How can I possibly cope with my dad dying....

  • fast deterioration.....

    FormerMember
    FormerMember

    Hello everyone it's been a while since I wrote a blog here as we've been super busy taking dad on trips and making lots of memories.

    so to update Dad in the last month has really deteriorated especially with fatigue. He tried to stain there out door seating set the other day and only got quarter of a chair done and had to stop. He's sleeping alot now and getting shaking in his arms and legs alot. I am coping…

  • gbm4 dad had a fall

    FormerMember
    FormerMember

    Hi everyone so I haven't been here for a wee while. Dad had his mri and it came back that the tumor has grown only 5 mm though so not super fast. However we are noticing a lot of confusion and he had a fall the other day trying to get into his chair he said he didn't think it was a seizure he just felt faint. He is also on morphine now as paracetamol no longer works to rid the headaches. They are putting his steroids…

  • Daddy and Daughter day 💕

    FormerMember
    FormerMember

    So today I went and picked up my dad as he was having a good day, he was a little nauseous in the morning but he took his tablets and he was fine.I took him fishing with me today, it was a bright crisp winter day a soft breeze and still water. We had some very special chats and lots of laughs.it was so nice to sit on the beach having soup and our rods in the water, honestly not catching a fish didn't bother me, spending…

  • has any one else experienced this with Gbm4?

    FormerMember
    FormerMember
    So tonight was the first time I "baby sat" dad as we affectinnately call it 😊 he has had a bad day today his headaches on both temples are increasing and he's also getting visionary disturbances he describes it as blue and white. He didn't have nausea today so that was positive. I suggested to mum if it gets worse maybe look at upping his steroids. The hardest thing I'm finding is how do you cop with the person you love…
  • things are changing

    FormerMember
    FormerMember

    So went to spend the morning with mum and dad today it was so nice. Starting to see small changes now like dad gets major anxiety if he is going somewhere without mum which is so not like him he is usually a independent strong person, also confusion and forgetfulness if mum isn't with him my brother has to remember the pin number on dad's card and what account ect as dad forgets. We had to have a major chat today about…