Father Diagnosed with Esophageal Cancer

Hi,

I'm 28 and have just been hit with the devastating news that my dad has esophageal cancer. It's rather advanced, has already spread to his liver and his lungs. I appreciate the outlook is probably worst case scenario by this time, but I was hoping people would help me to know what to expect?

He's still attending appointments by himself and this is despite him not understanding everything the doctors are telling him. He's very stubborn, and hasn't been transparent about what the doctors are informing him about his results and treatments. Treatments and discussions of them haven't yet started, but he has had results back. He delayed telling us for two weeks to start with.

My father had some scans, biopsies and blood works done. He has esophageal cancer, and it has metastasized to his liver and his lungs. He was on codiene, but has been put on morphine. He's also experiencing severe pain in limbs which may point to bone cancer. It's obvious that this is stage 4 and more palliative care options will be discussed with him, but it is difficult to get the full picture of his diagnoses.

I'm struggling to find any information about what forms of treatment, or what amount of time, we are looking at with cancer that has spread to multiple remote organs. I'm wondering if anyone can help me out with their experiences is this?

Of course I'm grateful for any and all responses.