Hi, Carolyn.
My mother was having blood in her stool last week---both red blood
and black("tarry" stool.) She also vomited throughout the night obe
night last week. Her doctor had her enter the hospital for tests.
Stomach test was negitive. Colonoscopy revealed 5 polyps, all of
which were removed. She also has suffered from hemmorhoids for many
years. She was given a PET scan of chest and abdomen today at 1 AM. I
am not at all sure why they had to do the PET at 1 AM. I cannot
believe there was a state of emergency making it necessary not to
wait till the next day to do the scan.
My mother is going on 83 years old. I have told her that if there is
a diagnosis of cancer, she is too old and frail to think about
getting chemotherapy or radiation. Surgery can be very invasive, too,
of course... I have asked her to tell her internist it is ok for him
to speak with me. I put in a call to him last week, and he did not
phone me back over the "privacy" issue. I will do all I can to make
sure the doctors do not turn my elderly mom into a "piece of meat"---
that is, into a dis-ease with a body attached to it. I want her to
get through with the tests and get herself out of the hospital.
Best wishes,
Elliot
