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Hospice for COPD and Alzheimers or take him to treat cancer
Caregivers: Dementia | Last Active: Aug 9 9:12am | Replies (16)Comment receiving replies
@norram, I'm wondering how you are doing?
As you know, the goal of hospice care is to keep a patient comfortable to the end and facilitate the best ending possible given the circumstances.
Small skin cancers limited to the surface of the skin may not require treatment beyond an initial skin biopsy that removes the entire growth. What have the hospice doctors said about the skin lesion? Is it causing pain or uncomfortable itchiness? How is he doing? How are YOU doing?
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Hello Colleen,
Thank you for asking. We are both doing as well as can be expected. Since he is at the stage where he is tired most of the time and does not want to leave the house, we treat it at home. He never complains that the lesion bothers him except when we clean and dress it. It's difficult to know if I'm making choices for him that help him feel good in the reality, he currently lives in.