Member Comments are provided by individuals and reflect their personal opinions only. Under NO circumstances should you act on any advice or opinion posted in this forum. ALWAYS check with your personal physician before taking any action regarding your health! MedHelp International and our partners, sponsors and affiliates have no obligation to monitor any comments posted on this site, or the content and/or accuracy of such exchanges. MedHelp International does not endorse the views of any user.
Autoimmune Disorders Community
This is an un-mediated Patient-to-Patient Forum only. This forum is for questions and support regarding Autoimmune topics such as: Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM), Addison's disease, Ankylosing spondylitis, Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome (APS), Aplastic anemia, Autoimmune hepatitis, Autoimmune Oophoritis, Celiac disease, Crohn's disease, Diabetes mellitus type 1, Gestational pemphigoid, Goodpasture's syndrome, Graves' disease, Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), Hashimoto's disease, Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, Kawasaki's Disease,
Lupus erythematosus, Multiple sclerosis, Myasthenia gravis, Opsoclonus myoclonus syndrome (OMS), Optic neuritis, Ord's Pemphigus, Pernicious anemia, Polyarthritis, Primary biliary cirrhosis, Rheumatoid arthritis, Reiter's syndrome, Sjögren's syndrome, Takayasu's arteritis, Temporal arteritis, Warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia, Wegener's granulomatosis
My dad is wasting away :(
by gina_r, May 27, 2008 12:35PM
Dear all,
I hope you have the time to read my thread, I desperately need help in finding out what is wrong with my dad. have posted here in the undiagnosed symtoms area but have added some updates that make my post relevant to this area. Please kindly click on thelink below to see my original thread.
Thank you so much.
http://www.medhelp.org/posts/show/518721
Kind regards,
Gina
I hope you have the time to read my thread, I desperately need help in finding out what is wrong with my dad. have posted here in the undiagnosed symtoms area but have added some updates that make my post relevant to this area. Please kindly click on thelink below to see my original thread.
Thank you so much.
http://www.medhelp.org/posts/show/518721
Kind regards,
Gina
Post Comment
I'm sorry for not posting for some time now, as you probably imagine, things got worse with my dad more and more tests were carried out and still no diagnosis. He got weaker and weaker and hope was slowly slipping away as he was.
He finally had a biopsy on his spine to take samples of some tiny lesions that showed on one of the scans, the results of the biopsy was Diffuse B-Type Lymphoma.
He passed away on July 22nd 2008.
It turnsout that the Lymphoma was in his brain - in the Pineal Gland and had rapidly spread through his Central Nervous System.
It was too late to treat by the time the diagnosed him.
We are devastated that he was stolen away from us at just 66 but are grateful that he was in no pain at all, and he passed peacefully away in our arms having spent the last 3 months at his bedside all day everyday.
I am comforted that he is now at rest and would like to thank everyone on this forum for your overwhelming support and kindness during the difficult months before his death.
George Blum, 1941-2008, my daddy who I loved dearly - may you rest in peace.
Kind regards,
Gina
Please accept my sincere condolences on the passing of your father.
~PlateletGal
Take care. It will get easier and you will think of your father with fond memories and not so much sadness.