Still fighting

Jeff seems to be holding his own. He is having lots of swelling from his knee all the way down to his feet. Sometimes it is uncomfortable for him to wear his shoes. Hospice is trying to manage Jeff's pain, but he still is in lots of pain most of the time. We have a wheelchair now, so that he can get out a bit more often than he did before. It seems the pain is worse for him when he is walking or standing. He is on five different kinds of pain medications.
The hospice nurse comes to visit three times a week now. She drew blood this morning to see if Jeff could have a procedure called paracentesis done. They have to make sure that his blood is not too thin. Paracentesis is an image-guided procedure that allows for draining of the fluid in Jeff's abdominal area to hopefully alleviate some of the pain.
This procedure can be repeated as wanted/needed for relief. There are some risks associated with it, so just because Jeff can have the procedure done doesn't mean that he will decide to have it done.
That is the latest for now.

Latest Info

On March 26 we got updated results from a CT Jeff had done the day before. The news was not good. There are several places in Jeff's abdominal area that is showing cancer. Jeff had scans just a few months ago and nothing was showing up. I asked the oncologist what her opinion was since all the spots have started to show up now. She felt that the cancer was growing fast. While no one can predict how long Jeff has, I asked the oncologist, based on her experience, how long she thought Jeff had. She answered with two months.
Jeff has been battling pain for some time now and he began home-based hospice March 31. We are hopeful that hospice will help with pain management so he can get out to do more things. Jeff now has a wheelchair, so he can spend more time outside. He still has pain, but it seems that walking and standing make his pain skyrocket.
We are happy and grateful to have the wheelchair.
The oncologist told us that there is one agent that was approve by the FDA last year that Jeff could try, but she was not hopeful because it is in the same family of one of the agents in his most recent chemo regiment. At this point Jeff has decided against any further treatments and just wants to enjoy what time he has left here.