Dear Sister E,
Thank you for expressing yourself, I was very comforted by your words. In October 2014 lost a brother and close family friend in my congregation to PC. My dad had different symptoms than our friend had. (Friend:flu-like, vomiting, weight loss -Dad: back pain dr said was arthritis, itchy inside ears, develop into dry skin on face/ear then thru body as jaundice developed) After CT scan at the end of January we were told my dad has pancreatic mass, and just this week we found it spread to the liver. I will take your idea and also make sure our symptoms are shared with the doctors that originally treated him and those that diagnosed. When he had different symptoms than our friend, I discounted the fear of PC.
My dad knows the truth but has never made it his own. I am comforted that this isn't the end, just the end in this terrible world. Seeing how hard people fight to stay alive shows our true longing for life as we know it - to be on this earth. Playing golf, hiking, planting, being with family and friends. He starts chemo next week. We have not been told what his prognosis is. I'm suspecting that comes with the biopsy results next week. But after weeks of google searching all aspects of this, I was happy to come across your post :) Certainly the system is coming to an end, and the our strength and comforting words from friends will keep us built up (1 thess 4:18). Thank you for that and I look forward to meeting you and your dad one day!
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Dear Sister E,
Thank you for expressing yourself, I was very comforted by your words. In October 2014 lost a brother and close family friend in my congregation to PC. My dad had different symptoms than our friend had. (Friend:flu-like, vomiting, weight loss -Dad: back pain dr said was arthritis, itchy inside ears, develop into dry skin on face/ear then thru body as jaundice developed) After CT scan at the end of January we were told my dad has pancreatic mass, and just this week we found it spread to the liver. I will take your idea and also make sure our symptoms are shared with the doctors that originally treated him and those that diagnosed. When he had different symptoms than our friend, I discounted the fear of PC.
My dad knows the truth but has never made it his own. I am comforted that this isn't the end, just the end in this terrible world. Seeing how hard people fight to stay alive shows our true longing for life as we know it - to be on this earth. Playing golf, hiking, planting, being with family and friends. He starts chemo next week. We have not been told what his prognosis is. I'm suspecting that comes with the biopsy results next week. But after weeks of google searching all aspects of this, I was happy to come across your post :) Certainly the system is coming to an end, and the our strength and comforting words from friends will keep us built up (1 thess 4:18). Thank you for that and I look forward to meeting you and your dad one day!
February 14, 2015 - 9:04amThis Comment
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