hi mga sis, my father died last jan 13, 2011. We only knew of the disease when he was admitted last jan 09, Pancreatic Cancer. Last July he complained of stomach gastric pain, bought him at Makati Med (he was a retired employee), he was seen by a gastro, the doctors fee was free since my tatay was a retiree. He had his endoscopy, it showed half of his intestines are not functioning well, he was given meds, it relieve the symptom, and he was schedule to be seen 2 months after. But the problem persisted, everytime we went for his regular checkup, my tatay complained that the pain is still there and he was losing weight, but what the doctor did was to change dosage and told my father that it is normal to lose weight. then came november, my father wasnt eating well, talagang he lost 1/2 of his body weight, kahit hindi pa namin schedule bumalik kami, weird pero kapag kinakapa ng doctor tiyan niya wala naman daw siyang nakakapang bukol or abnormalities, he requested for an ultrasound. findings was normal, liver, spleen, pancreas, may minimal ascitis (fluid build-up) but nothing to worry daw. he just change the dosage again of my father's meds then scheduled check-up for january. Kaso after that as in 2 slices of orange at as in konting konti na langg kinakain ng father ko. Tapos weird eversince nagcomplain father ko, wala man lang na-order na labtest or ctscan itong doctor. Dec 23, grabeh sobrang payat na ni tatay, nakakatayo pa siya pero hindi na makalakad ng mabilis. dec 27, wala bedridden na tatay ko, hirap mag-alaga ng maysakit, eh konti lang kami sa bahay and i'm working pa. ayaw naman niya magpadala sa hospital. Nakita nung mga dati niyang katrabaho tatay ko sa picture sa fb. dinalaw nila tatay ko jan 8 ng gabi, ayun na-encourage siyang magpacheck-up ulit. wala pang 1 hr after they left, hindi na siya makapagsalita, at nanghihina na. tawag ako ng ambulance private, we live in montalban ha, 20minutes biniyahe papuntang makati med. pagdating sa emergency, bumaba daw blood sugar niya. ang daming tanong, bottomline spending 3days at icu Pancreatic Daw pala, napuno ng tubig abdomen tatay ko at naapektuhan na vital organs niya. bagsak lahat ng labs niya. But he was conscious, kaso nga iyong motor skill niya unting unti ng nanghina. dumating na sa point that we decided to discontinue the meds at respirator/ventilator at nutritional support na lang. Ang hirap, ako kasi nagbantay, hindi siya makasalita may ventilator at parang umurong na dila niya. Parang sinisi ko ang doctor at ako, na dapat sana nagpa-second opinion kami, para nalaman at nabigyan siya ng pain killers. akala namin mahina lang tolerance father ko sa pain pero pala tiniis niya talaga. He left us jan 13, 11:10 am. I remember that day, umiyak pa siya. Pero pasalamat ko kasi nadalaw siya ng chaplain before he died. I miss him so much.
