I felt the same way and wanted him to have one but you see my father is very stubborn. When we finally got him help his cancer had spread so the doctor immediately put him in the hospital for 8 days on chemotherapy 24 hours a day. The day I went to his house 2 weeks ago and he couldn't move or talk because he lost his voice, he was so dehydrated I completely lost myself and called the doctors, which they all told me that if in the next 24 hours he didn't get something in him they were going to put him on the feeding tube. I think that scared him. They also stopped all treatment because of his weight, not to mention his mouth was covered in sores.