Hello Rachel and welcome
What a lovely idea and, like Devonmaid, I'm not sure I can add to your list. Does F in L also like the radio? Does he have a little portable one (with headphones) that he can while away the waiting hours at hospital listening to?
Does he like word searches or sudoku, things like that? If he does then not only the books but pencils and sharpeners too perhaps.
I'm sure whatever you send him he will appreciate as will your mother in law. Speaking of which, perhaps add a treat for her too. I'm sure she has had a lot of worry since her husband was diagnosed. Father in law might have to be careful with creams but a pretty bottle of hand care or something for ma in law wouldn't go amiss maybe?
I'm sure those men who have undergone the RT will have a better idea of helpful treats.
What lucky parents in law you have!!
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belguim choc everytime for me yum yum
but seriously what a great idea and a wonderful thought
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One of those stretch exercisers for abdominal muscles would be good: the other goodies may encourage him to sit around, and radiotherapy saps the will to exercise, while hormone treatment (which often follows) reduces muscle tone and can encourage weight gain.
Lovely thought, though!
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Thanks all for your great ideas.
In the end we sent a parcel of DVDs, magazines, crossword puzzles and chocolate. He was very touched and still has the card we sent up on the book shelves!
His radiotherapy was very hard going, physically and emotionally, on both him and MIL but successful and his Gleeson score now under 1! Unfortunately, the cancer has spread to his bladder and we are waiting for a rescheduled date for an operation to remove the two tumours as the original date was cancelled due to concerns about his heart.
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Just to reassure you my husband found that the group of men who were undergoing radiotherapy with him were just like a little club and he looked forward to seeing them daily, he would often have a chat with them and he gained a lot of support from being in the same boat as the other men. But, a lovely thought nevertheless, he reckons a box of biscuits for the staff as big thank you for their kindness. I do hope it all goes smoothly for your father-in -law
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Well done Rachel, nice thought and well received. I take it you meant his PSA (rather than Gleason, which is assessed at Biopsy), is now sub 1
Hope he continues to recover from any side effects that RT can induce.
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