My Dad is unfortunately on end of life care with throat cancer. The last week he has clearly deteriorated, agitation and now has sedative pills. He’s asleep most of the day in and out of consciousness. We had a visit from the palliative care team who have decided to reduce his food intake via his PEG to half of what he’s getting and have also withdrawn any medications that aren’t necessary.
Has anyone else had this experience? We feel like we’ve turned off his life support. I know it’s the right decision, he has no quality of life and would hate to be like this for longer than necessary. I feel like we’re in the final days/weeks.
Hi Queens, I can't really help with how you're feeling, save to say at least he is quietly slipping away in his sleep which seems a blessing, but I've popped over from the Head and Neck Cancer group just to give you a hug.xx
Dani
Base of tongue cancer. T2N0M0 6 weeks Radiotherapy finished January 2019
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Hi, I'm Dennis. My brother has stage four Bile Duct Cancer and is also on a feeding tube. He's 50 and about four months ago he was working 50 hours a week and didn't think his life was coming to a halt. He's down to about 140 lbs. and is taking Oxycontin and Morphine constantly. There are times that he isn't really coherent and and also told me that he has hallucinations and see's dead relatives and other creatures. He's my only sibling and is three years older than me. He doesn't sleep but for maybe an hour at a time and is miserable 95% of the time. Queeny123 I'm sorry about your Dad, and I think probably he has passed, being it's been one month since you wrote your post. I feel like my brother Randy has maybe a couple weeks left by the rapid deterioration he's experienced in the last month. I think if I was in his shoes, I'd probably take my remaining medication, crush it all up to a powder, and put it in that feed bag and take a journey into the unknown. He's been too good of a person throughout his life to have to suffer his remaining days.
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