My husband has had his internal pain pump for 21 days now and we still can't get him comfortable all of the time. I don't know if this is the way it is going to be through the end or if at some point he will be truly comfortable. He had a bone scan on the 18th and he has mets to his femur and tibia, both hips a rib and another vertebra. We went to see the radiation oncologist yesterday and they will do 5 radiation treatments and 1 to the knee for pain control. I am hopeful this will bring the relief he needs.
His back is starting to hurt again too and this area has already been radiated. He received a cyber-knife treatment in August and the pain relief from that only lasted about 6 weeks.
He is at least getting some comfort from the feeding tube and he nibbles on candy or whatever he thinks might go down at that moment. Sunday he asked for a hot fudge sundae and ate about half of it. That was a happy moment for both of us.
I just don't know how long he can keep going like this. He isn't himself at all due to the pain meds, the steroids and everything his body is going through. I really miss my husband, his laugh, and his smile which I haven't seen for about two months. I am sorry for anyone going through this, patients and caregivers alike.