Hi,
I'm heartbroken to let you know about my brother, who passed away recently having fought OC. I feel I should make it known how it affected him.
He was still fairly young, in his 50's, and fit and healthy. Not being able to eat and drink (he had a stent fitted) even his limited diet, led him to having an eating disorder. He was scared to try, in case it came back on him. It meant he lost weight that he couldn't afford to lose. It became an argument with him to get him to eat or drink.
We tried to get him help and did the best we could, but there wasn't anywhere we could have him taken to for respite care to help with eating and drinking to gain weight.
He was eventually admitted to hospital who were brilliant with him, but he was too frail to fight back and we lost him.
I did research at the time, but nobody I spoke with had heard of this situation.
I hope that making it known what happened to my brother might help someone else suffering this horrible disease.
