My 82yr old grandad has just found out that he has cancer but at the moment they aren't sure if it's of the blood or the lung. After reading a few bits of info my suspicions are that it's of the blood as some of the symptoms he's been experiencing a long time and Theyv been treat as other conditions, understandably as there's never been any indication of a more serious illness.Theyv only done these tests now as he had pneumonia a few weeks ago and the fluid thru drained off his lung was tested.
He's currently back in hospital with a chest infection, because of lockdown noone is obv allowed to visit. My nanna has spoken to him for 2 minutes on the phone today before we found out the diagnosis but that's all the contact any of us have had directly with him for the last week. Then 2 hours later we got told that they would not be treating it, just making him comfortable and hoping to get him home. They obviously can't give a timescale as they are unsure what type it is.
He's 82, i know that logically speaking he's going to pass away at some point because he's getting oder etc, but being told that he's ill and it is going to kill him at some point in the not too distant future is so hard to comprehend. I have a toddler who adores him and I can't imagine the thought of having to explain to him why grandad is no longer there when we visit.
I also feel so awful about him being in hospital on his own with noone he loves around and being told this devastating information. At the moment there's biopsies etc to do along with him still being quite unwell generally so there's no idea when hell be able to come home either.
This was a really rambling post with not alot of point really besides getting it off my chest I suppose, my apologies and Thankyou if you made it to the end ❤️
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IRBJan17 · 05/05/2020 02:24
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