Bad news in the Beebe family

I just got a call from my dad. He just got home from the hospital where my grandpa was diagnosed with a cancer tumor on his pancreas.:( The doctor said the tumor was too large to operate on, but didn't have an idea of how much time he has left. They will know more tomorrow when the surgeon has a chance to look at him. :( :(

Sorry Chad :(

Wow, Chad, I'm sorry to hear that... But surely there's something they can do? Remove part of it, give him chemo, radiation treatment, a combo of the above...

Just to be on the safe side, we'll pray for him.

I know how you feel Chad. I go in the hospital tomorrow to have a liver biopsy. Then they will tell me if I can start the cancer treatments or have to have a transplant. The next thing is if I have to have a liver transplant will they be able to find one in time.
Sorry to hear about your grandfather.

So sorry to hear about your Grandpa.
Keep your chin up buddy.

Al

Originally posted by PurpleHaze95
But surely there's something they can do? Remove part of it, give him chemo, radiation treatment, a combo of the above...



True, but at the same time this is a grandfather. He may be too "fragile" due to age to go through these things. Plus, if he isn't feeling pain or suffering he may want to stay in this condition. My 21 yr old best friend, who some of you knew, died March 9th of this year from cancer after a 3 yr fight. That 3 yrs was tough for him but he would never had been able to live the rest of his life (if he would've made it) if he hadn't tried. Sometimes the risks out weigh the potential outcome.

Chad, sorry to hear about the news. I may be way off on the above but just pointing out what I have seen first hand. What ever road is chosen I hope for the best.

Your family is in my prayers, I hope all plays out well for you.

Thanks for the kind words everyone.

Originally posted by DETROIT_AREA_00_SS
True, but at the same time this is a grandfather. He may be too "fragile" due to age to go through these things. Plus, if he isn't feeling pain or suffering he may want to stay in this condition. My 21 yr old best friend, who some of you knew, died March 9th of this year from cancer after a 3 yr fight. That 3 yrs was tough for him but he would never had been able to live the rest of his life (if he would've made it) if he hadn't tried. Sometimes the risks out weigh the potential outcome.

Chad, sorry to hear about the news. I may be way off on the above but just pointing out what I have seen first hand. What ever road is chosen I hope for the best.

You are pretty close, my grandpa is 79 years old and last summer he came down with pneumonia and was looking really frail. We were all worried about him then, but he pulled through it. For his age, he is in good shape. Him and my grandmother would golf 2-3 times a week and walk the 9 hole course.

The only way they found out about the tumor is because he was having tremendous pain and thought it was a kidney stone so he went to the hospital.

I will keep you all posted when I find out more

Chad
Sorry to hear about Grandpa. Hope things work out.
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I wish everyone the best in your family during this hard time...:(

Sorry to hear that Chad. Best wishes to your famly.

Sorry to hear about that Chad. :(

:( You, your grandfather and your family are in my prayers.

Cancer sucks... it takes far too many of us!
Good luck to your grandfather, we pray for him, you and yours Chad!

God Bless!
HInk

Sorry to hear about the bad news.

I talked with my dad just a few minutes ago and the whole pancreatic cancer diagnosis was made incorrectly by the emergency room doctor at St. Mary's Hospital. When my grandpa's doctor went to the hospital this morning and looked at the cat scan the lump that the other doctor thought was cancer was just part of his galbladder that was deformed after the galbladder surgery he had a couple years ago. The only thing left now is he has fluid between his lungs and stomach that is making it hard for him to breathe, they are trying to drain the fluid and then will analyze it to see if there is any cancer present or not.

The reason they originally said the cancer was inoperable was because they thought it was on the pancreas. Supposeably pancreatic cancer is inoperable.

Thank you all for your kind words, :bow: I will keep you informed of the progress and hopefully it all turns out for the best.

Wow! Thank goodness it wasn't as bad as feared... Hopefully they can get that fluid problem handled. We'll keep praying for him.

Originally posted by Grover
I talked with my dad just a few minutes ago and the whole pancreatic cancer diagnosis was made incorrectly by the emergency room doctor at St. Mary's Hospital.

Everybody knows Spectrum - Butterworth Campus is where its at! :)

Glad to hear everything seems to be better.

I know firsthand, ER docs can't find their a** with both hands. :mad: The surgeons, on the other hand, know their stuff. Glad it doesn't seem to be pancreatic cancer, and I hope things continue to look up! :)

That is good news.