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My bother has metastatic melonoma throughtout his lymph nodes(lungs,liver) He is in severe pain even with every other day pain patches and pills. He won't tell us what he is feeling. He was diagnosed just over a month ago as terminal. How can we tell if things are coming to an end if he won't talk. I can't find anything much online. I won't to know details. I can handle it. Thanks Phyllis
I have not much information here to go on. However his melanoma seems to be widely spread. His general condition will most probably deteriorate but without much more clinical information it is impossible to be more specific with regards to how his future developments probably will look like. He probably just wants to be left alone and does not have much energy to communicate with others not even with family members. This is common in this situation when you know that you face a sure death and much earlier than expected!
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Claes-Gustaf Nordquist, M.D.
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I`m a doctor of medicine and specialist in radiation therapy and medical oncology. I have a long time experience of these tumours.
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I'm a Doctor of Medicine and specialist in Medical Oncology and Radiation Therapy, educated and trained in Sweden. Now retired. Background in Radiation Therapy, Medical Oncology, Radiation Protection, Nuclear Medicine, Diagnostic Radiology, Gynecological Oncology, Clinical Pathology, Clinical Cytology,Hematology and Internal Medicine. M.D. from the faculty of medicine, Royal Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden. Have also been an exchange student at the Hebrew University, Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem Israel. Former medical consultant, Swedish National Board of Radiation Protection. Former Police Surgeon and Medical Examiner, Stockholm Police Department. Former Chief Medical Officer, The Royal Guards, The Royal Horse Guards and the Royal Household Brigade, Royal Swedish Army Medical Corps. You can also reach me on: http://www.lifestylerescue.com/expert/health-fitness-advice/dr-claes-gustaf/128 . I have no restrictions on the number of questions there. I also answer questions about Oncology (General Cancer),
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