http://www.cancersurvivalrates.net/stomach-cancer-survival-rates.html Know Your Chances with Reliable and Up-to-Date Cancer Survival Rates Tue, 17 Jan 2012 01:43:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.cancersurvivalrates.net/stomach-cancer-survival-rates.html/comment-page-2#comment-7198 Kathy Mon, 14 Nov 2011 00:14:30 +0000 http://cancersurvivalrates.net/?p=3#comment-7198 My father died in May. He was initially diagnosed with stomach cancer in December of 2008. In the 1950's he had two thirds of his stomach removed due to ulcers. The cancer was right where he had been sutured. Because of this and because he had severe heart problems further surgery was not an option. I wanted to write and mention that the only treatment they could do was a photo-dynamic therapy that involved injections of something that made the cancer cells especially susceptible to laser treatments. They essentially burned off the cancer from the inside. It gave us another 2 1/2 years with him. I share this for anyone whose cancer is only in the lining and for whom other options may not be available. My father was a very strong person but one who battled many other conditions along with the stomach cancer. He also had lymphoma and later esophageal cancer. I just wanted to share that he survived till he was 78. I hope and pray for those of you who have stomach cancer or with loved ones who do. I believe that it was prayer and his determination that helped him to survive as long as he did. In the end he chose to discontinue radiation treatments due to his terrible arthritis pain and his inability to endure the pain of laying on the table for it. He died peacefully and with well controlled pain in my home with all his loved ones around. I would advise you to try every option there is but ultimately make your peace with God through his Son as no one gets out of this life alive. My father died in May. He was initially diagnosed with stomach cancer in December of 2008. In the 1950′s he had two thirds of his stomach removed due to ulcers. The cancer was right where he had been sutured. Because of this and because he had severe heart problems further surgery was not an option. I wanted to write and mention that the only treatment they could do was a photo-dynamic therapy that involved injections of something that made the cancer cells especially susceptible to laser treatments. They essentially burned off the cancer from the inside. It gave us another 2 1/2 years with him. I share this for anyone whose cancer is only in the lining and for whom other options may not be available. My father was a very strong person but one who battled many other conditions along with the stomach cancer. He also had lymphoma and later esophageal cancer. I just wanted to share that he survived till he was 78. I hope and pray for those of you who have stomach cancer or with loved ones who do. I believe that it was prayer and his determination that helped him to survive as long as he did. In the end he chose to discontinue radiation treatments due to his terrible arthritis pain and his inability to endure the pain of laying on the table for it. He died peacefully and with well controlled pain in my home with all his loved ones around. I would advise you to try every option there is but ultimately make your peace with God through his Son as no one gets out of this life alive.

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