7 days from diagnosis to passing!

Hello,

My Dad started to feel unwell at home around the end of Feb. He'd lost his appetite and felt bloating in the stomach. In the space of a week he'd literally stopped eating. Eventually we made him go to A&E where he was then admitted and on 17th March was diagnosed with Primary Liver Cancer. We were waiting on treatment options but while in hospital he continued to not be able to eat and the swelling of the abdomen continued. Things escalated and by the morning of 24th March he had developed clots on the Lungs. That night he sadly passed away.

The abruptness of it all is just so hard to process. It is devastatingly sad and the pain is unbearable. He was taken away from us so suddenly. Has anyone else experienced this? 

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  • My mum took ill at my house on a Sunday, admitted to hospital, diagnosed with leukaemia on the Monday and she passed away on the Thursday.  Looking back all these years later I'm glad it went so quick.  She was in her mid 70s and probably couldn't have had agressive treatment.  No time for her to worry over it, she didn't really understand what was wrong anyway.  Very peaceful end and I was with her.  Now I have cancer I sometimes think that when there is no hope of regaining a semblance of the life you had then a quick exit is a good way to die.  I take great comfort in knowing she was spared from being in continuous pain for a long time.  I know now she would have hated me wasting years of life in grieving for her like I did.  I honour her life by turning that sadness into positivity for living.  I know she's at peace now knowing I'm able to smile again. 

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  • My mum took ill at my house on a Sunday, admitted to hospital, diagnosed with leukaemia on the Monday and she passed away on the Thursday.  Looking back all these years later I'm glad it went so quick.  She was in her mid 70s and probably couldn't have had agressive treatment.  No time for her to worry over it, she didn't really understand what was wrong anyway.  Very peaceful end and I was with her.  Now I have cancer I sometimes think that when there is no hope of regaining a semblance of the life you had then a quick exit is a good way to die.  I take great comfort in knowing she was spared from being in continuous pain for a long time.  I know now she would have hated me wasting years of life in grieving for her like I did.  I honour her life by turning that sadness into positivity for living.  I know she's at peace now knowing I'm able to smile again. 

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