Hi, my dad has been told he has cancer in his large bowel, both pockets of the liver and lymth noids, he is on morphin tablets and they told him he has a max since months, he is being sick, always tired, hardly can walk from one room to another, he is also in alot of pain around his stomach. can anybody tell me if they think that he is further on that what we have been told? and also should we be encouraging him to get up and about and try and move more as he dosnt want to leave the house.
Hi, Thanks fir writing in. Your dad seems to be having stage 4 cancer if the disease started in his large intestine and spread to liver and lymph nodes. This is a difficult condition to treat completely, and patient survival is extended with chemotherapy. The average survival of patients with cancer in large bowel with spread to liver and lymph nodes is two years. He surely is having a lot of pain and discomfort due to which he is getting morphine. Please allow him to be comfortable and discuss pain relief with the doctors. Right now he needs to be given enough pain relief medicines that might help control his pain. Please do not worry.