Hi all
Dad has mixed dementia, frontal lobe dementia, vascular dementia. He is blind, neutropenic and has a heart condition, arthritic knee and hip joint, he is 80.
I found out from one specialist in late Aug (not related to the surgery) that when my Dad had is gall bladder removed(early July) it was found he had gallbladder cancer. He was so sorry to tell us as it was nothing to do with his field but said I must not leave it, he was going to chase the surgeon up who removed the gallbladder and if I had not heard anything in a week I must ring the surgeons secretary.
I heard nothing so rang and had to leave a message regarding Dads diagnosis, I think it was 3 days later a lady rang me back, she said it must have been a shock to be told about the cancer ect ect. She said that it did not look like the type of cancer that spreads, and they think they got it all, she went on to ask if I thought Dad would cope with surgery, I said no but would need more details before a decision could be made and it would have to be explained to dad and would have to help him make the decision. This call was on thurs, friday I had a missed call saying they wanted to make an app for ct scan, I returned the call and was told I had to take Dad on Monday for ct scan as the surgeon wanted an urgent scan????
Dad went 2 year from first having gallbladder infection that required surgery to actually having the gall bladder out, we are nearly 3 month since they discovered the cancer, and to my mind cancer spreads!
3 week since the scan and we have heard nothing? The inconsistences from what one doctor says to what happens leave me to think they are not bothering about him.
Sorry for this long post, tried to keep it relevant but wanted to ask if anyone else has felt that their elderly relative had been passed by
Thanks
Turmoil
Dad has mixed dementia, frontal lobe dementia, vascular dementia. He is blind, neutropenic and has a heart condition, arthritic knee and hip joint, he is 80.
I found out from one specialist in late Aug (not related to the surgery) that when my Dad had is gall bladder removed(early July) it was found he had gallbladder cancer. He was so sorry to tell us as it was nothing to do with his field but said I must not leave it, he was going to chase the surgeon up who removed the gallbladder and if I had not heard anything in a week I must ring the surgeons secretary.
I heard nothing so rang and had to leave a message regarding Dads diagnosis, I think it was 3 days later a lady rang me back, she said it must have been a shock to be told about the cancer ect ect. She said that it did not look like the type of cancer that spreads, and they think they got it all, she went on to ask if I thought Dad would cope with surgery, I said no but would need more details before a decision could be made and it would have to be explained to dad and would have to help him make the decision. This call was on thurs, friday I had a missed call saying they wanted to make an app for ct scan, I returned the call and was told I had to take Dad on Monday for ct scan as the surgeon wanted an urgent scan????
Dad went 2 year from first having gallbladder infection that required surgery to actually having the gall bladder out, we are nearly 3 month since they discovered the cancer, and to my mind cancer spreads!
3 week since the scan and we have heard nothing? The inconsistences from what one doctor says to what happens leave me to think they are not bothering about him.
Sorry for this long post, tried to keep it relevant but wanted to ask if anyone else has felt that their elderly relative had been passed by
Thanks
Turmoil