Hi, so today we found out that chemotherapy has been unsuccessful for my father's stomach cancer. It has doubled in size and has spread to some of his main arteries. I'm not really sure what we should be expecting (other than a very vague prognosis). They said it could be up to a year, but we didn't find out what symptoms can get worse etc.

They also mentioned that there is a very slim chance of being able to get radiotherapy (it seems unlikely he will receive it). Has anyone had experience of having radiotherapy at stage 4 of stomach cancer? I feel uncertain about this as they said it's usually only used when the cancer can be easily targeted, but in this case my father's cancer has spread so aggressively so I was slightly confused as to why they offered this? I don't want to get my hopes up for this, or his hopes.

Any advice would also be helpful - whether it's coping advice, ways to make my father feel better, anything. He seems to brush the severity of this under the carpet and it's really tough. I, myself, am struggling to cope. I'm 24, in the middle of my masters degree and planning to get engaged this year. It's all very hard knowing that my dad won't be around for this. It's all very sudden and we wasn't expecting for th cancer to be so aggressive.

I do apologise for the incoherent spew above, I suppose it's a bit more of a vent because I don't really know who to ask about this stuff. Any advice would be greatly appreciated, or if anyone has similar experiences.