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My Papa found out about a month ago that he has cancer somewhere around his kidney, as well as skin cancer that he has had for years. He is very weak and also has emphyzema, so his cancer is untreatable. The only thing they are giving him is pain meds. The doctor initially told us he had 6 months to a year left. However, yesterday he started hallucinating, speaking in the past tense, and using a different voice. He was also shaking very badly (his whole body.) One nurse told us he has a few days left, and another nurse with hospice told us a couple of weeks to a month. My question is, have any of you dealt with this? And if you have and your loved one experienced this, how long did they have left? It really could be any minute. My father-in-law got leukemia and we were told 3-6 months. He died 3 days later. Say what you need to say, hug like you need to hug, and listen like you need to listen to him. Do it now. Do not wait for tomorrow. May God bless you all as he holds your father in his arms. Report It im sry my mom has nf i deal with it a lot i know she`ll live long i hate to c her cry and shes getting a surgery in a few weeks to take a 300 tumors out (maybe a nose job) i experienced this forever nf causes to cancer everytime i think about it i cry i hope ure pa is ok my mom is fine and everything sumtimes shes in pain my dad and sis treat her HORRIBLE i luv her so much i treat her with respecct she`ll live long i know it pray for ure pa like i pray for my mom shes gonna live a long life so will ure pap just pray My mother was diagnosed with advanced lung cancer a year and a half ago. We were told she would last at the most six months. She is still doing great, and is even still working. However, what you listed here, I'm sorry to say, sounds like a very advanced stage of cancer. I lost my grandmother, great-grandmother and aunt to cancer. Cancer differs for everyone. There is no way of knowing the when and where of it. All I can tell you is that it's best to think of your loved one's life and not the disease. My heart goes out to you and you family. Listen to the hospice nurse. This is their specialty and they know more about this and has more experiance than all of us and the doctors combined. Besides, he or she knows your Papa and his condition. is this cancer by chance called adrenal cortical carcinoma? |
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