marcy2
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Thanks again to everyone. I felt a little uncomfortable when after a period of reading and soaking up information I decided to post a few times. The friend category is different than family and patients themselves, but he was very dear to us and we wanted to be able to respond to him in any way appropriate. We could not of course have any input on his treatment. You helped give us words to converse with him and his family-a light down an unfamiliar road.
Marcy
Thank you PCL for that advice. Both parents died of other cancers in their early 60’s. Their are a goodly number of much younger people in the family that also have had malignancies. Two brothers have similar dietary patterns and live nearby.
Yes it was an extremely late diagnosis. He had been under doc orders to lose 100 lbs to help control his diabetes and had lost 85 lbs in one year with no monitoring or nutritional counseling. I was concerned about his intake. He also complained of tiredness a lot to us for several years but not to his doc. Thankfully few others posting here have this kind of scenario.
We are so grateful for our visit and it happened just a week before visits were stopped and on a day when he was feeling much better after a transfusion.
I want to thank all of you for responding. He has been in our lives for a long time and is family to us.
Marcy
Thank you for your suggestions. I have passed them on and my husband was relieved about the ‘be yourself’ suggestion. I also passed on the website which was very helpful also. As it turns out our friend had a very bad night last and his brother called to postpone our Monday visit. They may be suspending chemo for right now. We will watch and wait. In the meantime I think I will begin sending cards that let him know that he is always in our thoughts. Thank you for taking the time to help us out. Marcy
