Hi

Im an only child and my 73 year old dad has been diagnosed with early stage lung cancer. He’s having an operation to remove the lump in a few weeks and I’m trying to understand what support he will need afterwards. I live 2hrs away so will need to either stay with him to help or bring him to me. The doctors say he is likely to be in hospital 3-5 days and then won’t need follow up medical care beyond outpatient appts to check in on recovery. But no one seems to be able to tell us what day to day help he might need with getting dressed, eating, cooking etc. He’s normally self sufficient but obviously it’s a major op so he will need some help. He doesn’t have many people locally he would be comfortable asking for help so it’s on me to sort out so just trying to gauge what might be needed. I have 2 kids including one with additional needs so it’s not straightforward for me to just move in with him for two weeks.

Thanks in advance for any help,