My husband has terminal bowel cancer and secondary lung cancer and he has a stoma. He was given a prognosis which gave him until December 2024 to live. He is currently in hospital. The local Hospice has asked for an assessment for both of us, I am his wife and primary carer.
The last week he had messed his bed, his stoma bag emptied on the bedroom carpet. He has also interrupted my son while he was at work. Phoned me and forgotten he had done so. He can't comprehend what is being said to him. He is hard of hearing, but this doesn't explain, his lack of comprehending conversation. He is constantly tired.
Has anyone else been in a similar position
Hi RolyAnn26
Sorry to hear about your husband. Perhaps the nearest I could get was with my dad who had a series of seizures that took him away from us bit by bit. It is really hard to know how to deal with things and we ended up with dad in a care home because with mums osteoporosis if he hugged her he would likely break bones.
Hope you manage to get some support from the assessment and that you are coping while he is in hospital.
<<hugs>>
Steve
