Hi All

Just looking for a bit of advice, my father was diagnosed with stage 4 plural lung cancer in April, and was given 3-6 months to live (was told most likely 3).  He is still with us, which is good, and symtom wise he has done quite well and avoided any pain relief for the first few months.

He is now taking Oramorph (no idea how much, he swigs it from the bottle), drinking heavily (which again, nothing new, he's an alchoholic).  We are all dealing with it pretty well.  According to the St Peters Hospice woman he is nearing the end, but not at a stage where he needs 24 hour care.

BUT the past week or 2 his memory has totally gone. And the mood swings and temper is terrible.  Is this normal?  My mother went up to cook and clean for him yesterday and he started a row and was practically foaming at the mouth where he got in such a temper.  He is phoning us constantly when we arent there with stupid things to start rows for.  Most recently he thinks Ebay are trying to fleece him out of his house because he cant remember buying things on there after.

Really need to know if this is normal?