quote:Originally posted by ~LEE~:
Hi everyone....Thanks again for all the replies ....Love and hugs to you all especially those who have gone through this terrible terrible heart break....I spoke to my dads doctor and he said the time frame is weeks....He was fantastic tbh and promised he would make my dad as pain free as he possibly can....He said the time has come to begin getting the care team organised ...We want to take care of my dad at home ourselves but he said the team are there for my dad and for us....He's also going to get a hospital bed with an air mattress organised....His own father died from cancer in November last year so he spoke as a doctor and as someone who fully understands on every level how my family feel....He explained my dad won't admit to being in pain but at this advanced stage of course he is....I asked my dad on Thursday how he was he replied so so...The nearest admission to pain we'll get....The doc said as my dad and I seem to have an understanding of each other how did I rate that and what would I expect to hear if the pain had eased....I told him if I heard my dad reply I'm ok...He told me double up on everything to apply another patch and if I felt the need give him 2 Temazepam instead of 1....I rang my brother and told him what the doctor had said and he's making plans to get home....The both rang my dad so god forbid the worst happens before they make it home at least they have chatted with him....Cancer is a curse it takes no prisoners and shows no mercy.
Glad your had a profitable chat with the doctor - for him to be pain free is all you can hope for now.
And re the last sentence Lee - I know -