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TB does not need "internet medical expert" advice. TB needs your well wishes or prayers. Any derailment consisting of "alternative medical treatments" will be moderated. | ||
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xpldngmn
Austria265 Posts
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dswarm
United States73 Posts
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D-light
Finland7364 Posts
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akaLtDan
Germany62 Posts
I wish you all the best, you're gonna make it!! | ||
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polpot
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Liquid`Jinro
Sweden33723 Posts
 Really hope he can be one of the exceptions to that prove the rule or however the saying goes. | ||
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xmegakiller
United States13 Posts
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SCguineapig
Netherlands289 Posts
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Integra
Sweden5626 Posts
On October 18 2015 21:04 SCguineapig wrote: QUESTION!, TB says that the cancer is in his liver, now as a medical simpmleton, can anybody explain to me why he can't just get a liver transplant? I mean if they take the bad liver out and replace it with a new one, the "livercancer" should be gone too, right? Or am I thinking to much like a car mechanic now? I'm just gonna quote some posts before which talked about all this: On October 17 2015 02:23 Integra wrote: To elaborate some more, if this truly is what TB has; The cancer TB probably has on his liver is actually the same cancer he had on his colon, it had evolved to such a point that it basically infected the proteins in his blood and that those proteins survived the chemotherapy. And once the protein reached the liver with the help of the bloodstream it simply attached itself to the liver and started to grow. If the cancer was attached to only the liver then you wouldn't even need a liver transplant, there are people who are living perfectly with 2/3 of their liver removed. Problem is that since the cancer actually is in his bloodstream it will only appear again. I'm hoping that I'm really wrong about this though, I really do... | ||
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PartyBiscuit
Canada4525 Posts
On October 18 2015 21:04 SCguineapig wrote: QUESTION!, TB says that the cancer is in his liver, now as a medical simpmleton, can anybody explain to me why he can't just get a liver transplant? I mean if they take the bad liver out and replace it with a new one, the "livercancer" should be gone too, right? Or am I thinking to much like a car mechanic now? All cancers need to be staged and graded when you first get the diagnosis. This is done generically by biopsy, bloodwork, imaging. Many cancers are staged with a "TNM" classification and range from 1-4. As explained by some of the other posters, when the cancer begins to invade and penetrate past the initial primary organ into the bloodstream it essentially 'seeds' somewhere else, or what is called metastasizes (the M in TNM). Once we have metastasis, you are largely classified as stage 4. The reason why transplant is not an option is because that is a high risk procedure for a high demand organ for a patient who is, to not mince words, terminal. Surgical resections of the tumor can be sometimes done but on the liver it is also difficult so chemotherapy can help to reduce the cancer burden of the body and hopefully slow down progression. The issue is that all patients who have metastasized will continue to do so, whether the liver has more 'spots' or they begin to occur in the bones, brain or lung. I wish TB all the best, his work in this community has been amazing and any person going through this at any age deserves all of our support and well wishes. Stay strong and beat the odds. | ||
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esdf
Croatia736 Posts
also, not really knowledgable about this stuff, but can he apply for liver transplant to "fix" this? | ||
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TurboMaN
Germany925 Posts
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Djzapz
Canada10681 Posts
On October 18 2015 22:43 esdf wrote: good luck to TB. also, not really knowledgable about this stuff, but can he apply for liver transplant to "fix" this? From my understanding, if the cancer spread it could have spread elsewhere too while being undetectable. So a cancer patient wouldn't be anywhere near the top on the transplant waiting list because the odds are too high that the cancer is just elsewhere and would spread right back the the liver, thus "ruining" the organ. That all could be wrong. I ain't no doctor. But I think it's really because they want to give the organ to someone who's otherwise healthy. Plus there's probably a thing about how it's a major operation and those people want to be on chemo. Chemo + needing antibodies to combat infection is dangerous. Source: House | ||
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J. Corsair
United States470 Posts
Very sad to hear it so quickly, of course. Hopefully TB responds very well to treatment and lives on for many years to come! | ||
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ProTech
United States540 Posts
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deacon.frost
Czech Republic12134 Posts
On October 19 2015 04:38 Djzapz wrote: From my understanding, if the cancer spread it could have spread elsewhere too while being undetectable. So a cancer patient wouldn't be anywhere near the top on the transplant waiting list because the odds are too high that the cancer is just elsewhere and would spread right back the the liver, thus "ruining" the organ. That all could be wrong. I ain't no doctor. But I think it's really because they want to give the organ to someone who's otherwise healthy. Plus there's probably a thing about how it's a major operation and those people want to be on chemo. Chemo + needing antibodies to combat infection is dangerous. Source: House As I see we both studied in the same school with the same teacher  | ||
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MatKay
Germany30 Posts
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Furaha
Germany271 Posts
Please keep your strong will to continue living!!! Only with your will you can survive everything! Never give up!  | ||
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Metap
31 Posts
TotalBiscuit - your cure is Cannabis oil, not chemo. I am so mad on all those people thinking there is no cure, for giving up so easily. Cannabis oil will save your life. Listen to me... User was warned for this post | ||
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Djzapz
Canada10681 Posts
On October 19 2015 20:29 Metap wrote: Chemo will NOT make it better, it will make it much worse. TotalBiscuit needs CANNABIS OIL NOW. It will kill the cancer, he will be cured. This is not a joke, this is not a waste of your time. This is the reality. TotalBiscuit - your cure is Cannabis oil, not chemo. I am so mad on all those people thinking there is no cure, for giving up so easily. Cannabis oil will save your life. Listen to me... If you say this to enough people you'll eventually get one to listen and they'll die because of you. | ||
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