Hi, my husband has just found out that he has advanced duodenal cancer that his spread over his peritoneum despite 2 major surgeries and chemotherapy.
He is now being offered a further round of chemotherapy to try and give him more time. My concern is that my husband is currently experiencing sudden and debilitating fatigue and can sleep for many hours a day . He becomes exhausted looking after his own personal cares and his mobility is now severely affected. Also, he has started to experience a reoccurrence of his Crohn’s disease symptoms which were the precursor to his small bowel cancer diagnosis.
My concern now is how the chemo will further affect his general health further. Ultimately I know it is his decision whether to take more treatment but I would just like some thoughts or advice please?
Also, does this type of treatment fall under the term Palliative care?
with thanks for taking time to read this and best wishes to everyone.
