struggling with dads cancer

my dad has been fighting cancer for 3 years but this past year has got to be the worse for him,he was on chemo but it hadnt worked so there stopped it all. he has blood transfusions every 4 weeks onward,he has been in and out of hospital 4 times in the past 3 months its hard to deal with it this year as he has stopped eating stopped going to club with his mates he has lost control of his driving he used to love driving,my dad means the world to us he has lost a lot of weight and is getting out of breathe now. i am struggling to come to terms of this past year how everything has gone down hill for us . my dad doesnt look like my dad anymore and its killing me him been like this.it has brought the whole of the family back together but its not enough, it kills me every other day wen i sit alone and think i just wish i can take all the cancer away for him, i just dont know what to doanymore.

  • Hi, 

    I'm so sorry to hear about your Dad. My Dad is also breathless, weak and unable to do the things he loves - except he loves to be with his family. I feel the same way as you. I have this desperate need to fix his cancer and make him better. I don't think that feeling will go away but as his cancer spirals out of control I realise I can't control it and I can't fix it. Instead I just try to be there, sit with him, hold his hand when he's scared and talk about things we enjoy or enjoyed. It's been hard for me to do that but people's kind words on here have helped. In the end the only things we have are our shared memories and feelings and those are the things that help me when I'm laying awake thinking of him in the Hospice and help me when I visit him. 

    Take care,

    Andy