RS_Scotland
07-20-2006, 10:33 PM
hello everyone, my name is Richie and im from scotland (as you probs guessed) the reason im here and ive registered is my dad was diagnosed with terminal cancer of the bowel, liver and lungs in Feb this year. To begin with the doctors told him he had weeks to months at the most, 2 weeks after he was diagnosed he was told he had been selected for chemotherapy and was then told if it worked he would live for a max of 2 years, if it didnt he would live for a max of 6 months.
Everything was going ok for a few weeks he showed signs of his health improving although he had lost a lot of weight, but one night he was staying in overnight to receive his chemo and was about half way through the treatment his throat closed up and caused him to panic a bit as you can imagine, they managed to get his windpipe opened again but thought during this he had a minor stroke thankfully he got the all clear on that front. The proffessor that deals with him asked him to try the chemo again saying the chances of it happening again would be slim...... but guess what the exact same thing happened again, not only that a few days after he started to get soars all over his face and head, also blood blisters on his fingers and my dad decided enough was enough and told the proffessor that he wasnt going to continue his treatment.
He was doing great up until about a week and half ago when he woke up one morning in a lot of pain and his doctor put him on morphene (tablet form) since then he's hardly eaten and has sleeps most of the day.
Sorry if ive rambled on a bit, me, my mum and sister are finding it hard to cope just now and i was wondering if anyone has been in a similar position as we're all in just now, any help and advice will be more than welcome
Everything was going ok for a few weeks he showed signs of his health improving although he had lost a lot of weight, but one night he was staying in overnight to receive his chemo and was about half way through the treatment his throat closed up and caused him to panic a bit as you can imagine, they managed to get his windpipe opened again but thought during this he had a minor stroke thankfully he got the all clear on that front. The proffessor that deals with him asked him to try the chemo again saying the chances of it happening again would be slim...... but guess what the exact same thing happened again, not only that a few days after he started to get soars all over his face and head, also blood blisters on his fingers and my dad decided enough was enough and told the proffessor that he wasnt going to continue his treatment.
He was doing great up until about a week and half ago when he woke up one morning in a lot of pain and his doctor put him on morphene (tablet form) since then he's hardly eaten and has sleeps most of the day.
Sorry if ive rambled on a bit, me, my mum and sister are finding it hard to cope just now and i was wondering if anyone has been in a similar position as we're all in just now, any help and advice will be more than welcome