Worried about my mother - stage 4 ovarian cancer

Hi there,

My mother has stage 4 Ovarian cancer and the consultant has advised she has about 6 months. It's the aggressive small clear cell type and she's decided not to do any further chemo due to quality of life. She's been doing pretty well considering but recently has gone downhill with pain in her side, back and left leg when she tries to walk.  I'm really worried as I'm not sure if this is a sign that things are getting worse and the GP won't examine her just gave her codine for the pain. I'm so scared I don't have a lot of family support and have never been through this before. Be lovely to hear from others about their experiences. X

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  • I'm so sorry to hear about your poor mum. My mum was recently diagnosed with a recurrence of advanced endometrial cancer. We have not asked how long she has but unfortunately I stumbled on some statistics I wish I hadn't seen. 
    It must be very hard for you without many other people to lean on. I do think tour mum's pain should be properly managed. Have you spoken to the consultant who saw her originally? Had the codine helped? 

  • The codine doesn't seem to be helping yet. I'm going to speak with her hospice team for some further advice. The consultant did leave the door open for her to go back again but I think that may take some time to organise. 

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