sarah61's blog

Thanks for all the comforting words from my previous post. Its good to know i'm not alone, although it feels like I am. I keep thinking about my Dad and thinking that they could have done more for him. I have read about pneumonia and treatments and there seems to be so much more they could have done. Im finding it hard to get my head round the fact that they stopped treatment for Dads pneumonia in such a short time. They…

My darling Dad died late on Thursday night. He got admitted to hospital whilst we were on holiday but fotunatly I got home in time.Apparently he had pneumonia.I was talking to Dad up untill Tuesday on the phone but he was so breathless I then only Spoke to the hospital.Im finding it hard to see how he could have deteriorated so quickly. When I got to the hospital on Thursday evening I asked if he was still on the antibiotics…

My Dad has has 2 lots of x 5 radiotherapy for head and neck cancer. he has secondarys in his lungs. He was admitted to hospital last Friday with severe pain in the soft tissue at the back of his arm. This had been going on for a while but he had'nt told me. Mum had been rubbing in Ibulieve which Dad said had helped a bit. On Friday the Doctors examined him and he was quite tender under his arm. Alarm bells began ringing…

We were told on Thursday evening that my Dads cancer had spread. He had a large tumor removed a couple of months ago and it has returned with a vengence. He has adenocarcinoma of the salivary gland. Its quite rare so im told so would be good to hear of anyone with experience of it. I feel so ANGRY, (as im sure everyone does) because i feel that the doctors really dragged their feet with diagnosing and his operation to…