this is so difficult for me I will be 24 next week. And always have been close with my papa. For the past 2 years my papa has struggled with kidney stones bc the dr never took them out completely. He finally had them removed this year. He also just was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease this year bc we have noticed his voice weakened, he didn't want to go out much (he was always the life of the party and to see him change breaks our heart), and one of his hands looked funny when he walked. We thought it might have been a stroke but it turns out it was the start of Parkinson's. When testing for the kidney stones and Parkinson's, they ended up saying he had small spot size on his lung. They didn't think it was anything, they seemed very small but did a biopsy. The biopsy came back and it was cancer. They did other tests as well and noticed a tumor and small nodules but said the small ones were most likely just environmental and it was in the beginning stages of the cancer. They were sure the surgery would be successful and remove the tumor. Last month my papa had the surgery and we were devastated with the news. The dr said it was way worse than he expected They couldn't remove the tumor bc once they went inside, they tested the nodules and they were cancerous and stage 4 and no cure but didn't spread anywhere else (in the first pet scan, the tumor never even showed up). There were so many of them that it wouldn't make sense to do a larger surgery when he would still have the cancer. we broke down. When my papa woke up, the dr said the first thing he said once his eyes opened was "did you get it all doc?" And he responded "unfortunately no." My papa has been worrying about this and i can't even imagine how this makes him feel. The oncologist basically said there is nothing that will help but why not just try the chemo. His cancer is aggressive but they are doing the lowest form of hemp and see in 3 weeks what it did, if anything. He is home and started his chemo last week and had to go another time this coming week. I can't help but get emotional at the most randomest times and thinking that he won't be here for my wedding or to see my kids. This is so hard for my whole family.
I just feel like everything bad has been happening and I just don't know what to do so I was hoping talking it out will help a bit.
In addition to this news, last year I took my dog to the vet for a tooth cleaning and he passed on the table, also had a miscarriage.
Has anyone else felt like it's just bad news right after each other and how they dealt with it.
