Until his diagnosis he was a very fit and active man, who even when he was jaundiced walked two miles with us on New Years Day! He does however have the added complication of a heart problem, for which he was due to have a heart bypass just before Christmas. It was during the routine pre op blood tests that the problem with his bile duct was discovered. before this he had no idea that he had cancer.
Thank you again everyone for your responses. It helps to be able to speak to others who are in the same situation as us.
Alison
Thank you every one for your messages of support and information. my fahter in law ( my husband wrote the first message) is being treated in a hopsital in the uk. He is 77 years old and had his stent replaced today. it was a long operation and at first they thought they wouldn’t be able to put one in as the duct is now so narrow. We are waiting to speak to his consultant to know what to expect next. What we can’t understand is that he has been on very strong intravenous antibiotics for nearly 2 weeks now and he still has a very high temperature and is feeling very ill ( sick and generally unwell). we’re hoping things will now improve with a new metal stent in place.
