Hello and thanks for posting

I'm really sorry to read about your mum's diagnosis. This must be a very difficult time for you all.

Unfortunately without being involved in her care no one here can say how this may affect her in the short or longer term. This will very much depend on the extent of the cancer, whether she is able to have treatment and how the cancer responds to it, alongside her general health and fitness levels and whether liver surgery is an option.

It will only be your mum's specialist team who would be able to give a rough idea on time frames, although at this specific time they may not know what the future will look like for her.

There are some statistics on our website on bowel cancer but these are very general and also don't take a specific patients circumstances into consideration, so it is impossible to say where your mum may sit within these.

Hopefully your mum will also be assigned a specialist nurse to support her and the rest of the family. They are usually experienced at bringing up difficult conversations when they are needed and support your mum in any decision making. There are times when it is the family who wish to plan and prepare and know more than the patient and that is understandable. You can gently ask questions but if your mum doesn't want to go there try not to push it too soon. If your mum is happy for you to have a discussion with her specialist team without her she can give her permission.

Hopefully next week you will be given more information and get a greater understanding about what is going on and needs to happen next.

I hope this is of some help. Give us a ring if you would like to talk anything over. The number to call is Freephone 0808 800 4040 and the lines are open from 9am till 5pm Monday to Friday.

Kind regards,

Celene