Hello,
I have just joined the Macmillan Online Community as my Dad has been diagnosed with colorectal cancer with liver mets. He went into A&E 2 weekends ago with dizziness, and thought he had some kind of stomach bug. He turned out to be severely anaemic leading to blood transfusions and CT scans. The scans showed tumours in his bowel that has caused a blockage and that cells had spread to his liver. We have been told by a consultant that his liver is very badly affected on both sides, the treatment would be chemo but he is too unwell to be a candidate for it currently. The hospital want to discharge him so he can try to get well enough for chemo at home, but he does not have a partner at home and his house is private rented and not a suitable living environment for him whilst he is so unwell - it is damp with mould and insufficient heating (we are awaiting the landlord to replace radiators this week). My sisters are doing what we can but all have very young children, jobs and one of my sisters is in the late stage of pregnancy, so we are very concerned about how much we will be able to support him once he is home. The hospital have mentioned a care package but from what I understand this only lasts 6 weeks. We are still waiting for biopsy results on the type of cancer cells and are unaware of what timeframe we are looking at currently.
My Dad also seems very unaware of what is going on even though he has heard all of the conversations with consultants and doctors, and is possibly in denial, is this a normal thing?
