Hello,
I am very sorry that your father has cancer.
However, I want to encourage you not to give up hope. Modern methods of treatment are very taxing and hard for people to handle, especially when they are elderly. Something he might consider as an alternative is Macrobiotics. I don't know if you've heard of macrobiotics, but if you haven't, it is a diet/lifestyle that is based on eating vegetables and whole grains and eliminating meat, dairy, eggs, sugars, and processed foods from the diet. These foods have been proven to be the causes and contributors to a variety of diseases including cancer. Many people have cured themselves of cancer by adopting a macrobiotic lifestyle. A book that I highly recommend is The Cancer Prevention Diet by Michio Kushi. Not only does Mr. Kushi write about the specific dietary causes of roughly 25 cancers, he also writes about the specific macrobiotic cures and has scientific proof and many testimonies to back up his claims. Macrobiotics is not looked upon kindly by doctors for a variety of reasons, but they are slowly being forced to admit the many benefits of a macrobiotic lifestyle. Many will claim that is causes malnutrition and that there is little scientific proof to back it up. Macrobiotics cannot cause malnutrition unless it is not being followed correctly, and there is definitely a large amount of scientific evidence to back it up. I obviously cannot ask or expect you to have blind faith in my claims. If you are interested in this, I would be more than happy to give you a list of books on macrobiotics, both personal stories of recovery as well as books that contain scientific evidence to support all of their stories. If you would like to see the short versions of several recovery stories, I recommend going to youtube and entering "diet saves their lives vol. 1" in the search bar. Other recovery stories are listed on the side of the screen. I personally have not heard of anyone you has strictly followed a macrobiotic diet who has not been helped/ cured by it. If your father is willing to consider this, it is definitely something worth looking into. I would be happy to try and answer any questions you might have if you are interested, although a macrobiotic counselor would be better equipped to answer your questions than I am. I pray that this gives you some hope. After I lost my father to leukemia, I was completely hopeless and devastated. When I discovered Macrobiotics, it changed my life and it has given me a temendous amount of hope. I pray that it can do the same for you, your father, and your family.
Good luck,
Grace