tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5650979411395789660.post8831759618140525376..comments2023-12-24T06:06:51.548+08:00Comments on Shin's Cancer Blog: Coal In My StockingShinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12174401097883054144noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5650979411395789660.post-11146285595654587662009-01-06T16:39:00.000+08:002009-01-06T16:39:00.000+08:00Hi Shin,Thank you for sharing. For me, my tumours ...Hi Shin,<BR/>Thank you for sharing. For me, my tumours are also in my liver. I am very frightened to reach end stage, with the pain and nausea. <BR/><BR/>Please stay strong. <BR/><BR/>Fleur<BR/><BR/>Dear Lisacc,<BR/>Thank you for sharing the information as well. <BR/><BR/>FleurFleurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17912654942162890092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5650979411395789660.post-21425898739090509752008-12-28T20:36:00.000+08:002008-12-28T20:36:00.000+08:00Lisacc.A constructive and really useful comment.Th...Lisacc.<BR/>A constructive and really useful comment.<BR/>Thanks for writing all this down.<BR/>I agree with you, we'll manage this right and Shin will have plenty more time and plenty less pain.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5650979411395789660.post-20057788377931841622008-12-26T00:16:00.000+08:002008-12-26T00:16:00.000+08:00Dying of liver failure should not be at all painfu...Dying of liver failure should not be at all painful if pain is properly managed. My mother suffered minimally. It wasn't nice for anyone, but it definitely wasn't some drawn-out, ghastly agony (except emotionally, for us).<BR/><BR/>What you do need is excellent and *early* pain management, such as a morphine pump.<BR/><BR/>You also need to make sure you have excellent nausea/sickness management, as the pain management can increase nausea (I am sure you know this Shin, but others reading may not) and nausea causes lots of extra complications, not least problems with taking other medication because you can't keep it down.<BR/><BR/>You may also find anti-worry medication very useful, though it will increase the sleepiness effects of the other drugs.<BR/><BR/>You need to be monitored EVERY DAY by nurses visiting your home, if you are at home, and if possible twice a day. Even here in the cash-strapped UK NHS they have home-visiting "twilight nurses" (for the late evening shift) and night nurses from midnight to dawn. We didn't need them, as it happened, but it's important to know they are there.<BR/><BR/>The other thing is that if you have a liver blockage (eg a tumour) then you can have a stent put in and liver function returns pretty much to normal. But get this done EARLY. That is what my mother had back in March/April, and it is the reason she lived another nine months. She was effectively dying of liver failure in March, but the stent reverses this as it allows the liver to function. <BR/><BR/>Unfortunately she did have to wait nearly a week longer than intended to get the stent (Easter delays) and those few days were very uncomfortable, debilitating and weakening for her, and the reason her first chemo session had to be delayed a couple of weeks.<BR/><BR/>I am very sorry to hear you are in pain anyway, and if the above is too detailed to post then please don't feel the need to, but I really want to reassure you that you should not be facing any painful ordeal if medical science is properly applied.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15490823214939957260noreply@blogger.com