Hi.

my uncle was diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer, which has metastasised to his bones, back in June. He was given 6-12 months. He was on steroids and a hormone injection to try reduce the spread of the cancer and give him a little longer to live but we was told in October that nothing has worked and the cancer has spread rapidly. (Blood results was something like psa level 500+) I'm not sure what that means but I know it isn't good!
 

he is completely bed bound as he had a partial hip replacement in June (that's how the cancer was found) and he has struggled to walk ever since but the last 2 months he has been confined to his bed. He lives with my grandma (his mum) and sleeps in a special hospital bed she had delivered to her. Macmillan nurses visit 3 times a day and district nurses come out every so often. 
 

some days are better than others, he can eat 2 meals a day and has no pain and seems really bright but other days he hardly eats a thing and just sleeps. He is having more bad days then good now, maybe a slice of toast, some chocolate and half his tea at most, and he spends half the day asleep. 
 

I just don't know how long he has left bless him. The nurses haven't really said what they think when asked. He gets a lot of pain in his hip/back and legs and is taking slow release morphine twice daily and oramorph when needed. 
 

He's been stuck in the same bed, same room for weeks/months now.. in a way, I hope he doesn't have much longer left. It's awful to see him suffer