Re: JOE C. Urinary Tract Cancer

[Guest guest]

Hello Joe,

Thanks for responding ! It turns out my mom has UTERINE cancer, NOT Urinary

Tract/Bladder cancer.

My sister was so distraught yesterday morning when she called me, she

couldn't remember if the doc said urinary or uterine cancer and being that

there was blood in the toilet after mom went to pee, she just said urinary.

She knew it started with a " U " , so that's what she said and thought that it

was.

Mom has an appt. with an Ob/Gyn tomorrow @ 2:30 p.m. and she's already

irritated by it and doesn't understand why she needs an appt. with the

gyno. They are going to have a fight on their hands if they want her in

" the stirrups " because if I know my mom......she won't do it. He will

probably want to " scrape " which I'm afraid will " disturb " the tumor so that

it starts shooting off clots and whatnot, making the cancer spread

quicker.....so I'm fearful of that. I guess we'll just have to wait and see

what happens.

I'm so glad to see you are alive and well, Joe, after your ordeal. I'm sure

your family is overjoyed as well ) What a blessing alternative medicines

can be, eh? If only more people would take the time to do their research

and not get so frightened by what the doctors say *sigh*

Blessings to you,

Tami

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Hi Tammy:

>

> Yes, always a ‘smack in the mouth’ getting that diagnosis. We need a bit

> more information because “Urinary Tract” can be involved with either just

> the bladder or the tubes as well. Mom needs to sit back and take a deep

> breath because it doesn’t have to be the end of ends.

>

> Let us know what mom is dealing with but let me warn you that even though

> you said what mom will or won’t do, the one thing we have learned about

> trying to help loved ones is that we sometimes cannot or rather, they won’t

> let us.

>

> I was diagnosed with Bladder Cancer (tumor) back in November 2002. I

> fretted over my 2 year old grandson not remembering me. He turned 10 in

> May.

>

> Fill us in on the exact Diagnosis.

>

> Joe C.

>

> From: Tami Ickes

> Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2010 3:07 PM

>

> Subject: [ ] Urinary Tract Cancer

>

>

> Hello,

>

> My name is Tami and I just joined this group.

>

> My sister called me this morning and told me that our mom looked terrible

> when she got up. She is all swollen (stomach) and sis noticed there was

> blood in toilet so she asked mom what was going on and mom said that she

> thinks *thought* that it was because she has been having a rough time going

> to the bathroom, sometimes not going for days and days (she's had this

> problem ever since I can remember and has always taken some sort of

> laxative).

>

> Sis called doc to make an appt. and asked if he had gotten the results back

> from an MRI that was performed last Thursday on mom's lower extremities. He

> said he just got them this morning and that it's urinary tract

> cancer......so the blood was coming from when she pees, not from the " other

> end " like mom suspected.

>

> Okay......we don't know how advanced it is and I told my sister NOT to tell

> mom because she has been talking nonsense lately like, " I don't think I'm

> going to be around much longer " ........crap like that......so her mind is

> compromised and I feel that if she knows this news, she will just give up

> the will to live and I can't and WON'T have that !

>

> We know she will NOT opt for chemo or radiation because my dad died of lung

> cancer (he didn't smoke) and then it spread to the bone and they gave him

> chemo. He died six mos. later in 1992. This was all before I knew what I

> know now.....so I KNOW she will not want to go through that IF she would

> know it's cancer.

>

> I need to know what we can do to stop this and get her back on track and

> healthy again. She is filling up with fluid again and had to have her

> stomach tapped a week or so ago and that's when you could feel a lump in

> her

> lower gut. This immediately sparked fear in my sister AND in me,

> sadly........I don't want to admit that because I am not a fan of fear

> control, but it never fails, when you hear that " C " word.......well, ya

> kinda just lose it for a minute, ya know?

>

> Anyway.......PLEASE help me to help my mom. She is 83 yrs. old and she has

> longevity in her family, so I know she's got some good years left to live.

>

> Any and all help would be greatly appreciated.

>

> Thanks from the bottom of my heart,

>

> Tami

> Bedford, PA

[Guest guest]

How was the uterine cancer diagnosed?

Tami Ickes wrote:

> Hello Joe,

>

> Thanks for responding ! It turns out my mom has UTERINE cancer, NOT Urinary

> Tract/Bladder cancer.

>

> My sister was so distraught yesterday morning when she called me, she

> couldn't remember if the doc said urinary or uterine cancer and being that

> there was blood in the toilet after mom went to pee, she just said urinary.

> She knew it started with a " U " , so that's what she said and thought that it

> was.

>

> Mom has an appt. with an Ob/Gyn tomorrow @ 2:30 p.m. and she's already

> irritated by it and doesn't understand why she needs an appt. with the

> gyno. They are going to have a fight on their hands if they want her in

> " the stirrups " because if I know my mom......she won't do it. He will

> probably want to " scrape " which I'm afraid will " disturb " the tumor so that

> it starts shooting off clots and whatnot, making the cancer spread

> quicker.....so I'm fearful of that. I guess we'll just have to wait and see

> what happens.

>

> I'm so glad to see you are alive and well, Joe, after your ordeal. I'm sure

> your family is overjoyed as well ) What a blessing alternative medicines

> can be, eh? If only more people would take the time to do their research

> and not get so frightened by what the doctors say *sigh*

>

> Blessings to you,

>

> Tami

>

[Guest guest]

By MRI.

My sister, Rosemarie, took mom down to the hospital for an MRI of her lower

extremities last Thursday because there is a lump right above her navel and

after her stomach was tapped the week before, you could feel the lump. Sis

said it was bigger than her hand.

She called the doctor yesterday morning because mom was all filled up with

fluid again and she wanted to know if the MRI results came in yet. He said

that he just got them right before she called and that it was uterine cancer

and that he wanted to get her an appt. with an Ob/Gyn immediately. Mom was

supposed to go today @ 2 p.m. but she had taken some Move Tea because she

hasn't gone to the bathroom in days again and right around 2 would be when

the tea would be kicking in, so she didn't go. They rescheduled for

tomorrow @ 2:30 p.m.

Blessings,

Tami

How was the uterine cancer diagnosed?

>

>

>

> Tami Ickes wrote:

> > Hello Joe,

> >

> > Thanks for responding ! It turns out my mom has UTERINE cancer, NOT

> Urinary

> > Tract/Bladder cancer.

> >

> > My sister was so distraught yesterday morning when she called me, she

> > couldn't remember if the doc said urinary or uterine cancer and being

> that

> > there was blood in the toilet after mom went to pee, she just said

> urinary.

> > She knew it started with a " U " , so that's what she said and thought that

> it

> > was.

> >

> > Mom has an appt. with an Ob/Gyn tomorrow @ 2:30 p.m. and she's already

> > irritated by it and doesn't understand why she needs an appt. with the

> > gyno. They are going to have a fight on their hands if they want her in

> > " the stirrups " because if I know my mom......she won't do it. He will

> > probably want to " scrape " which I'm afraid will " disturb " the tumor so

> that

> > it starts shooting off clots and whatnot, making the cancer spread

> > quicker.....so I'm fearful of that. I guess we'll just have to wait and

> see

> > what happens.

> >

> > I'm so glad to see you are alive and well, Joe, after your ordeal. I'm

> sure

> > your family is overjoyed as well ) What a blessing alternative

> medicines

> > can be, eh? If only more people would take the time to do their research

> > and not get so frightened by what the doctors say *sigh*

> >

> > Blessings to you,

> >

> > Tami

> >

>

>

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