Wanda - It sounds like things have not gotten much better, and maybe have worsened with your Dad's condition. I'm sure it's a very sad situation for your whole family. When you originally posted on Feb 17th, you asked for suggestions and you did receive some very good ones. But you also said recently you've been "doing ALL this for FIVE years". And it leaves me wondering if you or someone in your family have done them recently since you first posted? - specifically those suggestions from:
Davidcpa - Calling 9ll for a paramedic to take a look and get him to a hospital
Christine - Take him to a Cancer Center
David 2 - Offer to call your Dad personally to convince him to see a doctor,
- or call a doctor from the area to get him a prescription for pain.
Regarding the chlorine smell, it sounds like it needs a doctor to diagnose what it could be, and I don't know if a doctor could diagnose that without seeing the patient. Maybe if someone close by in the family could call the family doctor and tell him about the smell and what's been happening with your Dad, you may get some help for him. Do you think someone could do that? I sure hope so. Not knowing I think has got to be the worse, because once you have a diagnosis, then you can go into "fight mode" and start doing something to help make things better.
If you have already done all of the above, then - even if it is your Dad's time to pass on, you will feel a lot better about accepting whatever happens. When my Mom died, she was a great distance away and I wasn't able to be with her, but I can tell you that the guilt I felt afterwards for not being there to help, stayed with me for a long time. I sure am hoping for some better days ahead for you and your Dad and the whole family.