Fuck cancer. Fuck it in all its forms. Fuck cancer and the pain it causes for the patient and their families.
Got the call today. Dad has a sigmoid carcinoma. It's pretty big on the colonoscopy. They took 12 biopsies from the area, plus removed some polyps.
We might have caught it early- Dad noticed he wasn't feeling that well, and had blood in stools- early early warning signs, but with his prior history in his GI system (1/3rd of bowel removed when he was my age due to war injuries), and his medical background, he had them do a full work up on him.
The flip side of this is that when they were doing the workup before the colonoscopy, they saw 2 dark spots on his liver. Because his blood tests did not otherwise indicate cancer, we thought the liver spots were at most due to sarcoidosis (agent orange exposure will cause that).
Won't know more until Tuesday/Wednesday at earliest.
Boss Lady is super awesome. When she found out, she shut the office door and gave me a big hug. Told me whatever time I need to take to be there for the folks was fine. I won't bother them this weekend (they were also in the midst of bathroom remodels, and Dad doesn't want visitors until we know more), but they will be doing surgery to remove the cancer within the next few weeks. I'll be down there at that time.
Fuck cancer.
Photos below are: Dad and my nieces (his granddaughters), my Dad and I, and my Mom and Dad at my wedding this past March.