Sorry I havent been online for anyone who is a friend or been reading my blog. My laptop has been playing up at home so I think I finally got it resolved last night, at work at the moment and thought I would do a quick blog entry.
Dad was at the physio last Thursday and she confirmed that it is the tumour blocking the lymph node in his groin which is causing the fluid and swelling in his leg. His leg is massive, they…
Dads leg is sore all the time and swollen, he has a physio appointment at the hospice tomorrow, from what I have heard from some of my nurses they say they will strap his leg for the swelling build up which is caused by the blocked lymph node.
His district nurse got in contact yesterday, she has just taken over his case. It still gets me when someone says how frail my dad is as its a word I never thought I would use…
We went to the pain management clinic yesterday, it seems that the tumour is blocking the lymph nodes in dads groin so his leg is swollen to double the size of his other leg. They are changing his medication he is being taken off the slow release and breakthrough morphine tablets and put on other kinds, I am not so convinced about this. His appetite has gone he is starting to show signs that me and mum knew would be a…
Well Dads Macmillan nurse called me this morning (I had met with her the 1st time she seen dad and asked her to keep me informed as I wasnt able to be there every time she came, which she very kindly did) I told her my fears about how dad looked awful when I seen him the other day, she said that he looked fine but could be making himself appear to be ok for her benefit which makes sense because after she left he fell…
I am very agitated today I found out a family friends mum died last night she was terminally ill with cancer, then just minutes ago I found out a friends mum died last night. I know it sounds stupid but I believe in the fact that every comes in 3s its how I figured out my friend was pregnant last year as my 2 other close friends were expecting babies and I knew there would be a third and I asked and I was right she hadnt…
