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Snowman cancer story (2)

The snowman cancer story continues…

Yet "the snowman melted a lot" today (see previous post : snowman cancer story)
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Palliative care: Sleep is good for you

Mom was better after a long good rest of sleep. Father was the same: no big change in his secondary liver cancer, yet more active than yesterday.
Fathers belly is getting as big as well: you know those pictures of kids in Africa that are skinny with a big belly… That’s what fathers’ cancer looks [...]

1 – 2 – 3 SLEEP!

Sleep deprivation
Finally we convinced mom to take a sleeping pill. For those who raised kids: sleep deprivation when baby cries is manageable when:

you are 20something or 30something
sooner or later the baby will be a silent toddler

Yet moms sleep deprivation could only become worse as:

she is 70 something
the metastatic liver cancer will only get worse

So [...]

Palliative care: keeping sane

Try to smell the flowers, like going in your garden and discover the first spring flowers…
That’s what I do to set my mind away from the daily care of fathers’ secondary liver cancer. Each time I watch the flowers, I cry, yet it keeps me sane. If I pretend nothing is wrong, I can imagine [...]

Durogesic

And not duragesic.
We gave father a stronger dose as we all interpret fathers’ face as being in pain. Father asked for drops, and the only drops he ever took are the Contramal drops.
Fathers’ pain medication went from Durogesic patch 25microgram/h to 50. No patch from 37.5: kind of all or nothing this pain medication…
Let’s [...]

What goes up must go down

A follow up on yesterdays’ Lord of Pain
That fathers’ secondary liver cancer is taking him down is a fact. Yet the way down is not a straight line. His cancer moves more like waves:

yesterday father was visiting people
today father was in bed and seemed to be in pain

Seemed to be in pain
Maybe the pain and [...]

Lord of Pain

Lord of pain…, Lord of cancer… My believe in the Lord has been scattered a lot since father is suffering from secondary liver cancer.
Personally I find the Lord a big coward for not wanting to show us where the primary cancer is. Why are we not at least given a fair chance to beat [...]

Unwanted cancer visitors

A day at the zoo
When you go to a Zoo, you pay entrance and you are so kind to pay for food to feed the animals.
Opposite today: Our at lunch visitors: free entry, no food…
Today’s cancer story…
We had some brothers and sisters from father on a visit. Saying: oh nice, you are all eating together… [...]

Palliative care and elderly care

One of moms’ sisters (a retired nurse and care giver in an elderly care home) dropped by today to have a look how we were coping in giving care to father’s metastatic liver cancer. She already stayed with mom a week, so she is a real help. The great thing is that :
She doesn’t [...]

Metastatic liver cancer quote of the day

Although father is no more actively updating his cancer story site, he still keeps on talking. So let me write down some sentences he says: these sentences are snapshots but are very useful when summarizing what actually happens during palliative care.
Tired and sleepy
I am so tired,I could sleep for 2 days.
There are days that father [...]

Cancer care: Duragesic against chronic pain

Duragesic patch
Father is taking Duragesic patches: Duragesic provides continuous pain relief for 72 hours… we are talking morphine here.
Duragesic side effects
Is this a typical duragesic patch problem, or is it the metastatic liver cancer taking all energy out of father?
We notice a Duragesic patch side effects pattern:

the day after father’s pain killer patch is [...]

Snowman Cancer Story

Metastatic liver cancer takes a patient… like the sun takes a snowman…:

if it freezes, the snowman does not melt, stays the same, yet will never get bigger.
if it gets warmer a bit, the snowman melts a bit
on a hot sunny day: the snowman melts a lot…

Last few days, it seems like fathers cancer [...]

Palliative care is no room service

I keep on getting asked: don’t you have palliative care to help you out? As when you have palliative care, all should be smooth and easy…
Oh yes we do have palliative care and oh yes we really need all the help we can get as this metastatic liver cancer is really sucking the energy out [...]

Palliative Care

Mom is caregiver to help father with his metastatic liver cancer.
Sounds great, yet mom is 75 years old yet 20 years in spirits. But her body is feeling the fatigue so hard, that now her back is in tremendous pain.
Tramadol
Mom takes a painkiller listed in my Top 10 pain killers. For those who remember [...]

Spreading metastatic liver cancer

Or like father says: “if politicians would allocate as much money as fast as my cancer is spreading in my liver, this world would be a better place for all of us!”
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Metastatic Liver Cancer is proudly accepted to spread our cancer message through 2000 Bloggers, thanks to Tino who deserves a [...]

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