I just wanted to get my story out there. My dad died of bowel cancer last week.
He was diagnosed last August after taking himself to A&E with constipation pains. The following day he received emergency surgery to remove a huge rumour together with his colon. He had an ileostomy fitted and seemed to recover really well.
He then had the news that it had spread through the peritoneum and that there was no cure/treatment but that chemo might shrink it enough to give him a couple more years.
The first chemo didn’t go well and he was rushed to hospital with an infection. They discovered an impaired kidney and so fitted a nephrostomy.
Time went by, infection after infection. E-coli and sepsis but he still fought back.
6 moths after first diagnosis he was rushed in again. CT showed an obstruction in his stomach. They tried steroids to shrink blockage but that didn’t work.
They said nothing more could be done and that he should move to a hospice. It could only be a few weeks.
3 days later he passed away with all of us by his side.
I know this probably sounds blunt but I was looking for similar stories to my dad so I could really get an understanding.
He was fullly aware of what was happening and during his last week he pretty much planned his funeral. He thought he had a couple more weeks to get organised to be honest, but it was not to be.
It’s heartbreaking and my thoughts go to anyone else going through the same situation.
