I am really hoping someone can help me. My mum had a large mass removed from her small bowel 8 weeks ago. It took 7 weeks for the results to come back, in which they diagnosed her with an aggressive Lymphoma. The doctor said pathology are still trying to pin in down to what type it is, but finding suggest a strange acting Hodgkin’s mixed with a B cell and a T cell. Further CT has suggesting findings of this already in the liver and lungs, leading to the partial collapse of one of mums lungs. She is currently on the haematology ward and was supposed to be started chemo at the start of the week however the doctors say she is not well enough and yesterday told us they will be pulling her medication, steriods etc to make her comfortable for end of life care. My mum seems oblivious to this and is battling to do her best to fight. She even got up and showered yesterday, pushed herself to walk and eat etc but my heart is breaking that this is all for nothing. My family are finding it hard coming to terms with her being left with no treatment option and seeing her sitting up speaking away to us. What should I do? Could they have administered a lesser dose of chemo to see if there was improvement? She never responded to the steriods? I just don’t know what to say to her. Please help.
