That is great news about your dad and that it was caught early. It is also great that he was able to stay near the hospital. The five weeks apart will be over before you know it. Having a treatment plan and starting it is also a relief. I remember how worried I was before treatment started. I had to stay two weeks in the hospital for my chemo treatment, 1st & 4th week 96 hour drips, and thought that was going to be a major problem because I have never stayed in a hospital before, but it turned out better than I thought. If he doesn't have a phone in his room or a cell phone, you may want to look into one of those pay per use cell phones, just so he know you and mom are only a phone call away.

There are a lot of caring and knowledgable people on this OCF forum. We are all in this together and we are here for each other. If we don't hear from you we come knocking!

Now that you all know there will be side effects and it may be a rough road, communicate with your doctors and keep us posted. We are all here to help. Keep the doctors posted about his pain. If or when he takes pain meds, make sure he takes a stool softner to prevent constipation. Keep the calories and nutrition up as it is important to his healing and recovery.