CalgaryFan1988 and Aeneas, sorry for both your losses.
I lost my dad in January 2012 from metastatic colon cancer. It spread to his lungs, liver and brain before the end. He ended up a vegetable that couldn't remember who we were or who he was. His biggest fear in life was of being abandoned like he was as a kid. He did not want to be in a hospital or hospice so he stayed at home. He died at home, with me laying next to him and holding him in my arms as he stopped breathing and as his heart failed.
It was a comedy of errors that led him to that point. His doctors were wrong almost all the way until his stage 4 terminal diagnosis.
Don't take no for an answer, if you feel something is wrong then demand a second opinion. Don't let an "expert" tell you how you feel about your own body. My dad was wary, but trusted the doctors over his own misgivings because they were the experts. Now I'm writing this.......
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