Please do follow up with Hospice if your Dad meets the criteria. They are a compassionate, caring organization that has vast resources and experience dealing with the last stage of life. Many hospice workers are there because one of their family members were helped by Hospice and they feel compelled to "give back".
My Dad had chemo, a clinical trial, but there was just no stopping the metastisizing in his case. His colon tumor was already Stage 4 (it had spread to his liver) when it was discovered. It was his choice to have the chemo but it did leave him weak and not at all hungry when he needed more strength, not less.
Has your Dad been able to talk to anyone about his diagnosis and it's outcome? His depression may come from bottling up very natural fears and concerns that he may not want to "burden" anyone in the family with. There are many people who find it easier to talk to someone from Hospice about these things than to "worry" anyone in their Family.
My Dad died a year and a half ago, peacefully, at a Hospice House and I hope to sign up as a volunteer this fall. My heart goes out to you because I was also a "WorriedDaughter" for 6 months. Unlike many of your friends, there are people here - including myself - who HAVE lost a father and who DO know how you feel.
Please keep checking back here to let us know how things are going... And if your Dad isn't talking about life & death & feelings, don't hesitate to work whatever things you want to say to him casually into a conversation. No matter what the outcome, it will mean the world to your Dad to hear some favorite memories again from when you were little, or somethings that you may see in yourself that "must have come from him".
Please keep in touch -
Bj
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