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Hi May I introduce my self my name is Karen and I have had been unfortunate to lose my Dad from Cancer and Now I have a Aunt with Cancer some one posted on here about their mum who has cancer I’m sorry to hear that what you need to know is hospitals don’t really care about the person who has cancer if the patient is quite young and they have cancer they will try and help the person concerned and if the cancer is at a early stage but I’m

going to be honest here my dad was 75 years old and they didn’t do anything to help him I was the one who brought him a blanket and covered him up my dad had cancer and they didn’t even know ! Until he was brought in for a collapsed lung and then he was in hospital as I was the one that called the ambulance and all they said was my dad was ill and that he had a mass I didn’t know what a mass was I said well give him antibiotics and then it will go then they said your dad has Cancer my world just fell apart as the drs were treating him for something completely different I had a lump in my throat and said no you have it wrong to cut a long story short my dad lived 5 weeks the signs that the cancer had spread was he stopped eating he was always digging at me and I was only trying to help and deal with what I had just been told my dad was bed ridden he couldn’t swallow in the end he fell into a sleep although he could still here us but from this either a induced sleep or either the body was shutting down I looked at his stomach and that had bloated I looked into his mouth and that was a very dark color his arms were heavy I kept saying dad I love you I will always love you his breathing was interrupted as if he was holding his breath for 30 seconds or more and I kept telling him breath dad he then died and I said dad dad dad wake up it’s brought me to tears just writing this I kissed him I love you I can remember it to this day  there is a point before they pass they look as if they are healthy like a healthy glow with colour in There cheeks but that is faulse sense of security as within hours he died 

  • O.dear you certainly been put through the mill there and 75 isnt so old now ime 65 and ive had biopsie sepsis then back in with hi white blood count had to look up my problem go back to gps and suggest what it was and it was .i lost my partner 18 months ago with cancer misdiagnosed to so it was to late ive been in for majore surgery and they were going to send me home without any follow up care .so i can understand your frustraition and pain i had to say no your not sending me home ime not well enough .theres a dept at every hospital called p.a.ls they are independant and will investigate for you at least you can get your anger across so you woant be consumed by anger .its agony loosing a loved one without you having that .but you know cancers like that its not like they portray in the tv commercials it hides and spreads very difficult to locate as it can be just a few cells .then it can suddenly grow with great speed .sometimes it can be fatel to give chemo if your two ill but have a think contact pals as you seem to have been treated poorly in my oppinion of caurse .was your dad in good health before have you got support yourself you need to care for yourself now as i think grief is a form of illness its hard to cope on your own but trust me it does get eisier in time a bit of counciling can help wish i could take your pain away but please keep coming and chatting otheres will be along your not alone on here there are maney otheres going through this or have been like me and just to know your not alone can help you may have questions that we may have had answerd and can tell you but we are not professionals we are just like you .paul

     

     

  • Thank you for your reply I did actually have bearevment counselling for 2 months but to now the truth it didn’t help now I feel like I’m going though grief again as my Aunt is now in a hospice and she hasn’t got long to live I read on line that the Mc Milan nurses don’t like giving oxygen to patients as they believe that the cancer needs oxygen to spread and if they give a patient oxygen basically it’s helping the cancer to spread well I disagree as the patient has stage 4 cancer anyway and we know there going to die eventually so why not give the patient oxygen to give them a comfortable death not to suffocate to death that’s why I argued with the drs and nurses for 3 days for my dad to have oxygen but through my persistence he did receive it my Aunt on the other hand is comfortable I think the Hospice she is at has a good reputation I want to visit her but I don’t think my mum will like it I wanted to help before and was refused not my my aunt but my mum she sees it as interfering rather than caring this is a awkward situation for me because I know my mum and even though I’m 56 my mum always interferes with my plans and I want to see my aunt while she’s still alive if I go on my own accord my aunt will tell my mum and even though my aunt will be happy to see me my aunt will tell my mum and it will cause anger and upset between me and my mum 

    what would you do ?

  • Hi can answer that in a second you go just let your mum deal with the rest just smile and tell her you love her .its not just for your aunty its for you to .i dont know your situation you dont have to fall out .maybe your just so worried i bet your like your mum i bet your two strong ladies and they can clash a bit goodness loved my mum to bits but by goodness we clashed to lol you then if you get greif from your mum its nothing like the guilt you will feel if you dont of caurse thats what i would do its your choise but understand the dilemma your facing come back and let us know how you got on if you do get grief from your mum it will not last long. Paul