Hi there, I'm sorry to hear about your dad. Personally I'd pay no attention to the estimated time left, like Brian said it can go either way. I got told people with my dads cancer, 50% are alive in 8 months, that was bad enough!!! He died 3 days later...  What I learnt was that we are all dying, we don't know when, some sooner rather than later, do things that make you happy today, don't put things off. Life changes in the blink of an eye. Look after your dad and create lots of memories, take lots of photos and videos too. 

Hi there, I'm sorry to hear about your dad. Personally I'd pay no attention to the estimated time left, like Brian said it can go either way. I got told people with my dads cancer, 50% are alive in 8 months, that was bad enough!!! He died 3 days later...  What I learnt was that we are all dying, we don't know when, some sooner rather than later, do things that make you happy today, don't put things off. Life changes in the blink of an eye. Look after your dad and create lots of memories, take lots of photos and videos too. 

Thank you Michelle, my dad wants to finsh the camino walk around spain, (a trip he had to cut short last year) so i will be doing the last two weeks with him. i want to know my dad as a man rather than a father, and i believe this trip will be good for us both.

As you say i want to make as many lovely memories as possible which i can remember forever.

I am sorry for your loss and i thank you for your kind words x

Hi LindseyL,

I don't know what is going on in the world at the mo. But the world and his wife (or husband) seems to be getting a cancer diagnosis! Six people in our road alone in the last 8 month- my husband one of them, diagnosed last August with Oesophageal. Post treatment dare is say.....".......... for now.

This is the absolute worst part, the utter shock of diagnosis and the masses of info and appointments.

Someone said earlier that they don't really give you 'time'- they don't and won't there are a couple of people on here who have been palliative for years. My old Nana was 95 when she got her diagnosis- decided she didn't want treatment at all, popped off 3 days later in an opiate haze ( her choice). Someone I know was diagnosed with breast cancer 20 yrs ago, spread to her bones etc and is still here. So it really is an unknown.

I have to say I really 'admire' your Dads decision. 'Brave'guy. You must be beside yourself though.

Making memories is absolutely the thing to do, enjoying him and the time you spend together.

Best Wishes

Hilts