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I have a friend since 7 years whose close to me and i don't know the best way or choose the best words to help him in his hard situation, his mother is about to die anytime due to late stage of cancer.
I know no words can help, but i cant just watch without do anything, i keep calling and asking but still feel its not enough.
Just be with your friend. If he's at the hospital, go there. If he's home, go there. Don't talk just be there.
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I have recently found out that someonw has colon cancer. They have said they are dying and have almost died recently from it, is this possible? If so how long before it happens? What can be doen?
yes, colon cancer is a very common cause of death.
Last October my friend Richard was told that he had 9 months left to live due to having Colon Cancer and Lymphoma. He didn't tell me until 27th March this year. It is likely that he will die in July/August. He had a terrible childhood with abuse and last Christmas which he spent with me was, according to him, his best ever yet. I had given him his happiness back. He is due to go to Tunisia on 6th May ( I will be there too) the country he wants to die in :o(
I want to know if I should celebrate Christmas early just for him so that he can have a happy time before leaving for Tunisia.
What a great friend he has in you. Go for it, i bet he will love the idea.
Best wishes.
A few years ago my Grandma was diagnosed with colon cancer and recently she was giving 2-3 months left to live. I would really like to know what is going to happen so I can be a prepaired as possible. I know that every person is different but even a general idea would help. Thankyou!
PLEASE no stupid, hurtful, making fun of the situation comments
Sorry, I wasn't very clear. I meant to ask what is going to happen with Grandma. For instance will she lose her appetite or will her skin start to yellow-ish like it did during chemo?
In my case (my Mom died of colon cancer) my Mom's cancer spread from the colon to the liver. Once the cancer is in the system and invading other organs the patient starts to decline, lose their appetite, lose interest in daily events and they start to be within themselves. They may not want to talk much, but they can hear everything. The hospice told me that this was their way to prepare for the next journey.
If your Grandma is in pain they will give her Morphine (usually) and that will make her very sleepy and "out of it".
It's a hard thing to watch and I am sorry that you will have to go through this. Usually after they have been given a time frame, they go sooner than later.
Say everything you need to say to her now, don't let her leave without saying that you loved her.
Wish you well.
Colon cancer is the third most common type of cancer in the US, and the second leading cause of cancer death. Colon cancer claims the lives of 50,000 men and women a year.
There is a graph showing survival rates for the different stages of colon cancer (for example, cancer has not penetrated the bowel-cancer found early to cancer has spread to other organs-advanced colon cancer) here: http://www.mc.uky.edu/RuralHealth/LayHea lth/colocancer.pdf#search='colon%20cance r%20rates'
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