Hi,
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My lovely, wonderful Nan, has been suffering from cancer since January 2016, terminal lung & liver, she responded very well to treatment and is still with us, despite being told she had between 6 - 18 months to live.
Although the cancer has been under control with chemo, she has lots of other issues, she's Type 1 diabetic, she has problems with her heart/blood pressure etc..so she has been quite poorly. A few months back her chemo was stopped and immunotherapy started, we're not sure how this is working out for her yet, as she hasn't had any scans recently.
Last week out of the blue Macmillan nurses visited her at home, and said that she needed to be in a Hospice, the Hospice have told us that this isn't the end, but they need to get her sorted out properly with all the different medication she is on, and make her more comfortable, so it's respite as such, rather than end of life care.
Understandably she is very depressed, she isn't eating well, she won't watch TV, she won't read a book/magazine, she doesn't like listening to the radio, she is basically sitting staring into space all day everyday.
What can I do to help her? I'm visiting her tonight, and want to do something to lift her mood, but I have no idea where to start. I can't take cakes, biscuits etc because of her diabetes, she doesn't like flowers, or magazines.
Any suggestions?