My father has stage 4 rectal cancer - all treatment was stopped in October 23.
He is now extremely weak and does little day-to-day - he is still able to get from his bed to his arm chair and to the bathroom but that is all.
He eats a little, is very pale and sometimes confused - he sleeps frequently throughout the day.
I am looking for advice in how to help him manage double incontinence - we have all the pads, underwear etc but wondering if something can be prescribed to help minimise accidents and also the symptoms of lazy bowel caused by an ileostomy and reversal.
I would also appreciate any experiences anyone has had supporting someone through the end of life with rectal cancer - most especially key signs to be aware of and rough time lines/frames.
Thank you in advance
Hi
I don't have the experience you're looking for but noticed that your post hadn't had any replies yet. Responding to you will 'bump' it back to the top of the discussion list again.
I noticed that you'd also posted this in Ask a Nurse where you've had a great reply from one of the nurses. If you haven't seen it yet pop over there to see their suggestions.
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