Hi All,
I’m sorry to come on here again but I just need to vent, very tearful today.
As from my many posts, my Dad was diagnosed with Stage 4 SCLC in June 2021. He’s since had 4 cycles of chemo with immunotherapy, then stayed on immunotherapy until December. He was admitted to hospital in December with low sodium levels, which he had last summer and they did a brain scan, which showed some slight changes to a previous scan so they decided on 5 sessions of radiotherapy, he is now on 4 cycles of CAV chemotherapy. His Oncologist was happy with the progress of his Lungs and Liver and the set back was the spread to the brain.
He is having a head and chest CT tomorrow and then he will see the Oncologist again to see what the plan will be. He is due his next chemo of CAV (cycle 3) on Thursday.
We also found out over the weekend via blood sugars were sky high from the steroids, we now have St Francis involved for support etc and to help with anything we need.
The Radiotherapy and Chemo has wiped him out but he is starting to eat a bit more. He mental positivity is zero, he’s very angry, he snaps at my Mum all the time, he’s become a shadow of the man he was, he doesn’t make himself do any exercise, even though he was told Friday by his Oncologist to exercise his legs. He has written himself off completely and as a family, it’s so sad to see but also very frustrating. I have 3 children, 11, 12 and 3 months. They idolise him but are struggling to see him how he is, mentally he just isn’t there. I haven’t told my children about my Dad’s diagnosis, they know he has medicine but I cannot bring myself to tell them what his medicine is for. It’s very hard. I don’t want to upset him but on the other hand I want to tell him he has to be positive.
I’m sick with worry about him, he can do this! I just pray his head CT shows improvement otherwise I think they will stop his chemo.
Sorry to rant to you all x
