My father in law who is 86 years old has been diognosed with Pleural Mesothelioma, they have said treatment isnt an option as he is too frail for it, he also has some dementia which doesnt help. He has had his lung drained every few month, so now they are saying it would be better to have a permanent drain in, which we agree with. They have also said he has 6-12 months to live and is now palliative care, but im confused how would they know how long he has if we dont have a "cancer stage".
He has a shadow on his back (in the spine) and has an enlarged prostrate, so has a permanent catherter in, both of which could both possibly be cancer but we all agreed investigating all this would be too much on his body at this stage. They advised us to look into respite and hospice care and have been extremly helpful with this. I'm just confused what they base a time limit of 6-12 months on ! Its all so confusing and scary for all of us involved.. In some respects it lucky my FIL doesnt understand his diagnoses and its frightening enough for us.
