Pallative care advice

Hi Cazza2190,

I have secondary bone cancer in my upper spine and earlier in the year was in so much pain I wanted to self amputate my left arm, which was virtually useless. My oncologist arranged for five courses of RT to alleviate the pain. It worked but you do experience a pain flare before things start to get better. Also because my RT was targeted on the neck area of my spine I subsequently developed a really bad sore throat which made swallowing difficult but I was fully recovered within about 3 weeks of finishing treatment.

Managing pain is important to quality of life. My oncologist has never told me how long I have left, although my own research suggests it is probably around a year max, but being in bearable pain for as much of that as possible, so I can carry on making memories, is an on-going goal.

Whatever the decision you make together you have my kindest wishes.

Maninbath