My dad is terminally ill, brain cancer. He's at home, at the point where he is getting too weak to walk. He is unable to communicate. He likes his food. He gets distressed about his weakness and dependence. He may be in pain. My mum is resistant to carers, but struggling to cope emotionally and physically. I live at a distance but go and stay for a week a month.
My question is this, and I hope it doesn’t offend anyone. Can the medics not prescribe something that will help him doze away his last weeks? The only enjoyment he has is food- he can’t really watch tv, likes the noise of the radio but can’t follow the content at all, and when he tries to talk to people gets agitated because we can’t understand what he says. Then my mum gets cross too. She isn’t the best nurse, in many ways, but hates having other people in her space and is a control freak. When I stay, I can offer emotional support and do errands, but have to be careful not to be seen as interfering. It’s extremely stressful. I can’t stay much more than I do, partly because of work, and partly to protect myself emotionally from my mother. The hospice nurses haven’t been able to work with her, either.
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Life-limiting illness
Advice and perspective and understanding needed, please.
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picklemepopcorn · 15/11/2017 08:32
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