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Is It Safe For A Person To Live Alone After Getting Full Brain Radiation?

Is it safe for a person to live alone while getting full brain radiation? My dad had two poorly differentiated brain tumors removed from his brain. There is a small tumor in his hilum...possibly in small intestine. He has been staying with me and my family since his diagnosis in November and today he insisted on going to his own home alone, even though the radiation team advised him against it. Do people getting full brain radiation live alone...safely? He also has swelling in his ankles and a strange rash all over his belly that started the day before he started radiation (which was yesterday). Any thoughts on what this could be? He gets a F/U CT scan on Thursday, sees neurosurgeon and lung specialist.
Mon, 13 Jan 2014
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I really appreciate your worry, looking to clinical history of your father I too wont advise to leave him alone, brain is such organ that any thing could happens at any time without the prior sing or symptoms, so it is better to have care taker near him all along the way, I hope this could be helpful for you take care of your father and have nice time.
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Is It Safe For A Person To Live Alone After Getting Full Brain Radiation?

HI Thank for asking to HCM I really appreciate your worry, looking to clinical history of your father I too wont advise to leave him alone, brain is such organ that any thing could happens at any time without the prior sing or symptoms, so it is better to have care taker near him all along the way, I hope this could be helpful for you take care of your father and have nice time.