Yeah, he's doing alright now, going for a PET Scan December 10th, he wouldn't eats for awhile cause he kept throwing up, had to go to the Hospital for malnutrition and get fluids every week or so. He's also pissed because they kept pushing his fluids date off for awhile, and when he had to go the hospital, they said it caused perm kidney damage, and he's all screaming that they're the idiots who kept saying they didn't have any room. Then they said that was not the case, but that my father had said he didn't want to pay the 50$ Co--payments...so they'd let him die over 50$, really got him angry, said he'd rather pay the 50$ than die...so they were really just ******* around with him.
Though, his doctor said he is doing remarkably well in the sense that he took no breaks between his treatment, went straight through, and his neck looks almost as good as it did before the whole thing started, overall said he's way above average in terms of how he took the treatment, his only issue was the whole keeping food down, which is normal. He's slightly depressed about his muscles though, being 59 years old, a steel worker, he always had quite big muscles for his age and kept in shape, but now he's lost like 30 pounds, and most of it seems to be his muscles, he's worried he's to old to regain them, but will try to work them back up.
He had stage 4 neck cancer. Ironically enough, he's never smoked a day in his life, but all his Ex wives did...they said it was second hand smoke. He asked if he could have gotten it from the fumes at his workplace, as he worked at a paper mill when he was younger; but the doctors assured him that was not the case, as this was specific. He had stage 4. How it got that far is another story of the ineffective health system in America...went to the Doctors, he felt around this odd lump my father complained hurt, and said, I heard him, as I was there "That's weird, but it's probably nothing." And collected 50$ big ones, sent him home. For literally 3-4 minutes of going "hmm."
So come several months later when he gets it rechecked, cancer. Really horrible medical system here. At least the Doctor he got is good, met the guy, he actually gives a crap, but that's probably because he's a young doctor.
Nicest guy you'll ever meet, helps anyone, takes care of himself, works hard, old fashioned values ect, a family man, the type that when he arrives at a family reunion everyone comes to greet him one by one. Then he gets cancer, when his ex wife, my whore of a mother, smokes 2 packs a day, for like...the last 30 years, and nothing.
My sister & my mother haven't quit smoking, either. Unbelievable, you'd think your former husband getting cancer from your second hand smoke would make you consider, I dunno, at least going to half a pack a day? My step-sister does like 3...it's disgusting. The y haven't even thought of quitting.
My dad nearly broke down in tears when he applied for foodstamps. He's very proud, had jobs since he was 13, never bummed off anyone.