Christmas Eve was the day we found out my dad has Stage 4 B-Cell Double Hit Lymphoma with NK Cell involvement and tumours in various organs and nodes. It was pretty gutting to find out but luckily my dad has a very poor understanding of what exactly it means. Ignorance is bliss in this case.
He had his pre-chemo PET scan on Thursday and we found out today he has Stage 4 kidney failure and is unable to start chemo treatment on Monday like he was meant to. He is now booked in for surgery on the 24th Jan to see if they can do some repair work to his kidney's or at least unblock the tubes that are being compressed by the tumours in his chest cavity.
Feeling the optimisim fade a little. They are not sure if the operation will make his kidneys strong enough for chemo and without chemo, there is limited choice for treatment. I have noticed he is a lot more down than he was and when he was out today, I popped into his house to use the loo and saw his will etc on the table and I know he is preparing for the worst case scenario. It's like a punch to the gut and I am scared for him.
Most of all I want to do something to make him feel better but I don't think I can. Any advice from anyone on how to support him?
