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End of life with Glioblastoma stage 4

My dad is a 53 year old, diagnosed with Glioblastoma in May 2017. He received radiotherapy and then chemotherapy which all treatment was stopped in February as nothing was doing anything for his tumour at all. He wasn’t able to be operated on as the tumour was so deep into his brain. He also had many other little “satelite” tumours over his brain caused by the GBM. 

 

He was told that he would have 1-2 years life expectancy and he has good days and bad days. Currently, he is in hospital for severe abdo pain caused by constipation but it is more of a blockage in his Intestine.

 

My dad is bed bound now and has been since February and also paralysed down his left side.

 

My question really is, what can I expect to happen at the end?

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  • Hello, I lost my mum in 2014 I was just 14 years old when we found out about this awful disease. She passed away within 5 weeks and in the last week became unconscious. We had a private room for five days we slept with her and held her hand a lot comforting her. She didn’t wake up she struggled to breathe at times but on the last day her last breaths were peaceful. I’m 19 now and it never gets easier you just learn to live with it, if you have someone you love on their last days pray it goes peacefully and get all the hugs you can x

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  • Hello, I lost my mum in 2014 I was just 14 years old when we found out about this awful disease. She passed away within 5 weeks and in the last week became unconscious. We had a private room for five days we slept with her and held her hand a lot comforting her. She didn’t wake up she struggled to breathe at times but on the last day her last breaths were peaceful. I’m 19 now and it never gets easier you just learn to live with it, if you have someone you love on their last days pray it goes peacefully and get all the hugs you can x

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