heybert&#39;s blog https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/heybert/atomTelligent Community (Build: 12.1.2.21912)2008-09-10T11:03:08Zhttps://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/heybert/posts/new-to-this-amp-need-someone-to-talk-to-help-please2008-09-10T10:03:08Z2008-09-10T10:03:08Zhi there my dad retired last year &amp; being not one to stop started a part time job well it wasn&#39;t to long before he got restless moved through 3 other part time jobs finally accepted retirement when he was in a lot of pain &amp; physically unable to work. went to the docs sent for chest scan &amp; diagnossed as having oesphegal cancer that is also in his stomach ,lymph glands etc he has just had his 3 chemo session &amp; is having another scan to check on progress this thursday. he was initally given 6 months is this normal to put a time limit on this sort of thing do they work this out on how much treatment that they think he can take. he is diseapering before our eyes not a quiter by any means but i can see he is in a lot of pain &amp; when does someone call a halt to the treatment then how much longer will he last ? so many questions that i want to ask but never one to sit &amp; ask someone face to face. CAN ANYONE HELP PLEASE ????<div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/aggbug?PostID=218774&AppID=15547&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">Former Memberhttps://community.macmillan.org.uk/members/formermember