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No treatment- alternatives?

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Littlebendytoe · 21/05/2021 11:22

My dad has been diagnosed with bowel and kidney cancer, with mets in his liver already. He has been quite weak, losing weight and has abdominal pain from the liver. We were told yesterday that chemo isn't an option as he is too poorly to be able to cope with it. He has been prescribed some steroids for now to try and make him more comfortable, but basically we are looking at palliative care only. He's 72.

Clutching at straws, I'm wondering if anyone has used anything else that would be considered as alternative I guess. I'm a vet nurse and so have a very science and evidence based outlook, but of course in desperation am willing to throw anything at him to try and keep him even a little bit longer. Has anyone any suggestions that might be worth a shot?

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Englishrosegarden · 29/05/2021 04:46

Have you looked at CBD oil?

Wombatstew · 30/05/2021 09:23

When my DM had brain cancer we looked into CBD oil and Keto diet.

Millshake01 · 20/09/2021 22:06

We have got my mum some cbd oil. She had a few drops last night in her cup of tea and she said that she slept quite well. We finally have got her morphine now so I'm not sure if she will take cbd now.

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