Sorry to be a nuisance but are you around Squad?

[sherrardk]

[China Doll]

Why not try asking other ABers? He's not the only medically qualified person, (and I don't mean me). There's a couple of others.

[cazzz1975]

the bend?

I think sqad clocks off at around 6ish

[sherrardk]

He was very helpful last week - my mother has been told today that she has cancer of the colon and secondaries in the liver. They are talking about pallative care and chemotherapy and I wanted to know what this means in reality.

[sherrardk]

Thanks for your answer Fuzzy

[cazzz1975]

sorry for quipping on your post sherrardk, sorry to hear that news about your mother xx

[sherrardk]

It's ok Cazz - you weren't to know

[ethandron]

sherrardk, my dad had exactly the same as your mum. he had surgery to remove the tumour and when he was fully recovered from the op, he was given chemo. he attended the hospital once a week and was given it by injection into the back of his hand. he didn't complete the course as he broke out in mouth ulcers and had other side effects too. he continued to have check-ups regularly at the hospital although he didn't have any further treatment. he lived for another 3 years and it was only in the very last month he complained of feeling 'uncomfortable', not in pain but just uncomfortable. he was admitted to the hospice as his stomach became very distended and they were hoping to be able to drain some fluid, which they couldn't, and also give him some morphine. he was made very comfortable and died very peacefully after being in the hospice for 6 days. he was 78.
i hope this is of some help to you, and the sort of thing you wanted to know.

[Sqad]

Puts me in a difficult position as it looks as though there may well be some acrimony developing in this section among some ABers and it has happened before.

I cannot add anything further to the posts by the above contributors.

[Sandy-Wroe]

I'm sorry to hear about your mother's illness.
It's a pity that the people who are seeing her didn't explain in laymans terms what treatment they proposed.