well since dad is still not better, the doctors have ruled out lingering ulcers or inflammation of the stomach. The x-rays have ruled out any blockage in his digestive tract as the cause of all the vomiting/nausea. so after a conference of his oncologist, family physician, and GI tract specialist, they've come up with a new diagnosis of GASTROPARESIS. also called "lazy stomach" it is a condition where the stomach just stops contracting to pass food through, and if the diagnosis is correct there is a high chance this will be a condition that Dea has for life. It can be caused by his diabetes and is possibly completely unrelated to his cancer, though probably irritated by the treatments.

for more, http://www.acg.gi.org/patients/gihealth/gastroparesis.asp

more updates later