Hi all,
Firstly thank you for taking time to read my post. My father, 78, was diagnosed 6 weeks ago with colo-rectal cancer and since then it has been a bit of a rollercoaster journey as everything moved very quickly with, test, scans, appointments with consultants etc. He has been told he has an aggressive cancer and as such they want to operate. Within the month as they believe, I think, that if they move fast enough it will prevent more intrusive treatment down the line.
With this in mind he has began following the low fibre diet, given to him by the nurses, and taking lactulose everyday. He was still in lots of pain and unable to pass stools so the nurses told him to cut out all fibre. He is now wearing incontenance pants because his stools are so runny and due to the position of his tumour he has no control over them coming.
Yesterday was a particularly bad day for him as he spent most of the day and night either sat on the toilet or in the shower. As I’m sure you all know this is putting a huge strain on my mum, also 78, as well as upsetting for my poor dad.
Overnight he found after not eating at all yesterday that he is now passing mucus from his bottom with blood in. I have suggested he eat some low fibre such as potato and perhaps stop having lactulose every day however he is reluctant to go “against the rules” of what the hospital nurses have suggested. I would call the nurses but they only work Monday to Friday!
therefore my questions to anyone on here, please, are,
1. has anyone experienced the same and what if anything did you do that may have helped
2. should he be taking lactulose everyday?
I feel so very helpless and despite the nurses at the hospital saying they are there to help we all feel very alone.
any advice would be greatly received. Many thanks x
Thank you 
