Robert has been suffering with acute health problems/challenges ever since he was first struck down by a perforated duodenal ulcer in Abu Dhabi in May 2016 . . . he was hospitalised and subsequently prevented from attending his Father's funeral in October '16. The first operation was not closed up properly, resulting in infection, a second opinion & moving to another hospital for a second operation to correct the mistakes of the first.
His Father's memorial service was a year later in September 2017 - Robert was back in Cornwall by then, recovering fairly well at this stage, and was able to attend.
Shortly after this, Robert was hit by a diabetic ulcer, manifesting in the base of his right foot. He was still experiencing abdominal pain relating to the duodenal ulcer operations ...
The Hospital Diabetic Consultant wanted to amputate. Robert [and sister Janet, with a professional history of Cytology & Histology] refused to accept this ... leading to an independently researched & funded trip to Tiblisi in Georgia, where the technique of Microfage was successfully administered - neutralising the diabetic ulcer.
The UK medical system refuses, to this day, to acknowledge that this successful trip & treatment has anything to do with the diabetic ulcer's neutralisation.
The local GP & medical people chose to largely ignore the abdominal pain & prescribed Trammadol for the diabetic ulcer - yet it was apparently providing pain relief for both areas.
Trammadol is an opioid analgesic, whose side effects can cause renal damage if not monitored appropriately. Regular 3-monthly monitoring of renal output, to guard against such potential renal deterioration was not performed & by the time this was picked up, the damage was done. Robert was now forced to undergo regular dialysis - which he now has to endure on 3 days of every week.
During prolonged bouts of hospitalisation in West Cornwall Robert's left foot now developed a similar diabetic ulcer, catalyzed by pressure sores from the prolonged bed-bound hospital stays.
Muscular atrophy was now added to the equation - resulting in significantly denuded physical independence/mobility, and an increasing reliability on medical & social services support.
Finally - to add insult to all this injury - a suspected abscess in the right frontal temporal lobe of his brain was subsequently diagnosed (via MRI scan) as a Glioblastoma brain tumour.
The Glioblastoma typically attacks people over 60 and male. The medical experts apparently still don't fully understand this type of tumour - and as a result, they don't fully understand how to deal with it.
At the beginning of September, Robert was given a prognosis of approximately 3 months - as at Nov 11th, the Oncology people were expecting his overall condition to be significantly worse than it currently is . . . they are puzzled, and are considering another MRI scan at the end of the year - noticeably beyond their original prognosis.
The Neurological Team (including Oncology, Radiology et al) are of the opinion that Robert's collective physical health conditions would result in his inability to physically recover from the invasive surgical procedure necessary to operate and remove the tumour.
Whilst the medical profession and the majority if all the supposed support services act dumb, twiddles their thumbs, and continues to procrastinate . . . we're actively investigating every single avenue of possibility we can find - but it takes money, and that's why we need your help to raise as much as we possibly can to fund the investigations & their costs.
Any help you can give by donating as generously as you feel able ... will be more gratefully acknowledged and received than you can possibly imagine!