Hi everyone, i've been here for a long while but never posted, but you have helped me nonetheless. My partner has been battling bowel cancer for the last 6 years, many many surgeries which led to double stomas and other health issues. He's had radiotherapy, chemo and most recently immunotherapy. the tumour that is left is too near major vessels to attempt more surgeries so the immunotherapy was to buy time, which worked for the last year, the most recent scan showed it has grown to the point where further treatment is not an option. In a video call from the hospital room he's in (he's been in hospital almost a year now) the oncologist said he has weeks, they will make him comfortable but there is nothing else they can do. I knew it was inevitable but i didn't expect it so soon, we've gone from "you have years left" to "you have weeks left" Sorry, i just needed to unload where I know i'm not alone here. he is so heavily dosed with opioids that he was barely there for the meeting. they say they are going to change his meds so he's not so out of it and to stop the severe twitching he has. I'm hoping we have the time to discuss where he wants to be to end his days. Thanks for making it to the end of this word dump, if you did, I just needed somewhere to lay it all x
Hi dogtired
Thinking of you both, hope they manage to get the drug balance right so you get that time you want to plan.
<<hugs>>
Steve
