My dad found out that he has prostate cancer, He is 52 years old and a diabetic. He has to go for a bone scan to see if he has bone cancer too. He is the kind of person that does not take care of himself, and all he does is eat sweets...What can I do to help him. And what are something that can help him?????
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First, you need to wait to find out everything that is wrong with him. Many times, prostate cancer is very slow growing and may not need any surgery - his doctor needs to make this determination as to what stage this cancer is in. Then, if he ends up with bone cancer also, there will be chemotherapy and/or radiation treatments needed. Your father needs to make an appointment with a diabetic dietitian so he can learn what he should and should not be eating and he should be checking his blood sugar levels daily and writing them down. Elevated blood sugar levels hinder healing from any surgery and increases his risk of infection after surgery so he needs to get started on a better diet immediately. Offer to go with him to the dietitian so that you too know what he should be eating. Remove all the sweets from the house. If your mother lives with you, she should go with him to every appointment now so that she knows what the doctor says and what his instructions are and then she can tell you so that you can help.
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The bone scan is not to see if he also has bone cancer it is to see if his prostate cancer has spread to his bones. What he eats or how much exercise he gets has little to do with this cancer. There isn’t anything you can do to help him with this. After all of the tests are completed his urologist will go over everything with him and your mom/his wife or partner as they are several treatments.
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I am going through the same. His doctor should get him in contact with a dietitian to help with his diet. He will need to start eating more of the dark green vegetables like broccoli but that is up to his dietitian and his doctor to guide him. The bone scan is only to see if the cancer has spread this will help provide him what options he has and should take. The best advise I would have for you to help him is to read and research. Here are a couple books: Prostate and Cancer by Sheldon Marks MD; The Prostate Cancer Treatment Book by Peter D Grimm D.O., John C Blasko M.D., John E sylvester, M.D. The more information he and all around him have the better prepared you will be to select and ask questions. I wish him all the best. Good luck
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