Not sure if I am duplicating this on another part of the site, but my husband (77) was diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer about a year ago. He has multiple bone mets throughout the skeleton and whilst initially on Firmagon (hormone therapy), he has changed to Prostap as he had too much pain from the first.
He has bladder incontinence which is manageable by wearing pads but has been having often uncontrollable diarrhea every day for nearly four months. He has had an endoscopy and a colonoscopy so far and oncology say nothing to do with the cancer. He recently had an MRI to rule out spinal compression and a contrast ct scan. Nothing sinister found that they didn't already know.
However, my biggest worry is that he can no longer can eat. I have tried everything, obviously including his favourite foods. He can manage sweet things like fruit, yoghurt and soft deserts but he just cannot mange more than a couple of mouthfuls of any savoury food and is having Energy drinks supplied by the doctor.
My questions are, do other sufferers have bad diarrhea and is total lack of appetite and inability to eat normal. He is going downhill so fast and also getting dehydrated too. I am at my wits end trying to help him.
Yes, I found them before, but if I put one in, everywhere there was any punctuation, it put them there too. I have to tread carefully otherwise the whole message is covered in irrelevant emojis
Hi Steve,
Love the idea of you swearing and then having to delete, you sound like me!!
Last time R was in bed, I took all the bottles of booze out of his office where it was all kept in a sideboard and put them in the kitchen. I have to mark all the bottles, otherwise he takes swigs from them if not. The problem is that he goes out and buys his own secret gin and puts it in his cupboard. He keeps forgetting that I know all about it and we have had so many rows about his drinking.
Don't get me wrong, I love a drink and have a whisky and then a glass of red with my meal every night, but I don't feel the need to drink during the day and anyway, I am far too busy to stop and drink anyway! He has no hobbies and for the last few years since closing the business, he just sits in his office reading things on the internet and to be honest, I am sure his drinking has stemmed from boredom. However, it is so bad for his health. The doc came out whilst he was in bed the other week and discussed the Respect Form. Not sure if you know about this, but it basically it is a DNR consent should his heart stop.
He hasn't had cancer counselling but does have a Mental Health Lady call frequently, and this amounts to the same thing really.
Well I need to go and water the greenhouse and pots now and you must keep your cows happy!!!
Cheers
Gina
