Julie, I work in hospice and we also have volunteers for family respite, spiritual counselors, and social workers who come to the home along with the nurse. The philosophy is to treat the needs of the entire family so please make sure you are taking care of yourself too. Amy has been there.

The medication he is on is pretty standard and will be increased as needed. If he is having problems with constipation let them know that and get suggestions. It's a side effect of the pain meds so they're used to dealing with it.
Regards JoAnne


JoAnne - Caregiver to husband, cancer rt. tonsil, mets to soft palate, BOT, 7 lymph nodes - T3N2BM0, stage 4. Robotic assisted surgery, radical neck dissection 2/06; 30 IMTX treatments and 4 cycles of cisplatin completed June 06.