My mom is dying from a malignant mass under rib cage likely pancreatic cancer that caused bowel obstruction and emergency surgery. How common is it to have both illness and how do you interpret their pain to have the most comfort during this difficult time?
We are facing this right now, my step dad has mild dementia and metastasized cancer. He has a mass in his liver, and severe pain in his back. He started falling this week and vomits almost daily. He is on pain medication for the back pain, but he is not doped up t the eyeballs. Mum describes him as quiet, he sleeps most the time.
He has been in hospital for over a month now, tomorrow they have the Palliative Care meeting. He will not be coming home.