Afternoon All,
After about a month of Dad who has Vascular Dementia being more sub par than usual. I noticed at a check up that his weight had suddenly dropped 18lbs despite having a calorie rich diet, worrying as he's also been much easier to fatigue and is sleeping a lot. So booked in with Dr who performed exam and prostate is "enlarged and hard". So he has been referred for scans, bloods etc.
Of course at this stage, we dont now 100% that it is cancer but the Dr didnt offer any reassurance that it may be anything less worrisome. So, I am left with my thoughts - namely that Dad is 75, 5+ years into a Vascular Dementia diagnosis with a heart problem, diabetes, poor kidney function and is pretty frail. I really doubt whether they would be inclined to offer any treatment and I am pretty sure Dad would not be able to tolerate it at this stage. Perhaps it would cause more suffering than it would be of benefit to him.
Anyone have experience of your person being diagnosed with cancer and treatment being declined, either by Drs or family and how that went please? Did they decline rapidly? Was there support and were you able to keep them comfortable enough?
Any feedback much appreciated
Many thanks
After about a month of Dad who has Vascular Dementia being more sub par than usual. I noticed at a check up that his weight had suddenly dropped 18lbs despite having a calorie rich diet, worrying as he's also been much easier to fatigue and is sleeping a lot. So booked in with Dr who performed exam and prostate is "enlarged and hard". So he has been referred for scans, bloods etc.
Of course at this stage, we dont now 100% that it is cancer but the Dr didnt offer any reassurance that it may be anything less worrisome. So, I am left with my thoughts - namely that Dad is 75, 5+ years into a Vascular Dementia diagnosis with a heart problem, diabetes, poor kidney function and is pretty frail. I really doubt whether they would be inclined to offer any treatment and I am pretty sure Dad would not be able to tolerate it at this stage. Perhaps it would cause more suffering than it would be of benefit to him.
Anyone have experience of your person being diagnosed with cancer and treatment being declined, either by Drs or family and how that went please? Did they decline rapidly? Was there support and were you able to keep them comfortable enough?
Any feedback much appreciated
Many thanks