A Brain Tumour problem, can anyone help?!

A Brain Tumour problem, can anyone help?

A friend I am caring for has Glioblasto Multiforme, which is hugely aggressive - he has had 6 weeks of Radio Therapy, we have recently finished with the steroids and have only a mood leveling pill Olanzapine. He has recently taken to his bed, it is winter here in New Zealand. he slept alot, stopped eating and drinking, I could not get him to take his medicine, he has thrush on his tongue because of lack of food and water etc, does anyone know of certain recipes of foods which may be appetising to a cancer patient? The tumour he has is on the Left Temporal lobe - this part of your brain is responsible for movement, emotions and logic & reasoning, his mental state regresses to one of a 10 year old child at times? Please can anyone help? Please feel free to share your experiences...

My wife had brain tumors and much of the treatments that you described. The thrush is from the radiation treatments as I recall. Her appetite went to nothing. She had to be tube fed for the last 14 months of her life. At the end she was only consuming one can per day of the feeding solution. She should have been consuming six cans for normal nutrition.

I suspect that he is aware of his condition and aware of his prognosis. His unwillingness to take part in his own treatment is actually his intention. I think that he has accepted that he is going to die and soon. I cried when my wife resisted eating. I was selfish. I wanted her to stay alive as long as possible, but life for her was unbearable agony.

Be his friend. Make sure that you tell him how you feel about him, regret is timeless. I am very glad that I told my wife how much I loved her and why. God bless you both and good luck.