Well, he hasn’t done any chemo for at least a month now, and he’s a bit better. He can move around the house more as opposed to just sitting and lying on bed when he was doing chemo.

However, he gained weight a bit, not because of food but because of “fluids” in his body. His knees got weaker and couldn’t actually walk around the house much again. Half of his body was swollen; it started on his feet and up to his arms. But the doctor gave him a pill to flush out those fluids. Thankfully, he can walk better now.

But the last time we went to his appointment, the doctor had some good news and bad news. The good news is that the cancer in his left lung is getting smaller. The bad news is they found some more on the right lung. The doctor suggested another pill to keep the cancer from growing. If that doesn’t work, then we’ll try another pill.

After the appointment we went to Noodles&Company to eat. Now this restaurant serves like the ChowKing restaurant of the Philippines.  You order and they actually bring you your food and tells you not to clean up.  Anyway, my dad feels a bit energetic that day. Here are some pics:

“Start living the life…” Now is that good or bad?

Unfortunately, my Dad’s urologist found more lesions in his other lungs. The good news however, is the tumor in his brain is getting smaller. The neurologist told us that his main goal is to give my dad’s quality of life back, so he told us to do whatever he wants.

That being said, we are planning to go to Italy by the end of March. We have a lot of relatives residing in Italy right now. My dad and my sister used to work there as well. So Italy, here we come!

Well, come to think of it, what does “do whatever he wants” means? Does that mean he’s getting better? Or does that mean make him happy for he wouldn’t be here much longer?

This is my Dad. He is 63-yrs-old and I should say he’s the best Dad in the whole wide-world. He’s very thoughtful, so kind, unselfish, and always think of others first before himself.

My dad is diabetic, and he never missed any appointments from our family physician. He’s been really good, doing everything our doctor tells him to. He eats right, been healthy and strong, full of energy. Until maybe around August 2007, around 9pm, he collapsed in front of me while we were playing pool. Since he is diabetic, we checked his sugar and it was very low. He mentioned that he hadn’t eaten anything yet that night. But early October, we’ve noticed that he was leaning a bit more towards his left side, either standing or sitting, at that time, it was very unnoticeable, so we didn’t pay attention to it.

The day our family went to a friend’s house for lunch, we’ve noticed he’s really leaning more towards to his left side. Since most of us had work that day, my sister and my Mom decided to rush him to the hospital for he’s leaning is getting worse. The doctors weren’t really sure of the lesions they found in my Dad’s brain and his lungs, so we transferred to Hopkins for a second opinion. The doctors in Hopkins did confirm that it was lung cancer, stage 4, that has metastasized to his brain and lymph nodes.

Everything was just happening too fast! It was a devastating news to our family, relatives and friends. He’s a non-smoker, nor my whole family is. Up until now, I can’t accept or come to terms with it.

He had a radiation therapy in Hopkins and have had at least 5 chemo sessions done. We have an appointment again tomorrow, and we’ll see what the doctor will say. Thanks for your time, and please help us pray for our Dad.