https://onlinecommunity.cancercouncil.com.au/t5/Coping-with-a-loved-one-s-cancer/My-dad-was-diagnosed-with-metastatic-kidney-cancer-and-he-is/m-p/42509#M5121 <P>Hi Deb412.&nbsp; Hello and thank you for joining and posting here. This forum is a wonderful space and hopefully you will find care and support from others who share their experience.&nbsp; You may also find it helpful to search Cancer Council NSW's&nbsp; website or to call Cancer Council's 13 11 20 line for information on dietary options. They can also talk with you about the range of services available to support you.&nbsp;&nbsp; Kind regards ... Joseph_CCNSW</P> Wed, 04 Dec 2024 22:10:14 GMT joseph_CCNSW 2024-12-04T22:10:14Z https://onlinecommunity.cancercouncil.com.au/t5/Coping-with-a-loved-one-s-cancer/My-dad-was-diagnosed-with-metastatic-kidney-cancer-and-he-is/m-p/42498#M5120 <P>Hi all.&nbsp;<BR />this is my first time ever posting in an online forum… but I feel so utterly hopeless and distraught…</P><P>my dad, who is 61 and was the picture of perfect health was diagnosed with metastatic kidney cancer 5-months ago.&nbsp;<BR />He is overseas…. And it has been a challenge for him to get the medicines he requires through the public system… we can’t afford private care…&nbsp;</P><P>He was told his medication (cabozantinib) had been discontinued from the public hospital… and just like that he has gone 4 days without any treatment.&nbsp;<BR />He has now developed extremely severe new pain on his left upper back (around the shoulder blade), which is making it difficult to breath, move, talk…..&nbsp;</P><P>I feel so hopeless… it feels like there’s nothing I can do…. He was told he has neuritis and given neurofen and tramadol… but he is still in severe excruciating pain…. What can I do?&nbsp;<BR />What sort of medications can he have to manage that pain?? Please give me any advice… any advice would be appreciated…&nbsp;</P><P>Thank you.&nbsp;</P> Sat, 30 Nov 2024 05:51:20 GMT https://onlinecommunity.cancercouncil.com.au/t5/Coping-with-a-loved-one-s-cancer/My-dad-was-diagnosed-with-metastatic-kidney-cancer-and-he-is/m-p/42498#M5120 Deb412 2024-11-30T05:51:20Z https://onlinecommunity.cancercouncil.com.au/t5/Coping-with-a-loved-one-s-cancer/My-dad-was-diagnosed-with-metastatic-kidney-cancer-and-he-is/m-p/42509#M5121 <P>Hi Deb412.&nbsp; Hello and thank you for joining and posting here. This forum is a wonderful space and hopefully you will find care and support from others who share their experience.&nbsp; You may also find it helpful to search Cancer Council NSW's&nbsp; website or to call Cancer Council's 13 11 20 line for information on dietary options. They can also talk with you about the range of services available to support you.&nbsp;&nbsp; Kind regards ... Joseph_CCNSW</P> Wed, 04 Dec 2024 22:10:14 GMT https://onlinecommunity.cancercouncil.com.au/t5/Coping-with-a-loved-one-s-cancer/My-dad-was-diagnosed-with-metastatic-kidney-cancer-and-he-is/m-p/42509#M5121 joseph_CCNSW 2024-12-04T22:10:14Z