Hi well my dad has passed the 3 month mark that the doctors gave him in dec but all of a sudden he has lost all use in his legs, when he finally manages to stand up his legs wont support him and he falls.
He is still at home with his wife and eating, talking but his body seems to be giving in on him.

Hi Lynn. Sorry to hear about your dad. My husband was dx'd 7/19/11 and one of the primary symptoms he had before finding out what he has was weakness in his legs-just couldn' support him. He responded well to chemo, and also is doing much better than a year ago-his dr initially told us we'd be lucky to have the holidays last year. What he's learned is that when his red blood count drops is when he gets weaker-he'd been at 34 RBC from last Dec until last mo, now it's down to 32, and he's having more difficulty standing. I'm no doctor, but has you dad had his blood count done recently? Our oncologist (not meso knowledgable at all!) keeps telling us anemia isn't a part of the cancer, but its' what got Dennis in the hospital 2x last summer before we got the biopsy. I hope your dad improves. Rose

Blood counts can really make a difference. Legs just won't move when they are low. Talk to Mary for her opinion.

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HUGS
bonnie
Peritoneal survivor 10 YEARS

A couple of days ago dad was put on slow release morphine but now is hallucinating, is this from the meds or the disease

In my Dad's case, he started hallucinating 2 1/2 months before he passed. He was taking percocet regularly for several months when it first started. Then he was switched to morphine, which made it much worse. Got him off that after 3 days, went back to the percocet, but the halluciantions continued. It is my very strong belief, that the meso had gone to his brain at this point. After that, the focus shifted to pain control, and he was on the Fentanyl patch, percocet then the last week and a half of his life he was switched to liquid Roxanol, Ativan, and increased the Fentanyl patch. The Roxanol was given every 1/2 hour the last 3 days, because he seemed so restless.
I feel that the meso was responsible for most of the mental issues Dad had but I think the meds added to it also. But I saw no choice, I had to keep him pain free so I chose to keep all the meds. Hope I didn't ramble too much, but this was me & Dads experience, maybe it will help. Please keep us posted, this is indeed a very tough time for you.
Diane

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Diane
Caregiver of Thomas (my Dad,82)
Pleural epithelial meso
dx 11/10
Our battle ended March 16, 2012. Together.