In other news. My dad's cancer is back, worse and more devastating. There is no treatment, so he is on palliative care. Oxycodon and Fentanyl. This can take months, weeks or days. We do not know.
thanks guys. The hard part is..this bladder cancer is slow..very slow, it has reached the point where his bladder is obsolete ( he has a catheter). All this will not kill him, but it causes excruciating pain (hence the opiates). A surgery to remove his bladder is no option, his cardiologist is sure he would die during procedure. So, pain management is all
Even though my Dad gave permission for this surgery, they will not do it - the chance of him not surviving this is 99%. Last weekend he had so much pain he took 2 puff of nasal spray Fentanyl, instead of one!, and overdosed himself, but survived.
he hates taking these opiates, but it's the only way to be painfree. I would not be surprised if he at some points overdoses on purpose. He feels this is going to be a suffering with no end. I can't even blame him. I am however suprised they allow him to have these drugs at home.....oh well.
His birthday is 28 december, he will turn 82. He is by now nothing like the strong, muscular, tough man he used to be. He is so frail, so skinny, so tired. It hurts my heart to see him like this.