Father diagnosed with melanoma. Can’t give up

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- January 25, 2016 at 10:42 pm
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Gothikchile13
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Hello all. My dad was diagnosed with malignant melanoma under his right arm back in June. He’s had many different therapies including radiation, keytruda, and one dose of chemo. Between having radiation and the chemo he developed sepsis pretty bad. Since then he has been very confused (though he still knows who me and my family are, he’s just out of it).

He’s had a few brain scans and the cancer hasn’t spread to his brain or anywhere else really. After they did the first chemo treatment the doctor said that he was too weak to continue chemo and recommended we check him into hospice. He is completely unable to care for himself due to the confusion and weakness in his limbs from lack of activity. I’m just wondering if there are any other options then to let him rot in a hospice center.

I know it sounds really bad and there probably isn’t any hope in this situation but I’m trying to do anything I can to help him.

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- - January 26, 2016 at 12:19 pm
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  rosa1
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  It's very important that he sees a melanoma specialist and from what I've read I don't think he is. Why did they take him off the Keytruda and put him on chemo? And if he does not have any tumors in the brain or anywhere else in the body, why do they want him to go to hospice? Have they done a brain MRI to rule out any brain metastasis? It sounds like this doctor is giving up on him. You need to fight to help your dad.
  
  Rosa
- - January 26, 2016 at 12:19 pm
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  rosa1
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  It's very important that he sees a melanoma specialist and from what I've read I don't think he is. Why did they take him off the Keytruda and put him on chemo? And if he does not have any tumors in the brain or anywhere else in the body, why do they want him to go to hospice? Have they done a brain MRI to rule out any brain metastasis? It sounds like this doctor is giving up on him. You need to fight to help your dad.
  
  Rosa
- - January 26, 2016 at 12:19 pm
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  rosa1
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  It's very important that he sees a melanoma specialist and from what I've read I don't think he is. Why did they take him off the Keytruda and put him on chemo? And if he does not have any tumors in the brain or anywhere else in the body, why do they want him to go to hospice? Have they done a brain MRI to rule out any brain metastasis? It sounds like this doctor is giving up on him. You need to fight to help your dad.
  
  Rosa

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