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So what the hell with this cancer?!?

My dad has lung cancer, but they can’t find a source…no tumors or anything. The only symptom is his left lung filling with fluid, and the fluid has malignant cells.

He was just confirmed with leukemia as well, but it’s an ultra rare kind that is generally only seen in people who have had long term exposure to radiation. And again, there’s no symptoms outside of some malignant cells in his blood along with some immature white blood cells.

The doctors are baffled by it, and considering he’s being seen at arguably the best hospital west of the Mississippi, that’s saying something.

What the actual hell 😭
Matt85 · 36-40, M
✝️A mysterious illness needs a mysterious healer. ✝️
LordShadowfire · 46-50
@Matt85 I didn't know Satan could create.
Matt85 · 36-40, M
@LordShadowfire Just so you know, Jesus put up with your insult you made towards Him. Please try to remember this.
Zaphod42 · 46-50, M
@Matt85 I appreciate your well wishing, but this post is NOT about to become a religious war zone. Tone it down
Neoerectus · M
Did they check his brain? A former neighbor's first symptoms (of lung cancer) led to brain scan.... first cancer found there. They then checked lungs. Apparently, it often goes to brain, although I think is a secondary thing.
Zaphod42 · 46-50, M
@Neoerectus They’ve done a full body CAT scan, MRI and PET scan. He’s clean as far they can see. I just brought him to radiology for more tests though.
Neoerectus · M
@Zaphod42 Wouldn't it be grand if this is his body more or less beating back infection?
Zaphod42 · 46-50, M
@Neoerectus I seriously hope that’s the case. I’d love for him to be one of those “10 years ago he was given 12 months to live, and he’s still with us” stories
SW-User
It could be in the soft tissue or maybe cancer in the lining of his lungs.

Cancer essentially is malignant cells so to that extent it's not unusual...all cancers are caused by cells growing at an abnormal rate. White blood cells increase because they are trying to contain or get rid of the cancerous ones. These cells alone are often markers for cancer if there is no infection
Itsjustbrit · 26-30, F
I'm so very sorry 😞
This is the worst news ever.
Zaphod42 · 46-50, M
@Itsjustbrit My gf of 7 years broke up with me just an hour or so before I heard his news. At this point, I’m just grateful my dog didn’t die too 😭
Itsjustbrit · 26-30, F
@Zaphod42 oh my god! How could she!? That's so awful!!!!
Zaphod42 · 46-50, M
@Itsjustbrit I don’t hold it against her. She couldn’t have known what was coming.
LordShadowfire · 46-50
Wow. That's just all kinds of fucked up. I hope you find someone who can figure it out.
Zaphod42 · 46-50, M
@LordShadowfire Pity Dr. House doesn’t work for Hoag Hospital
LordShadowfire · 46-50
@Zaphod42 I know, right? I wish doctors in real life were like the ones on TV, always going the extra mile to solve the mystery.

 
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