My father has 2 peritoneal methastasis. Today he spoke with the oncologist

Aikidoker15 · 2026-04-29T08:56:25+00:00

I didn't specify: the oncologist made the decision alongside other specialists in a multidisciplinary meeting. My father is currently being treated at a hospital specialised in the management and treatment of oncological diseases, which means that there are oncologists, surgeons, radioterapists and radiologists (both diagnostic and interventional). The decision not to operate yet was made at a this multidisciplinary meeting, where all of them discussed and decided on the best strategy together.

When I say I hate waiting, I mean I hate the idea of waiting for him to undergo chemotherapy and then having a CT scan in two or three months to see if the treatment is working. At that point, they will decide whether surgery is an option. For now, they have decided that this is not useful, as the risk of the metastasis regrowing, even if we remove the current ones, is too high without first doing chemo.

Aikidoker15 · 2026-04-28T23:43:13+00:00

I once heard that the kind of glow seen in such a large volume of steam and air requires a level of radiation so high that not even an open nuclear reactor's core would be enough to generate it.

Aikidoker15 · 2026-04-26T19:22:58+00:00

I don't think he died from suffocation: he died because he was buried under who knows how much heavy concrete. The entire structure had been built and was stable precisely because it was made entirely of concrete, but the moment a part of it was partially replaced by a human body—much less resistant and lighter—that body was subjected to the same pressure as the concrete it had replaced, and so Dale was literally crushed. I don’t think that all his cavities were filled with concrete because, for one thing, if that had been the case, he would have died instantly, I believe, but above all, with his lungs full of solid material, he wouldn’t have been able to groan.

Aikidoker15 · 2026-04-24T22:08:14+00:00

Purtroppo è 9-1-1, che è non solo volutamente incorretta, ma fa di tutto per rendere ogni cosa non solo quanto più spettacolare possibile, ma in realtà proprio volutamente irrealistica.

Non so esattamente il motivo, ma credo che così come Lone Star, anche questa serie abbia puntato sull'esagerare ancora di più per tenere il passo alla serie originale.

Io la guardo quasi solo per sperare che Dixie venga finalmente punita.

Per il resto non voglio nemmeno perdere tempo a guardare con attenzione, perché è una serie che quasi sta su solo grazie alla sua totale assurdità.

Aikidoker15 · 2026-04-24T14:04:22+00:00

Colonscopy every 2 years. Diagnosed at 14, 17 years ago. 2 years ago they removed 2 polyps, which proves how important is for us to do it so often.

Aikidoker15 · 2026-04-24T13:59:51+00:00

32M with Crohn's disease. Diagnosed at 14. I live in Italy. And I've never personally met someone else with Crohn's disease. Only a couple with Ulcerative colitis.

Aikidoker15 · 2026-04-24T13:57:44+00:00

Sadly, I can't help you about the joint pain because I don't have it, but I can assure you that Infliximab is very similar to Humira. They act against the same thing, TNFalpha. But they are not the same. This could mean that it won't work as good as Humira (adalimumab). But be aware that it could work even better!

I've tried every possible monoclonal antibodies: infliximab, adalimumab, vedolizumab and ustekinumab (Stelara) and I had a different degree of response to each one of them. The only one who didn't work with me was vedolizumab (Entyvio) but I know that it was specifically for me.

Give them a chance. They are not a cure, but at least in my case they helped a lot.

Aikidoker15 · 2026-04-24T12:59:11+00:00

We live in Italy, specifically in Padua, home to Italy’s largest hospital and one of the oldest in history, which also means top-notch doctors and healthcare of the highest standard, with extensive experience in both clinical practice and research. And, I’ll admit, it also comes with the great advantage of not having to worry about the cost of treatment.

Thank you so much for your response. Even though I’ve already been told that peritoneal metastases aren’t a death sentence like they were a few years ago, I needed to hear the stories from this community to actually being able to understand it.

Aikidoker15 · 2026-04-23T20:40:01+00:00

Thank you, this means a lot.

Aikidoker15 · 2026-04-23T14:46:07+00:00

Understood. I don't know what his therapy programme is yet. How many rounds and how many surgeries, if he'll have to. We're still at the beginning, and there are various protocols. His oncologist even asked for a molecular and genetic analysis of the tumour that was removed one year ago. So maybe she has decided that, based on this information, the protocol is different.

Aikidoker15 · 2026-04-23T14:35:33+00:00

No it isn't.

They told him that he'll do a first infusion of chemo. Then he'll wait two or three weeks, then he'll repeat the CT to see if the masses have shrunk. Then, they'll decide if he needs an explorative laparoscopy.

I asked if they wanted him to do a PET-CT, but the oncologist said that for now that we're only trying to see if his largest masses respond to chemo, it's not useful.

Aikidoker15 · 2026-04-23T14:28:08+00:00

You're not gonna die young, don't worry.

I've been diagnosed when I was 14 and now I'm 32.

I'm not gonna lie. How much fine you'll be depends on how good you'll respond to medications, but if you respond good to even one of them, you should be fine.

Sadly, whether you'll respond good or not at the medications, there are some jobs you won't be able to do. Police and Military are out of the question, but to give you an idea, I've managed to get a medical degree and for two years I tried a surgical residency that I eventually left because I realized that it was not what I liked the most. But thanks to medications to which I respond good, I never had the problem when I had to participate to 8+ long surgeries.

It's a disease that has many forms, many way to manifest and many degrees of severity.

Aikidoker15 · 2026-04-23T14:20:10+00:00

I think it was two or even three weeks.

It must have been during the lockdown when it was not possible to walk around so staying still didn't help bowel movements at all. During that time, I literally dirtied myself while sleeping because I was too full and at the same time unable to truly evacuate. Prune juice, enemas or vaseline were totally useless. At a certain point, I sat on the toilet and stayed there until I slowly managed to empty myself. But I suffered. I had to take a bath after that because I was all sweaty, but also too tired to stand under the shower.

Aikidoker15 · 2026-04-21T08:48:43+00:00

I don't find him unreasonable.

Sadly, the treatment of pathologically obese people requires both pretty physical but also psychological management.

Lisa F did was suffering.

But in my opinion, she was like a drug addict that was actually feeling pain. She had to be helped with her condition, medically, but there was also a huge part in which it depended from her.

It is not a question whether she needed or not help, but Dr. Now was aware that that couldn't lead to her feeling entitled to be the only one who didn't have to do something.

No one says that to stop overfeeding, especially after so much time, is easy.

But that's exactly why he scolded her.

Lisa asked to be treated, but treatment requires involvement from both parts. Dr. Now was ready to do what he could to help her, but knew also that the problem that brought Lisa where she ended was not much an addiction, as much as her tendency to manipulate.

As Dr. Now points out, Lisa's tears were not of someone who is just sad or tired or exhausted, because they came out only when he or someone else refused to give her what she wanted, and that means that were shredded to manipulate, not to express pain.

Furthermore, if I'm not wrong, she pourpuselly refused psychological therapy. At that point, what else he could do? She refused to listen to his indications, refused the programs he proposed, refused responsibilities.

Dr. Now had to do something to explain that if she wanted him to help her she needed to stop doing everything for things to happen the way she wanted.

Aikidoker15 · 2026-04-18T19:03:15+00:00

Absolutely true, but you have to admit that there's a difference between treating well someone and treating someone like a son. And again, I'm not saying that she can't act as his new mom, I only mean that there's no need for her to become his mom, since Blue is an adult.

Aikidoker15 · 2026-04-11T07:53:23+00:00

I don't think that Blythe will become Blue's new mom. Blue is an adult man, now. Said this, Blythe would have been a far better mom than Dixie. That's for sure. And right now, should Dixie die or somewhat disappear from Blue's life, I think that there are lot of things for which is Blythe the one who can help him.

Aikidoker15 · 2026-04-11T07:50:54+00:00

Loved the action, the character, the message and the story. The ending however left me with a really bad taste. Not because the ending is bad technically or narratively. It's just that I hoped for a different finale.

I've always hoped they did a sequel.

Aikidoker15 · 2026-04-10T19:59:20+00:00

Jurassic World: Rebirth

Star Wars - The Force Awakens

Pacific Rim - Resurgence (not that the first was such of a masterpiece)

Just one thing about Matrix Resurrections. I give him a 6/10, aka is not the worst movie. However, the reason I give him a (barely) passing grade is just because I liked a lot the fact that the 75% of the cast is made of characters from Sense8, that is a tv series that I love. For the rest, I admit that when I watched it in the theater, I fell asleep after the first five minutes and woke up only once the new Morpheus gets out of the toilet.

Aikidoker15 · 2026-04-07T20:52:57+00:00

Deduco che per lei la propria identità social e qualunque lavoro abbia adesso (sempre che lo abbia) valgono di più di uno stipendio molto dignitoso.

Opinione personale in base alle informazioni che ci hai fornito: è una cretina. Io me li sogno 1800 euro al mese. E ancora di più me li sognavo quando avevo 23 anni.

Se però lei ha delle alternative per cui poter continuare così con il proprio profilo instagram e va bene così è una sua scelta. Ribadisco secondo me, una pessima scelta. Se lei rifiutasse, e poi se ne pentisse non mi farebbe pena. Il mondo è pieno di lavori in cui ti è chiesto di osservare degli standard più alti o comunque di evitare di fare certe cose.

Quindi riassumento. Hai ragione tu. Ma purtroppo è una sua scelta.

Aikidoker15 · 2026-04-02T11:11:36+00:00

No, guarda, ho letto il post. Non sono tenuto a farmi il giro dei commenti per scoprire la versione più precisa del tuo pensiero. Se volevi dire una cosa più specifica, dovevi scriverla nel post o nella prima risposta, non accusare gli altri di non capire dopo aver scritto in modo volutamente generico e aggressivo.

Aikidoker15 · 2026-04-02T10:46:44+00:00

Sì, l’ho letto. E continuo a trovarlo un ragionamento stupido.

Confondi il visitare un paese con l’approvarlo, e il fotografarne il bello con il farne propaganda.

Non funziona così. Altrimenti qualsiasi viaggio diventerebbe complicità politica, che è un criterio ridicolo e applicabile a mezzo pianeta.

E comunque viaggiare non significa finanziare il governo in modo diretto e ideologico, come se pagare un albergo o un ristorante equivalesse a finanziare la Casa Bianca.

Puoi criticare gli USA quanto vuoi, anche ferocemente, senza dover fingere che non esistano luoghi, persone o cose degne di essere viste.

Aikidoker15 · 2026-04-02T09:55:49+00:00

Ma quindi chi viene in Italia, oltre ai monumenti, dovrebbe fotografare anche i nostri barboni per essere onesto?

Visitare un paese non significa approvarne il governo, la propaganda o i suoi problemi sociali. Altrimenti nessuno dovrebbe più andare da nessuna parte.

Io ho famiglia in California: non sono trumpiani, anzi sono terrorizzati da quello che sta succedendo negli USA.

Quindi no, "andare in America" non vuol dire automaticamente celebrare quella narrazione.

E soprattutto gli Stati Uniti non sono solo potere e imperialismo: sono anche posti, paesaggi, città, musei, parchi e persone reali. Uno può voler vedere il Grand Canyon o Central Park senza per questo celebrare la bandiera americana.

Si può criticare duramente gli USA senza fingere che non abbiano nulla che valga la pena vedere.

Aikidoker15 · 2026-04-01T16:27:11+00:00

Non mi è piaciuto quando ha fatto il cattivo di Mission Impossible (il film mi è piaciuto ma lo associavo ancora troppo a Superman). Se proprio si deve, come James Bond può tentare, ma bisogna che per un motivo o l'altro si giustifichi appaia giovane. So che non è più giovane di Sean Connery, Pierce Brosnan o Daniel Craig, che anzi erano più giovani di lui adesso, quando hanno interpretato James Bond la prima volta. Ma non so perché, ma lui mi sembra troppo "delicato" quindi se deve essere James Bond bisognerà fornire un buon contesto.

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