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Please keep in touch. One of my friends had this issue with her Dad, and the eventual result was respiratory failure. He needed such close monitoring that he had to stay in the hospital on full-time bi-pap with oxygen with meds only as prescribed by the doctors (and where he was not allowed to smoke.) You might point out that this is the near future he is facing if he continues his current path.
But truly, the oncologists's nurse can also hook you up with social services.
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That is why I called the oncology nurse yesterday. To see about getting a visiting nurse. When the receptionist called me back with the report from the oncology nurse, I was told to bring him to the ER. He told me I am not going. Again, if I call an ambulance and he refuses to go, I don't think they can force him to go. Then I would get a bill that I can't afford at this time. So, I guess I will just have to wait until he becomes unresponsive again and then call the ambulance. He shuffles when he walks and is stumbling. He has a walker but he won't use that either. My hands are tied at the moment. I am having a small Christmas meal tomorrow because I don't know if he will be around next year for Christmas. Heck, I am not even sure he will be here for dinner tomorrow. He does have a video phone call with his palliative doctor at 11:45 today. That should be an interesting conversation if he isn't sleeping. Thanks for your caring.