Hello . We had our second appointment yesterday at the Macmillian centre at our local hospital following the advice I received on this site. I asked if my husbands stage one bowel cancer was classed as terminal. She confirmed although it was untreated it would keep growing . With that plus suffering from mid term dementia and aged 81 he sould over time die from either . I did want a straight answer but this shook me I then asked how would we know if the cancer had spread . She told me clearly the sy to expect . Finally I ask if they would be checking on the cancers progress . Apperantly no further scans or examination will be done because he is now under palatiive care . I am happy he has a range of medication to control pain etc . If nothing is to be done for him why does he need to have these 8 week follow ups
