My dad had consultants on Friday and been informed he has liver cancer, they can't do anything. They did mention chemo but didn't try to sell it to us - I felt they were making the decision for my dad. My dad did say he didn't want it. He's not in any pain at the moment and is enjoying life with my mum. They are best friends and have been married for over 58 years, don't have any friends just each other.
My dad asked what was next. The consultant said he would start to feel pain on his side and when this happened he would get taken into hospital to get a stent put in to help open valves that had been blocked due to cancer growing. They thought it was approximately 2inches at the moment. He would be in hospital for a few days to make sure procedure had worked.
My friend told me not to let my dad go into hospital as her dad was in and his treatment was horrendous. Would my dad get pain relieve if he chose not to get the stent in?
Timescale he has been given is 3-6 months!! Something we were not expecting to hear.
My dad gets bloods tests each year to check his health - testing for various issues. Bloods came back in May abnormal and further bloods were taken - they ruled out lots and sent him for a x-ray. We now believe this really should've been a CT scan but no one was mentioning what they were looking for. If this hadn't showed up we wouldn't be any the wiser. Now I'm not sure if knowing is better than not knowing.....
