Hello community. My Dad has advanced pancreatic cancer (more details in my profile). His condition fluctuates a lot and I’m often not sure what the best thing to do is. The main worry at the moment is his lost appetite. He takes in no more than 300 calories a day for a couple of weeks now. Does anyone have tips for getting nutrition into him and for controlling nausea other than cyclizine and ondansetron? I’m not sure at what point I should take him to hospital if this continues. He doesn’t have a nurse assigned to him yet and this is my first contact with Macmillan. Many thanks.
Hi Scotis, i called the hospice nurses and they came out. We are now getting a hospital bed for downstairs and he has been prescribed injectable analgesia..... such a sad scary time . He mainly sleeps all day now and not eating. Last night he was talking in his sleep and this morning he was saying things that i didnt really get....he is wearing compressionsocks for the swollen ankles....my heart is breaking ...such a sad time and i really feel for you having to go through this too x
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