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My husband has had the fluids in his abdomen drained twice in January 07
He was so bloated and this should have been done much sooner, We complained
of this for three months and nothing was done. We finally had to go to the
emergency room for the procedure. They removed 6 liters, He then went back
in ten days and they removed 5 1/2 liters. It has been a month and he has very
little fluid build up. He also had swollen feet and legs. I was told that was not
related to the fluids in his abdomen. He has been on Spironolactone 50 MG
1 a day and Furosemide 80 MG 1 a day, for one month. His swelling has gone
down and he can actually get his tennis shoes on after wearing slippers for
five months. Before that he was wearing support socks which did little.

He was diganosed Nov. 05 and did forty treatmens of XL119 and then two
months of Tarceva. Dec 27th our Dr. took him off the Tarceva and told us
to get Hospice. We found another Dr. and now have a combination of four.
He is on no Chemo as it did little good. We are just managing the pain which
has only been in his Shoulder from the begining. He has cc in both lobes of
the liver, and the left lung. His bile ducts are clear and open although it is
call Bile Duct Cancer. If I had to do it over I would have done no Chemo as
this is a very slow growing cancer. The Chemotherpy has destroyed him and
x-rays of his bones show bone damage from Chemotherpy in his arms.
We were told we don’t have much time left, but we will keep moving on…