Hi Toms Son,
Thanks so much for your reply. I know what you are going through at the moment and how hard it is. I went through it with my Dad 2 yrs. ago Sept. Although it wasn't Cancer it still was a very slow agonizing process. He did end up in Hospice, and they were wonderful. I hope you get to tell your Dad everything you want, and that he gets the same chance. Not a bad time to ask family history questions, my Dad loved to tell stories about his family in his last days, he would reminisce and smile. It helped ease some pain keeping his mind on something else, and there were less "Sad" faces in the room too. It also helps to keep the stories going from generation to generation...you have to know them to re-tell them. I am praying for your family, and your father.
Thank you for the Radiation info. I hope that it will ease some of my husbands pain, and kill a lot of cancer too. He is actually doing very good today. Whenever he has chemo it seems to take a lot of the bone pain away, go figure. I think that the Radiation is more palliative than anything but whatever it takes to get through this.
He is very constipated from the chemo, and pain meds, so if the radiation gives diarrhea usually then maybe the combo will make him regular? LOL
He loves to watch me post! so that one was for him...
His Dr. told him that the Radiation in combination with the Chemo sometimes makes it MORE effective? I think it is the "Verblastim" I love the name it sounds like someone saying "we blast them" with a German accent. That is how I say it, and we get a kick out of it.
Thank you again for taking time, in the middle of everything in your life, to keep us updated on whats going on with your father, and to help people like me know what may be in store for us. It is a very generous thing to let strangers into your life even if it is via the Internet.
Karen