Guest guest Posted September 23, 2003 Report Share Posted September 23, 2003 Hi Where abouts do you live in Ontario? And if you don't mind me asking how come your mom doesn't have OHIP? Talk to you Soon Sue-Anne Re: adenocarcinoma Hi,thank you Sue and all guys here .. we gonna try Princess Margaret Hospital hope God help us all ppls suffering from cancer > > My mom 64 was diagnosed with metastatic from unknown primary site > > last February. It causes a > > Pleural effusion, (which is fluid between the lung and chest wall), > > she needs to drain fluid every day as she have tinny tube (looks > like > > IV tube) ends with plastic bag in her back right behind the > > breast .she have since completed 5 tri-weekly cycles with > > Taxol/Carboplatin, but nothing seemed to work, > > The problem now is the fluid become too thick (looks like gilo) and > > we can't drain more that cause short breath and great pain my > > questions > > Does anyone know a cancer clinic in Toronto Canada offer a free or > > reasonable treatment as she has no ohip and we are almost broke (we > > spent more than 160000 ca $ on treatment and hospital)?> > Do have any idea why the fluid change like that ?> > Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 23, 2003 Report Share Posted September 23, 2003 Hi Where are you from? I lived in Hamilton for about 20 years and then moved up here to be closer to my mom. I am hopeful that Princess Margaret Hospital will help you out. Talk to you Soon Sue-Anne Re: adenocarcinoma Hi , she desn't have OHIP cause she is not resident ..or i should say she is waiting her paper almost 3yres now!!> > > My mom 64 was diagnosed with metastatic from unknown primary > site > > > last February. It causes a > > > Pleural effusion, (which is fluid between the lung and chest > wall), > > > she needs to drain fluid every day as she have tinny tube (looks > > like > > > IV tube) ends with plastic bag in her back right behind the > > > breast .she have since completed 5 tri-weekly cycles with > > > Taxol/Carboplatin, but nothing seemed to work, > > > The problem now is the fluid become too thick (looks like gilo) > and > > > we can't drain more that cause short breath and great pain my > > > questions > > > Does anyone know a cancer clinic in Toronto Canada offer a free > or > > > reasonable treatment as she has no ohip and we are almost broke > (we > > > spent more than 160000 ca $ on treatment and hospital)?> > > Do have any idea why the fluid change like that ?> > > Thanks> > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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