My dad has secondary bowel cancer, 3 tumours, it's spread to his stomach lining, he's had 2 lots of chemo which hasn't touched it, he had a scan and it shows its now spread to his lung, I've noticed he's getting a lot more pain in his stomach area.
He's going to try another lot of different chemo, but there saying to him they will sort out a sr1 form, so does that mean he hasn't gone long left as that's for someone with short life expectation
Hi Charm and a very warm welcome to the online community which I hope you'll find is both an informative and supportive place to be.
I’m Anne, one of the Community Champions here on the Online Community and I'm sorry to read that you've recently found out that your dad's bowel cancer has spread to his stomach and lungs.
I can see that you've already found and joined the bowel cancer group which is a great place to ask questions, share experiences and get support.
When you feel ready you can start a new post there in the same way as you did here and join in with existing conversations by clicking on 'reply'.
It would be great if you could put something about your dad's diagnosis and treatment to date into your profile as it really helps others when replying to you and also when looking for someone on 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.
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