joe

Hi everyone.
I’m Josef Clahsen, call me Joe.
I’m a few months of being 58 years young.
Noelene and I have been married for 37 years and have two sons, 36 and 34, and two daughters, 26 and 24, one granddaughter, 7, and two sons-in-law.
We’re a very close family, due almost exclusively to Noelene’s influence.
I love her very much, love my kids.
And they all love me.
They’re taking my recently diagnosed CC pretty badly. Especially the almost six months of at times agonising pain I went through before being diagnosed and having a stent put in and being put on MS Contin – 30mg twice daily.
Planned liver resection wasn’t viable due to extensive spreading of tumors throughout the abdominal cavity.
I start chemo tomorrow, Austin Hospital – our leading Liver, Pancreas Etc hospital with the hope of improving quality of life and hopefully slowing the cancer down – who knows – maybe shring the tumors.
Embarassing to admit it but constipation a significant cause of pain, bowels just not working properly. Taking Movi Col and lactulose to keep things soft until it “overflows” and “shot out” once or twice a week. Chemo might help a bit there also.
My daughter told me about this site so I had a bit of a browse and decided to join. I’ll tell Noelene and the kids about this site, they might find some comfort here.
Thanks for your time, I know how precious that can be.
Joe