Father....Brain Cancer :(

Well i saw my dad a couple days ago at Johns Hopkins hospital. He is getting so bad now. A little back history first, he's had liver cancer, his gulblatter removed, and lung cancer. He just got out of the hospital a month ago for the lung cancer.

A week ago he was having seizures with no explaination. He was taken to the hospital and they found 3 cancerous tumors in his brain. The tumor's are pushing against his brain which is making him have the seizures. He has also lost all feeling and movement in the left side of his body

Now for the fucked up part. He's worked for the government (Management/Social Security) for 30 years!! He needs acute laser radiation and all the after-surgery care at a new hospital (Good Samaritan Hospital) or he is going to die!

After 30 years of working for the most powerful government in the world, they say "Oh, were not going to fork over the money to pay for it.....Go home and have daily nurse care....So basically go home and die!"

You can't imagine! FUCK THE U.S. GOVERNMENT! I hope anarchy rains supreme and all those imperialist fascist bstards burn in eternity for there indescent crimes against humanity!!!<~~Needed to vent, It is soooooooo fucked up the way this works. The fact that money<~a currency for gold<~a shiny material found on this planet, Is more valuable than a human life!!!

 

I hear you, man. Esp. nowadays when money's not even worth that anymore. It's not backed by anything but numbers in a computer system.

I'm premed, and I've been thinking of going into oncology. But whatever I end up in, I would never charge a patient. Healthcare is a right, not a privilege.

 

Exactly! I mean why is it that the most powerful country in the world cater to the rich and abandoned the poor? The people who make this country what it is(Steel workers, healthcare professionals, construction workers, retail assoiate's, etc.) are the one's who get repeatedly fucked, while the rich "Corporate Jerk off's" sit back in there jet counting there so-called "Net Worth" on there way to there vacation house in Bermuda. And the fact that our neighbors to the north (Canada) have a universal healthcare system while the most powerful country's people DIE is just ludacris!

I'll never understand

 

Some times there is just no chance. Cases in which the cancer has already spread, like this one, are a lost cause most of the time. I am sorry to hear about your father. My stepfather died of cancer. It started in his esophagus then spread to many organs including the brain. He had a experimental surgery to remove the cancer in his brain and never came back. So you never know they may have just given you a couple extra days with your dad. Once they mess with the brain you are never the same. Place your anger towards supporting reaserch and new treatments. The ones we have now are not working. It is a much better place to let that negative energy out. By the way the cost of home care is massive, be thankful.

 

I totally agree... My Grandmoth had bone cancer that spread through out her body. There is no cure or even good treatment for the typer of cancer she had and the treatments that they do have to prolong life don't work that well. Cancer is a terable thing... you have every right to be angry, just focus it in the right direction.

 

Yes I agree with you fully. It's funny though when i seen him for the first time he was joking that he's the poster child the the game "Operation" They took out the liver, the lung, the gullbladder, and now the brain lol....it was good to see him laugh. One thing that's hard is we've always had a horrible relationship. He beat my mom so i went after him, cops every other night at the house, I ran across 8 state lines after beating him to a bloody pulp, was thrown out on the streets to fend for myself at 16, just a complete unreal (even thinking back I cant believe I survived it) But still he is a human being, he is dying, and he's family. But it hurts that this is the end and we never "made up" I guess you would say....

Anyways thanks for the warm thoughts I very much appreciate it

 

I just came from the hospital. He has completely stopped eating, drinking, and talking.. It's so sad to see him struggling just to live. I just don't know what to do?

 

More proof that the government needs to be forcibly taken back from big business. All avenues of civil disobedience have been legislatively neutered.

I'm sorry you're losing your dad because waging illegal wars is more important than taking care of those who took served them loyally.

 

Exactly, I mean why is it that big corporate monkeys get tax breaks they dont need and have their lawyers steer them out of any trouble that comes their way while the average joe 6 pack who makes this country what it is get fucked 6 ways from sunday.

How can a man work for the most powerful government in the world, and when he gets sick they say "Oh well your so called insurance will cover hospital expenses but no surgeries, I'm sorry. Have a nice death"

That is fucked up.

~PeAcE & LoVe~

 

The American government is shit, so sorry to hear for your dad.

 

Couldn't agree with you more!!

Thank you my friend, I appreciate it very much....

~PeAcE & LoVe~

 

Sorry to hear about your dad - A friend of mine only a year (we have the same b day!) older than me has cancer too but hes gonna make it...

Love and peace wished your way....

 

Death settles all debts.

Make peace with the man while you still can.

Whatever part he played in life was just the actor talking. Now the actor is leaving the stage. His part is over. His job is finished.

Your whole life is ahead of you. Give him his due and let him go.


x

 

My Father passed away October 31st at 7:30 pm. Viewing was yesterday and Funeral was today

R.I.P. Dad

~PeAcE & LoVe~

 

I feel sorry that your dad is sick and all but don't let that cloud your judgement. Why can't your dad pay for the hospital procedure out of his pocket? Because he isn't worth that amount of money and he isn't worth the hospital procedure's cost to society. It sucks to say it but it's the truth. If society had to pay for every medical procedure like that there would be no society. Sometimes the truth of how the world works hurts but don't let that cloud your judgement.

 

Wow strong ignorance of general accounting procedures.

Companies count their inventory every year.

 

Because TANSAAFL
There ain't no such thing as a free lunch.
If you give something out, you want something in return. Poor people are poor because they have nothing to offer.

 

Sorry. I can't imagine what it would be like to lose my parents. I remember when my mom lost her father she was devestated and that hurt me.

 

Yeah it's hard but he's in a better place now and no longer in pain.

DirtyVibe - My dad can't pay for it all because the bill's all together were $150,000 (for hospital care, hospice care, medication, chemo, radiation, etc.) We paid $11,000 out of pocket but I don't think most people can pull that kinda money out of their pocket.

And yes we are SOOO grateful that the insurance covered most of it but it still saddens me they would not pay for the surgery

~PeAcE & LoVe~

 

Aren't hospitals required to provide treatment even if insurance won't cover it?