NotMyDad
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- Joined
- Sep 1, 2016
- Messages
- 70
- Reason
- Lost a loved one
- Diagnosis
- 11/2016
- Country
- US
- State
- VA
- City
- Woodbridge
My dad has his peg placed yesterday.
He was already week and losing weight and choking so badly - for hours, every single day....
At first I was so happy and relieved.... No more choking, and hopefully he'll become stronger eventually.
And it was a miracle he decided that peg was a way to go.
He feels horrible today - back home. Tortured by more saliva than ever, and at the same time very dry mouth.
He uses his suction machine, but I don't want him to use it too much so that it doesn't cause more saliva production. And he puts a wet cloth in his mouth to help the dry feeling.
Is there anything I could do to help...
He feels horrible. Very, very week. Can hardly walk now - and his walking was almost normal before. He also looks so much worse after the procedure than the way he was before...
Is it the disease progressing, or a reaction to the procedure and there could still be hope he'll recover and become a bit stronger.. I ask... but I know you guys can't tell me that....
Oh, and it seems that he may have problems with his thyroid. The surgeons noticed his eyes bulging, but didn't even test his TSH levels or anything related to thyroid.
Doctors here (in Poland) are horrible... sent him home with his peg - and nothing else, no instructions, no food, no nothing... The place that takes care of peg feeding - will have food for him some time next week...
So that's the way it goes....
And the worst part of it all is that I won't be able to be with him....
I just arrived a bit over a week ago for 3.5 weeks, and then will have to go back to the US. It breaks my heart so bad there are no words to even say it...
He was already week and losing weight and choking so badly - for hours, every single day....
At first I was so happy and relieved.... No more choking, and hopefully he'll become stronger eventually.
And it was a miracle he decided that peg was a way to go.
He feels horrible today - back home. Tortured by more saliva than ever, and at the same time very dry mouth.
He uses his suction machine, but I don't want him to use it too much so that it doesn't cause more saliva production. And he puts a wet cloth in his mouth to help the dry feeling.
Is there anything I could do to help...
He feels horrible. Very, very week. Can hardly walk now - and his walking was almost normal before. He also looks so much worse after the procedure than the way he was before...
Is it the disease progressing, or a reaction to the procedure and there could still be hope he'll recover and become a bit stronger.. I ask... but I know you guys can't tell me that....
Oh, and it seems that he may have problems with his thyroid. The surgeons noticed his eyes bulging, but didn't even test his TSH levels or anything related to thyroid.
Doctors here (in Poland) are horrible... sent him home with his peg - and nothing else, no instructions, no food, no nothing... The place that takes care of peg feeding - will have food for him some time next week...
So that's the way it goes....
And the worst part of it all is that I won't be able to be with him....
I just arrived a bit over a week ago for 3.5 weeks, and then will have to go back to the US. It breaks my heart so bad there are no words to even say it...