Hello,
my uncle is at stage4 of colon cancer. For the last past 3 months he is having severe abdominal pain. He was on tramal, then on morphine (30 mg) and later morphin einjection. The pain used to decreased, but for the last past one month, the pain is increasing. He was using duragesic patch, 50 microgram and now that too no more works.
For last past one week, his pain was being taken car by an anesthesist, he even has peridural doses, but now they say they can`t do anything more to handle the pain. That`s a real pity, the medical world gives up once they hear cancer stage 4, now they even give up in managing pain!!!
One has the right to die in dignity or not?? Anyway, can someone help me, he had one chemo session 2 weeks back and no radio therapy. His oncologist saying that he might help using the radio therapy. can anyone help me, should we go further with radio therapy and how can we handle his pain. We can no more see him in so much pain.