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Wife Just Diagnosed w/ ES SCLC - What Can We Expect?

Lung Cancer | Last Active: Aug 20, 2022 | Replies (222)
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Merry, yes today was Liz's first chemo and auto-immune therapy and everything went pretty well. She is still not eating and the Oncologist is prescribing her an "appetite enhancer" to see if this will help. She has not eaten anything solid in 4 days now and has only consumed a single protein shake each day. She has no sense of taste and will not eat for the sake of eating. I am very frustrated but I cannot force her to eat.....

Things are starting to build up on me and I am trying to keep a level mind, but have been waking up around 1-2 am each morning and unable to go back to sleep. Our youngest daughter will be coming down tomorrow and staying for the weekend so hopefully this will help.

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Merry, Alumni Mentor | @merpreb | Apr 27, 2022

Bob- Have you talked frankly with Liz about what will happen if she doesn't help herself? And if she wants to die? I know that this is a hard question to face for both of you. If she does want to die, at this point, then her hospice care will change to keeping her as pain-free as can be and as peaceful as possible. Her treatments will stop unless they will keep her comfortable. This is what she might want because she has cancer throughout her body but might be afraid to talk about it?

I can imagine that you aren't sleeping. This has happened like an unexpected avalanche and must be very hard to understand and frustrating.

Are there any questions that you are asking yourself that I might help you with?

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Merry, Alumni Mentor | @merpreb | Apr 30, 2022

Bob- Another week has gone by. Has Liz begun to eat a bit more? How is she doing with chemo? Can she tolerate the side effects?

If I remember correctly I think that your youngest daughter is visiting this weekend. Perhaps you can get some much-needed rest and time alone, outside if it's nice outside.

Best to you,
Merry

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