WeednFeed Posted July 3, 2023 Member ID: 433 Group: ++ COD4 Admin Followers: 39 Topic Count: 345 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 2333 Content Per Day: 0.44 Reputation: 3799 Achievement Points: 24047 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 35 Joined: 09/17/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 7 hours ago Birthday: 05/28/1957 Device: iPhone Share Posted July 3, 2023 Hello everyone, some of you know what's been going on with my parents. I'll try and keep this short. Mom and dad are 87 and 90. Dad will be 91 in August mom 88 in September. in April mom had critical loss of blood circulation in her left leg. If you've never seen someone's legs dying it's a nasty looking and painful thing. She was faced with the real possibility of amputation. Luckily her medical providers were able to surgically improve her circulation to the point her feet are slowly healing and the pain has improved. As you know my dad has a multitude of health issues. Congestive heart failure, dialysis 3 times a week, broke his hip twice. Sadly in May he started having sores on his legs and was being in the home by Extramural care. Finally we had to call an ambulance and have him taken to Emergency. He was diagnosed with Critical loss of blood circulation in his right leg and LIVER CANCER involving 1/3 of his liver. At 90 there was great debate in the hospital about treating a 90 year old man with so many conditions of which anyone of them could kill him at any moment. You see my dad is a very intelligent and mentally functioning man. He still pays his bills on line with an iPad. The medical staff are all amazed at how sharp of mind he is. They performed the same procedure on his right leg as they did for my mother. He now has improved blood flow in his lower legs reducing the pain and starting the healing. Dad, my 2 bothers and I had a meeting with the Oncologist regarding the Liver Cancer. He was a great Doctor and explained everything in a gentle way to all of us. He made it a point to say he questioned the wisdom of the other Doctors in treating Dad's circulation but he said after he met dad and interviewed he now agrees with their decision. Unfortunately Dad's Liver Cancer is not treatable as his age and multitude of medical issue would just make him suffer and not accomplish any improvement. The Oncologist mentioned dad's options will be Palliative or Hospice care when the time comes. He is currently in the hospital. Dad has made great improvement in the last week as always he continues to shock his Doctors. This morning the Unit Doctor told us Dad is not ready for Palliative! They are going to heal the sores on his legs and get him ready for a nursing home. He is one fighter. On July 1st Mom and Dad celebrated their 69th wedding Anniversary in the Dialysis department in the hospital. Sorry this is so long. Remember if you have someone in your life you love you better tell them. So I love you all....................in a family way! Wayne aka WeednFeed lTplkey336, tsw 8.5, Izumi and 34 others 14 23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
WeednFeed Posted July 3, 2023 Member ID: 433 Group: ++ COD4 Admin Followers: 39 Topic Count: 345 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 2333 Content Per Day: 0.44 Reputation: 3799 Achievement Points: 24047 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 35 Joined: 09/17/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 7 hours ago Birthday: 05/28/1957 Device: iPhone Author Share Posted July 3, 2023 Here is a picture of DAD with myself standing and my 2 brothers! Some people say we look like dad. What do you think? baldie, ViPRZ, Dman67 and 15 others 16 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Smeggie Posted July 3, 2023 Member ID: 24118 Group: + COD4 Moderator Followers: 25 Topic Count: 54 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 1078 Content Per Day: 0.36 Reputation: 2015 Achievement Points: 10017 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 11 Joined: 02/19/16 Status: Offline Last Seen: 1 hour ago Birthday: 01/23/1962 Device: Windows Share Posted July 3, 2023 Wayne, I would say that you all are almost spitting images of your old man. And from what I can tell, you carry the same vibrant, positive attitude he does, even to this day. We will keep your father and the rest of your family in our thoughts. Raven, AbuXI, ShadyBrady and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
ROCKAPE Posted July 3, 2023 Member ID: 4 Group: ++++ Senior Admin Followers: 170 Topic Count: 1094 Topics Per Day: 0.20 Content Count: 5157 Content Per Day: 0.96 Reputation: 3035 Achievement Points: 43590 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 14 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Online Last Seen: 2 minutes ago Birthday: 08/16/1967 Device: Windows Share Posted July 3, 2023 Best Regards to you weed and family. AbuXI and WeednFeed 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Sourtap Posted July 3, 2023 Member ID: 24842 Group: ** Registered Users Followers: 12 Topic Count: 91 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 1413 Content Per Day: 0.50 Reputation: 2205 Achievement Points: 14733 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 9 Joined: 07/31/16 Status: Offline Last Seen: Thursday at 10:09 PM Birthday: 09/12/1989 Device: Windows Share Posted July 3, 2023 Your mom and dad are badass Majbasil, AbuXI and WeednFeed 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dot80 Posted July 3, 2023 Member ID: 2128 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 17 Topic Count: 12 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 1072 Content Per Day: 0.22 Reputation: 1099 Achievement Points: 22543 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 2 Joined: 01/15/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: 22 minutes ago Birthday: 12/06/1955 Device: Windows Share Posted July 3, 2023 May God bless your family lTplkey336, AbuXI and WeednFeed 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
ShadyBrady Posted July 3, 2023 Member ID: 28695 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 2 Topic Count: 12 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 241 Content Per Day: 0.21 Reputation: 360 Achievement Points: 3527 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 02/07/21 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 18 Device: Windows Share Posted July 3, 2023 Damn that's a lot to contend with, Weed. Seems like your old man is a hell of a fighter! Best of luck and hang in there, pal. rexbowan, AbuXI and WeednFeed 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
AbuXI Posted July 3, 2023 Member ID: 27198 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 37 Topic Count: 33 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 170 Content Per Day: 0.08 Reputation: 199 Achievement Points: 1814 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 08/17/18 Status: Offline Last Seen: 15 hours ago Birthday: 08/25/1968 Device: iPhone Share Posted July 3, 2023 (edited) May they both live long & prosper! Weed your dad looks like a rockstar, mom too no doubt. PS that strong hairline your pops has bodes well for you brothers Edited July 3, 2023 by AbuXI WeednFeed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
BlackRose Posted July 3, 2023 Member ID: 2208 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 110 Topic Count: 305 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 3618 Content Per Day: 0.75 Reputation: 3943 Achievement Points: 37729 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 54 Joined: 02/09/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: Thursday at 06:20 PM Birthday: 06/09/1963 Device: Windows Share Posted July 3, 2023 you all look like brothers!!hahaha Take care of yourself WeednFeed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
WeednFeed Posted July 4, 2023 Member ID: 433 Group: ++ COD4 Admin Followers: 39 Topic Count: 345 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 2333 Content Per Day: 0.44 Reputation: 3799 Achievement Points: 24047 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 35 Joined: 09/17/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 7 hours ago Birthday: 05/28/1957 Device: iPhone Author Share Posted July 4, 2023 Thanks everyone for the kind words. A Doctor was in to see dad yesterday and told him he’s NIT palliative yet. Their plan is to heal his leg sores so he can move to a Nursing Home with his bride of 69 years. He just keeps moving forward day by day! They’ve reduced his Dilaudid by 50% but man does that stuff make him comical hahaha. He’s the coolest 90 year old stoner I’ve met. we we’re pretty poor growing up. For a few years we had no indoor plumbing, gathered water in a bucket, went to bathroom in an outhouse. Dad was crying the other day because he tried to give the 6 of us an allowance of 25 cents a week. He could only do it for one week and had to use that $1.50 for some groceries. He did a hell of a job he has 4 of his 6 kids are millionaires and all retired early. I’m not one of the millionaires but I’ll not run out of money hahaha. Imagine second generation immigrants all doing well because my grandparents landed in Canada where the streets are paved with gold. I used to complain about the 45% income taxes I had to pay. I’ll never complain again. The medical care my family has received through our Canadian Medicare has been absolutely amazing. Well it’s been a hell of a stressful ride I’ve been on since 2017 with the parents but I’ll have no regrets. Cheers Wayne ShadyBrady, baldie, Majbasil and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Hunter1948 Posted July 4, 2023 Member ID: 1850 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 98 Topic Count: 328 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 8620 Content Per Day: 1.74 Reputation: 4222 Achievement Points: 55994 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 5 Joined: 09/29/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 29, 2023 Birthday: 06/19/1948 Device: Windows Share Posted July 4, 2023 Wayne thinking of you, your family and wishing the best for your dad. WeednFeed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
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major-mark63 Posted July 4, 2023 Member ID: 23233 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 21 Topic Count: 43 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 2425 Content Per Day: 0.77 Reputation: 1903 Achievement Points: 19143 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 7 Joined: 09/10/15 Status: Offline Last Seen: Yesterday at 12:21 PM Birthday: 08/11/1963 Device: Windows Share Posted July 4, 2023 On 7/3/2023 at 12:01 PM, WeednFeed said: Here is a picture of DAD with myself standing and my 2 brothers! Some people say we look like dad. What do you think? I think the apples didnt falled far from the tree!!!! WeednFeed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
J3st3r Posted July 5, 2023 Member ID: 2162 Group: ++ COD4 Admin Followers: 153 Topic Count: 152 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 5088 Content Per Day: 1.05 Reputation: 5010 Achievement Points: 44663 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 22 Joined: 01/25/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: 9 hours ago Birthday: 02/26/1972 Device: Windows Share Posted July 5, 2023 @WeednFeed are you and your brothers sure that you are not Clones? lol major-mark63 and WeednFeed 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Majbasil Posted July 6, 2023 Member ID: 6247 Group: ** Registered Users Followers: 22 Topic Count: 24 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 651 Content Per Day: 0.16 Reputation: 834 Achievement Points: 5477 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 03/23/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: Thursday at 02:53 PM Device: Windows Share Posted July 6, 2023 Thank you for your posts, yes, I was wondering where you were and worrying it was about your parents... Liver is so tricky... perhaps the new immunotherapies like Avastin would help him? Also, maybe if he recovers with his other issues they might be able to try liver surgery to cut out the cancer, amazing how the liver will regrow after that. Hoping the best for you and your family. Avastin, in combination with atezolizumab, is indicated for the treatment of patients with unresectable or metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) who have not received prior systemic therapy. WeednFeed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biotech Posted July 6, 2023 Member ID: 23616 Group: + COD5 Moderator Followers: 19 Topic Count: 14 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 799 Content Per Day: 0.26 Reputation: 1076 Achievement Points: 6902 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 5 Joined: 11/24/15 Status: Offline Last Seen: 6 hours ago Birthday: 12/03/1965 Device: Windows Share Posted July 6, 2023 i wish your mom and dad the best, and they are sure lucky to have children like you WeednFeed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
WeednFeed Posted July 7, 2023 Member ID: 433 Group: ++ COD4 Admin Followers: 39 Topic Count: 345 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 2333 Content Per Day: 0.44 Reputation: 3799 Achievement Points: 24047 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 35 Joined: 09/17/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 7 hours ago Birthday: 05/28/1957 Device: iPhone Author Share Posted July 7, 2023 Thanks to everyone for the very kind words. Dad’s one heck of a fighter. He loves everyone of his health care workers. He’s so appreciative of them all. He’s so embarrassed that he needs so much help and assistance to even go to the washroom. A few of the nurses have had tears in their eyes. To EVERYONE OF YOU HEALTH CARE WORKERS here reading this let it be known: We love you! We appreciate you! Majbasil, tsw 8.5, Biotech and 3 others 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
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