Hi,
Im not sure what to say to be honest, my father in law has been in and out of hospital with oesphagal cancer that they assumed they found early. Hes had chemo, after which they said it hadnt shrunk but it hadnt grown either, it was inoperable so they suggested treatment for a better quality of life, we were looking at a few years left with him. However now they were sure it was in the lymphnodes too. So they started radiotherapy (every day one). Its been 7 weeks since that finished and we were waiting for a scan, to tell us if it had reduced the tumor, when he broke his arm lifting a really light light fixture. We assumed the chemo had weakened his bones and he had surgery to put a pin in the arm to encourage better healing.
After a week he was back home, only he got really sick after that and was back in 3 days later. Hed picked up an infection somewhere and was put on fluids and antibiotics and they took some blood and biopsies, 3 days later he was sent home. He was home for a 4 days before going straight back in and they found that the fluid and antibiotics had filled up his abdomen and they had to drain 9 litres of fluid. The biopsies had come back saying his cancer has spread to his bones and liver. My father is very blunt in these situations and asked how long hes got, the doctor replied weeks, not months.
My partner and i are at a loss. He was only diagnosed in march time so this has cannonballed into something dreadful. What im looking for here is some insight from anyone whose been through this? Realistically how many weeks am i looking at left with him? I want to make sure i give him the best few weeks i can.
Thanks
