Good afternoon,
My Father was diagnosed with liver cancer on Monday. We had been expecting a diagnosis of some sort - the GP had indicated that it might be stomach or pancreas. He has felt very unwell suddenly in the last month and has lost 4 stone and has gone extremely weak. Too weak to walk and cannot get out of the house for appointments as now far too unwell. He has been called for an Endoscopy but I explained to the doctor that he gets tired out in his wheelchair and cannot walk more than a few yards without being completely exhausted. Doctor said that we will leave that test for now because the diagnosis was for his liver.
The GP said that he has a lesion of 3.5cm but the symptoms that he's got seem to suggest that he's much further on down the line. Other people seem to say that they were still fit and well with a small lesion.
He has hardly eaten anything in the last 2 weeks because the pain is too bad. His GP told him yesterday that he MUST eat. He had a very small half a potato mashed up with milk and bit of butter last night, one fish finger and a small spoon of vegetables. He was crying out in pain until 3am saying that the pain was so bad that he just wanted it all to be over.
My Mother and I didn't know whether to ring for the paramedics or not because when we rang last week (in similar circumstances) they just sent him home two hours later.
He is really not well enough to be at home and the people we have spoken to on the phone don't seem to realise how bad he is.
Locum doctor prescribed liquid morphine but it is not taking away the pain.
Any help on liquid food (sugar and nut free - his sugar level was 25 yesterday before he ate anything) or general tips would be a real help.
Hi and welcome to the online community
I'm very sorry to read that your dad has recently been diagnosed with liver cancer and I know what a worrying time this will be for the whole family.
The online community is divided up into different support groups so I'm going to recommend that you join the liver cancer group, which is a great place to ask questions and share experiences, and also the family and friends group which is a safe and supportive place to discuss your worries and emotions with others who have a loved one living with cancer.
To join these groups just click on the links I've created and then choose 'click to join' or 'join' (depending on the device you're using) on the page that opens. You can then introduce yourself and post in the same way as you did here and join in with existing conversations by clicking on 'reply'. To save you typing this all out again just copy and paste it into a new post.
It would be great if you could pop something about your dad's diagnosis and treatment into your profile as it really helps others when answering or looking for someone with a similar pathway. It also means that you don't have to keep repeating yourself. To do this click on your username and then select 'Profile'. You can amend it at any time and if you're not sure what to write you can take a look at mine by clicking on my username.
If you have any difficulty navigating the community just drop me a reply and I'll be pleased to help.
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