careforher

If he wants to go out fighting then getting a stent would fit that attitude. When my mother was diagnosed the jaundice and itching were terrible. She had no appetite and was very weak & nauseous. That cleared up almost immediately with the successful stent placement. She had it replaced every 2 months after that with little to no effort from her. Having that stent was her only forme of treatment – she opted for no chemo & it kept her alive with a good quality of life for over a year. It was the best thing she ever did after her diagnosis. She had a life and was reasonably active and independent the entire time. It is an outpatient procedure and takes less than an hour. We would go to lunch on the way home right after and she would have an appetite. If I were you I would encourage him to get the stent and help him learn about it. She irrigated hers 2 times a day with a prefilled 10 cc sterile saline syringe. This kept it from getting blocked or infected. Although she did have it get blocked 1 time – replacement was easy and took care of that right away. She also did get an infection 1 time from it and had a stay in the hospital with e coli induced pneumonia – so it is not without it’s potential problems but the benefit WAY outweighed the risks.

God bless you