posted by Ninfea
09 March 2021
acute leukemia
Last reply:
16 March 2021 15:21
My father is sick of acute myeloid leukemia.
Since December he's very weak and thin, sometimes doesn't eat enough and sleeps more. Sometimes he had fever.
He can't even receive treatments as he also does dialysis. He's just receiving transfusions.
Can you inform me how many months maximum he can live with this general picture?
Please let me know so I can have a better idea.
Thanks in advance.
Hi
I am very sorry to hear how sick your Dad is. Are there any nurses calling to see your Dad at home or have you or any of your family had a chance to talk to your Dad’s haematology team. It can be so hard not knowing and the restrictions with COVID have made communication even harder. Often the patients GP will have had correspondence from the haematology team and may be you can talk to him about your Dad not eating, very weak and sleeping more and talk to you about prognosis. If you could phone our support line and speak to a cancer nurse we can discuss how your Dad is in greater detail and talk about what support is there for both him and you during this very difficult time.
Our phone number is 1800 200 700 or you can send us an email with your phone number in it and we will phone you at supportline@irishcancer.ie
Kind regards
Cancer nurse