Hello all,

My mother  (aged 88) has just been diagnosed with stomach cancer after many months of illness.  Eventually she collapsed and needed a blood transfusion due to severe anaemia.  This indicated a blood "somewhere" which was finally found to be the stomach.  The tumour has not spread but is taking up three quarters of her stomach.  I live 300 miles away so have not been able to attend appointments with her.  She has been told she is too old for an operation or chemotherapy but they are going to give her small doses of radiotherapy.  I have no idea how long she has.  Can anyone hazard a guess? To make matters worse my sister (mid-50s) has been diagnosed with kidney cancer and has just had one of her kidneys removed.