My dad was diagnosed in June last year. It was a really hard thing to hear and made no easier as I as the one who had to tell my brother. A coupe of months later he had a big operation on his neck which we were told would take about 3 hours - so I was mentally pacing after 6 hours and he was still in theatre. The operation was complicated but successful and my dad spent a couple of days in intensive care before being moved onto the ward.
Once he had recovered sufficiently from that, he had 6 weeks of radiotherapy which he has now completed. I am now trying to help him recover and this is where the difficulty is. He hasn't been able to eat anthing solid since his operation last year. He has diabetes so his body takes longer to heal anyway but he's not taking in enough nutrients.
I try to get him to have at least 2 Complan shakes, a soup, pudding and some tea everyday but sometimes he can't even manage that. The last time he went to te doctor, they told him that the pain he is in is normal and will go in time. I think that he is healing very slowly because of his ack of food and the diabetes issue but sometimes he just feels very sick and so can't eat anything. I think that maybe the sick feelng comes from the strong pain killers he is on when he hasn't eaten anything to line his stomach.
It seems to be a vicious circle and I can't see what to do about it. I suggested going to see the doctor again but he refused. He has a hospital appointment (a check up) coming up shortly so if he hasn't improved at all by then, I'll have to raise this then.
Any ideas, comments woud be very gratefully received.
