It's hard to describe the last few months because they seem like such a blur. I don't really want to get into too many details on my blog because I'm already so tired of living it every day. My heart has been broken since September 29th. We came home from our nice trip to Savannah Georgia and Hilton head Island only to find out my mother's CAT scan showed a massive tumor on her liver.
She had been nauseous and vomiting on and off for about four weeks. They thought she had a bacterial infection in her stomach, but it wouldn't go away after her course of antibiotics. So of course the Dr. ordered some imaging. And that's when they found this monster living inside her.
They directly admitted her to do more tests to find out what exactly it was and what the following treatment would be. It was basically an Easter egg hunt trying to find the primary tumor. The doctors did not think the primary tumor came from the liver. It's usually where most cancers metastasize to. After the liver biopsy was confirmed, it turned out that it was the primary tumor on the liver and the cancer was from her bile ducts: also known as cholangiocarcinoma. If you know anything about this cancer, it's pretty rare, aggressive, and very unresponsive to treatment. Oh why oh why would my sweet mother have to have THIS kind of cancer?!?
Ever since that point we started making a game plan for her. She started chemo within the next couple of days and we did get her downtown to see a surgeon within the next couple of weeks. There were some up-and-down episodes with her health throughout that time. She did go back into the ER and was admitted one additional time due to blood clot issues.
Here it is November 9th and she seems to be doing a little better. We have reached out to a holistic doctor to see if alternative cancer treatments are an option. Jill and I have been researching like madwomen trying to find additional natural cures for cancer.
I have her on a supplement called artemisinin, which is a newer cancer treatment drug that has not been FDA approved, but has great promise. She is attempting a ketogenic diet and we're trying to get her more alkaline foods. I also bought her Spirulina and Tumerick to also help fight the disease. It is going to be a serious battle, but I am hopeful that we can shrink this tumor with everything that we're doing for her.
Surgery is the way to go. It's the only way you can really ensure your five-year survival rate. I pray continuously every day for her and hope that this tumor will shrink enough so that a surgeon can resect her liver. Play pray for her too. I can't live my life without her.
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