Providing Dignity and Hope in Times of Need (episode 6)

 
A son reached out on behalf of Dad who he’s caregiver for. We started by getting him less pain. Then got him off 1 of the norco tablets WITHOUT flaring pain. Then oncology team gave a nod of assurance we are halting the growth! 
This is a cancer patient that can only feed via a g-tube (a feeding tube sewn into his stomach as the tongue based cancer was extensive and metastatic) son has to crush norco and push it through his tube. He essentially was at home in a hospital bed (hospice) but I gave son some compassionate BUT empowering ideas:
1-Wean down norco gabapentin fentanyl while Weaning up medical cannabis through this stomach tube
2-Aromatherapy citrus in day and sandalwood/lavender at night
3-Scheduled shared meal time conversation
4-Face hospital bed toward a nice window facing green or sun
5-shift designation for relatives (to avoid son getting caregiver burn out)
6-probiotic to support gut immune system (GALT)
7-heat hydrate light and sound throughout day / cool, calm, quiet and dark at night 
8-build up to sitting in a chair for few minutes a day
9-breath exercises with incentive spirometer devise to engage “working muscle”
10-language of hope through the day
Here’s what his son just sent me after microdosing medical cannabis in November:

Hi doc, the experiment is working. Dad stopped taking extra norco in the afternoon. He hasn't been that active lately though. Says it's the weather. Maybe. Has been sleeping in the afternoons a little too.

We recently saw the oncologist. Everything looks good. So much so that he decided to postpone the scans for a few weeks and continue immunotherapy.

So we ware doing CBD oil 3 times a day and RSO in the afternoon between CBD. Turns out RSO is pretty hard to dissolve in water but not in oil so I've been dissolving it in CBD oil lately. This means 4 doses of CBD per day (one with RSO).

This is what keeps me in the journey to always better my knowledge on health and healing. We will lose a few lives BUT we will send many more on their journeys back to health. 

Thank you for inspiring me Warriors!!!