I'm really struggling with my dad being moved into palliative end of life care. I can see how petrified and in pain he is in! He's only 51 with stage 4 bowel cancer, which has spread to his liver and lungs. My dad has been so strong and courageous throughout the whole 2 years he's been battling cancer, and since being moved onto end of life care last week, everything changed. He's in so much pain, can't leave his bed, doesn't want to eat or drink and i just wish there was something I could do. It's utterly heartbreaking seeing him like this. I'm struggling. I'm not sure why or what I'm expecting writing on this group, I'm just really not in a good place and looking for answer or advice
Hi End of life and a very warm welcome to the online community which I hope you'll find is both an informative and supportive place to be.
Like Bungle1, I'm so sorry to read that your dad is now having palliative end of life care and it's natural to have the feelings that you do.
The online community is divided into different support groups so I'm going to recommend that you join the supporting someone with incurable cancer group where you'll connect directly with other carers, friends and families of people with a terminal diagnosis. There you can discuss your emotions as well as practical issues about palliative care and end of life.
To join, just click on the link I've created and, once you've joined, you can start a new post in the same way as you did here and join in with existing conversations by clicking on 'reply'.
If you need any further help navigating the community just reply to me and I'll be pleased to help.
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