hi, my dad has end stage liver cancer. there is nothing that can be done and he has luquid build up in his stomach which gets drained regularly. he cant eat or drink, he cant sit for long, his speech is slurred and his voice is low and weak. He is not confused he is fine mentally i think. what will happen now? how long has he got to live approx? he is literally bones he has not eaten properly for 3 months or so. please can you give me some guidance as to his condition and what to expect eg time frames and symptoms and what will happen at the end? death during sleep or heart attack? please help.
Hi welcome to Chat Doctor forum. Thank you for the query. Well, this is definitely terminal stage of malignant disease, but it is hard to predict life expectancy, but prognosis is very poor,month-3 maximally. Such patients usually dies from liver insufficiency which in final weeks or days cause hepatoencephalopathy and patients will become very confused and not aware of anything. At the same time, kidney and heart function is affected. So he will probably die in hepatic coma. He won't be awake.  You need to treat his pain now, prevent anorexia and avarice bleeding and give him all emotional support. Wish you good health.