Daevid Allen - Important news.

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There is a statement from his son on the Gong website:

Hello, I'm Daevid Allen's youngest son and his current carer. It was
 suggested to me recently that perhaps I should blog a bit about his 
current day to day condition, to keep the fans in the loop. While I 
decided against actually starting a blog, I thought maybe an update here
 and there wouldn't be remiss of me.

Dad is in quite a lot of 
pain at the moment, most of it sourcing from an open wound on his neck 
that will not close over because of a suspected cancerous origin. While 
this is fairly easy for me to attend to, it makes it difficult for him 
to move his head/left shoulder- and has become an almost constant source
 of pain. To help manage this we have been using special opiate patches 
on top of his regular intake of painkillers. The most significant 
downside to this is a loss of cognitive awareness- making him very hazy 
about his surroundings and situation. 

In an effort to bring back
 a modicum of his usual bright-eyed wit, our nurse was helping me 
experiment with the opiates' dosage over the last couple of days. Sadly,
 as it often does with cases like this, it comes down to either having a
 high dosage with no pain and a comfortable, drifting awareness or a few
 hours a day of mental acuity with intense discomfort and pain.

Obviously
 we are going with the former option with his happiness and comfort 
being my top priority. He still has a flow of close friends and family 
dropping by to spend time with him, and even when he's a bit out of it 
he still enjoys the company and pleasant conversation. 

Unfortunately
 he doesn't have the energy to parse the masses of well wishes you all 
have been sending him, but he's aware and grateful of all the support 
and every now and then I'll play a little something one of you has done 
in the background.

For the most part he's relaxed and happy and slowly winding down in the warm comfort of his favourite chair.