Quadruple bypass and stomach cancer

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Subject: Quadruple bypass and stomach cancer
From: Doe John [email hidden]
Date: 6/14/2004 3:29 AM Mountain Daylight Time
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Just found out my father had a heart attack and required
quadruple bypass this past weekend. He also was diagnosed
with stomach cancer and will have surgery this Thursday.
Don't know what stage, or if a subtotal or total
gastrectomey is required or if the cancer metasticized, or
if the upper of lower stomcah is the culprit. Mortality
rates greatly differ depending on which section of the
stomach is affected. Tests not in yet.Have to fly back to
him this Thursday. Is it wise/safe to have stomach cancer
surgery so soon after a quadruple bypass? He is 74. My sis
and mom told me he was very weak but was able to sit up
after the heart surgery and seemed in decent spirits.

When he was 20, my dad had an ulcer operation in his
stomach and apparently , that is where the cancer is
centered.He was also a heavy smoker til he was 50, but has
been pretty health conscious since then. According to my
sis, the stomach operation has to be performed asap to
prevent spreading of the cancer.

Fortunately, the Chief cardiologist, who did residency with
my dad(also a surgeon) long ago, operated on his heart.
Don't know about the gastroenterologist. Reading info on
stomach cancer on the net, doesn't look good. Mortality
rate is high, remission is very rare, reoccurance is high
and discovering areas that the cancer has spread to is
difficult.Don't know if a resident who is learning and
stumbling will be working on him, or someone with decades
of experience.

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Doe John said:

Just found out my father had a heart attack and required
quadruple bypass this past weekend. He also was diagnosed
with stomach cancer and will have surgery this Thursday.
Don't know what stage, or if a subtotal or total
gastrectomey is required or if the cancer metasticized, or
if the upper of lower stomcah is the culprit. Mortality
rates greatly differ depending on which section of the
stomach is affected. Tests not in yet.Have to fly back to
him this Thursday. Is it wise/safe to have stomach cancer
surgery so soon after a quadruple bypass? He is 74. My sis
and mom told me he was very weak but was able to sit up
after the heart surgery and seemed in decent spirits.

When he was 20, my dad had an ulcer operation in his
stomach and apparently , that is where the cancer is
centered.He was also a heavy smoker til he was 50, but
has been pretty health conscious since then. According to
my sis, the stomach operation has to be performed asap to
prevent spreading of the cancer.

Fortunately, the Chief cardiologist, who did residency
with my dad(also a surgeon) long ago, operated on his
heart. Don't know about the gastroenterologist. Reading
info on stomach cancer on the net, doesn't look good.
Mortality rate is high, remission is very rare,
reoccurance is high and discovering areas that the cancer
has spread to is difficult.Don't know if a resident who is
learning and stumbling will be working on him, or someone
with decades of experience.

I can't freaking sleep.

Hi there, I'm sorry to hear about your father, but happy to
hear the bypass surgery went well. It's my understanding
that such (many) patients are released quite quickly from
the hospital and from there they have to undergo
rehabilitation for quite a period of time. Since we don't
which type of bypass surgery he had, I expect he would have
to speak to his cardiologist about the risks of undergoing
another surgery so soon after such surgery.

I seem to recall comments from two newsgroup doctors: these
are not exact quotes because I don't have time to try and
find their posts. "stomach cancer can be curative, with
surgery, if caught early" "once inside, they have to look
and feel around " (ie to see and decide exactly what has to
be removed). So, if I'm recalling the above accurately, it's
very hard to even predict how long the surgery (under
anesthetic) might be. Surely if your father is a surgeon
he'll know this or find this out.

There's diagrams here and explanations of what they may
remove cancersupportivecare.comstomach.htmlOpen ↗ Also
they mention some of the possible after effects, depending
on what they do during the surgery.

You may wish to join the newsgroup alt.support.cancer
Perhaps others over there can be a support system for you.

I wish your father well and do let us know how it's going,
as you are able.

J-not a doctor

J said:

Doe John said:

Just found out my father had a heart attack and required
quadruple bypass this past weekend. He also was diagnosed
with stomach cancer and will have surgery this Thursday.
Don't know what stage, or if a subtotal or total
gastrectomey is required or if the cancer metasticized,
or if the upper of lower stomcah is the culprit.
Mortality rates greatly differ depending on which section
of the stomach is affected. Tests not in yet.Have to fly
back to him this Thursday. Is it wise/safe to have
stomach cancer surgery so soon after a quadruple bypass?
He is 74. My sis and mom told me he was very weak but was
able to sit up after the heart surgery and seemed in
decent spirits.

When he was 20, my dad had an ulcer operation in his
stomach and apparently , that is where the cancer is
centered.He was also a heavy smoker til he was 50, but
has been pretty health conscious since then. According
to my sis, the stomach operation has to be performed
asap to prevent spreading of the cancer.

Fortunately, the Chief cardiologist, who did residency
with my dad(also a surgeon) long ago, operated on his
heart. Don't know about the gastroenterologist. Reading
info on stomach cancer on the net, doesn't look good.
Mortality rate is high, remission is very rare,
reoccurance is high and discovering areas that the cancer
has spread to is difficult.Don't know if a resident who
is learning and stumbling will be working on him, or
someone with decades of experience.

I can't freaking sleep.

Hi there, I'm sorry to hear about your father, but happy to
hear the bypass surgery went well. It's my understanding
that such (many) patients are released quite quickly from
the hospital and from there they have to undergo
rehabilitation for quite a period of time. Since we don't
which type of bypass surgery he had, I expect he would have
to speak to his cardiologist about the risks of undergoing
another surgery so soon after such surgery.

I seem to recall comments from two newsgroup doctors: these
are not exact quotes because I don't have time to try and
find their posts. "stomach cancer can be curative, with
surgery, if caught early" "once inside, they have to look
and feel around " (ie to see and decide exactly what has to
be removed). So, if I'm recalling the above accurately,
it's very hard to even predict how long the surgery (under
anesthetic) might be. Surely if your father is a surgeon
he'll know this or find this out.

There's diagrams here and explanations of what they may
remove cancersupportivecare.comstomach.htmlOpen ↗
Also they mention some of the possible after effects,
depending on what they do during the surgery.

You may wish to join the newsgroup alt.support.cancer
Perhaps others over there can be a support system for you.

I wish your father well and do let us know how it's going,
as you are able.

J-not a doctor

Thanks for the kind words all of you.