Thank you for the welcome.

Eric, I live right on the WA/ID/OR border so we are practically neighbors. The marinol was an experiment to see if we could increase his appetite. We are not impressed so far. Dad doesn't want to use MJ, probably because my mother would hit the roof. She was already convinced that people would break into the house to steal the marinol. I reminded her that we had waaaay better stuff laying around and easier to find then the marinol stashed in the fridge. Getting him off of the fentynal patches, hydrocodone and hydromorphone seems to help his appetite and clear his head a bit. Each day he seems to accept a little more. We finally got his water up to where it needs to be yesterday.

Cheryl, dad's PET scan came up clear for lymph node involvement except for one node. It looked funky but it was inconclusive. Thank you for the suggestion to use protein mix. I have been adding whey protein and whole milk to his ensure plus since he started to boost the calories.

Christine, I will ask his dr about Gabapentin today at his appointment. Thank you for the suggestion.