Hi, I am struggling to cope with my terminal diagnosis, i am a single mum with a 14 year old son and want to try and stay alive as long as I can to look after my son. The background is this: After two years of going to my GP I was finally referred last March and was found to have bowel cancer I went on a drug trial for panitumumab then had surgery in July and more standard chemo up until Christmas. All seemed to have gone well but I have now had a pet scan which shows two new areas of cancer in the abdominal cavity (not on the bowel) the hospital have said they can do nothing more, palliative care is my only option, but have said they will pass my details on to specialist unit as they are a "centre of excellence" and "may" agree to more surgery (which is what I really would like). I just wondered if anyone had any idea if this was likely? Any other suggestions gratefully accepted (but please no comments of "stay strong" "fight" etc) this is an illness which needs medical treatment not a battle in suits of armour! Also if anyone has first hand experience of how long I can expect to last as I can never get the doctors to give me an idea which is so frustrating.