My dad was diagnosed with terminal prostate cancer a year ago, that had spread to the lymph nodes and to some of the lungs. Then 7 months later it has spread to his spine, then towards and during Xmas he was deteriorating.....,.not eating or drinking , as it was too painful to swallow, and he was generally getting weaker. After Xmas we took him to hospital (even though he was demanding NOT to go there) and we were told the awful news that the cancer had also spread to the liver and bowels, and that none of the treatment (hormone therapy and abiriterone) was working, (he can't have radiotherapy or chemo) and that he only had 6 weeks left to live - I had a feeling that he would die his year (2017) but not this soon! Today, 2 weeks later, he's still in hospital, cus he keeps getting infections. Hopefully he'll be released to go home this week. He doesn't know that he only has (now) 4 weeks left to live, as he doesn't want to know, but WE DO know, and hence why we are so desperate to get him home. He will have palliative care by district and hospice nurses at home, I'm just dreading it as I've been preparing for this for the past year, but now I know it's going to happen anytime soon, I'm not ready, and we've not able to be with him properly for the past 2 weeks whilst he's been in hospital! I'm in shock I think, as i haven't cried since I found out he has only a few weeks left to live, whereas I have cried loads throughout the past year?! It feels like a bad dream, and when he is discharged from hospital, it will feel like he's coming home properly cus he's better, but he will be coming home to die  :((((((  there's so much I wanted to say to him, before he goes, but he's so disorientated and gets so tired and sleeps a lot that he doesn't take anything in, or he's snappy, and he doesn't know he's going to die anytime in the next few weeks, whereas WE DO and its agony and heartbreaking. And people get on my nerves, there's loads who are so nice and caring and are heartbroken like us, but then there's others who don't bother asking how we are, or don't even acknowledge it and they go on about their happy lives knowing full well what we're going through, I'd feel like saying don't bother coming to his funeral as ur not welcome and they never cared! :((