I’m scared for my dad
My dad was diagnosed with prostate cancer stage three b around Christmas time, and has been on hormone therapy to help reduce the size of his prostate, and he’s also got a pre op to get surgery this month.
However today we found out that he might have a gastrointestinal stromal tumour too, and I’m really panicking.
I read that if it’s caught early it’s normally asymptomatic, but my dad has been having symptoms for weeks and now we’ve found this out, which has me worried it’s malignant.
The only thing that calms me down is that he’s had stomach scans previously and nothing showed up, as well as the fact that he’s gaining weight and not losing it. But all this means is that it could have come quick and be aggressive, which is so scary.
I have no one to talk to about it as he doesn’t really do feelings, and instead went out to drink. I’m really fucking scared he’s gonna die and I really don’t want him to, I know it’s selfish but he’s the only safe person I have and I still really need him in my life, I live at home with him, and I want to keep living with him, I want him to keep living.
The doctors are sending him for more tests to see if it is that tumour or something else, but I’d just really like advice on if anyone has experience with this and if he’s gonna be okay or not.