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Expert: - 8/22/2010


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what to do if your parent doesn't want to get out of bed, won't eat...just wants to stay in bed all day and drink water, juice, ensure.  Cancer was determined the end of 2009.

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Well, I'm sure you have been told what a bad prognosis this condition has. It is actually quite normal to reach this stage during this sad process and there is not much you can do about it. Just provide the fluids that have been asked for. There is no cure for this condition and it is eventually (at most measured in months) lethal. And it will also in the meantime severely cripple the patient and nothing can be done about it (yes radiation therapy may be given but at best that will only prolong the process and give temporary relief). I'm sorry I have nothing better to tell you!






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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), General History, Military History, Breast Cancer, Colon Cancer.

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