The person I told you about that has just been diagnosis
with stomach cancer is undergoing surgery this week. The doctors plan to remove
50% of his/her stomach in order to be sure they get all the cancer. Currently,
the cancer is enclosed but it is a very fast moving cancer and if it had not
been found this quickly – well – who knows.
The cancer was described to me by comparing it to an egg. The shell is what is containing the cancer. The yolk is the cancer. As long as the shell stays in tact the cancer will stay contained. Removing it immediately is the safest way to go.
The doctors kept asking him/her how he/she got diagnosis so
soon and that they rarely see patients this earlier in the cancer process. Her
life was saved because she went and got retested for his/her Celiac disease.
He/she will have to spend the rest of his/her life eating as
if he/she had a gastric bypass surgery. The
1st two weeks it is broth only, next few weeks to 3 months baby type
food that is pureed without trace of solid food. After that, soft foods limited
to a few mouth fills at a time. Solid foods will be reentered into the diet as
the doctor see fit.
Please keep him/her in your prayers!
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