Hi am new - My husband's mum is ill with breast cancer

hi my name is kara and my husbands mother in law has breast cancer again after beating it back in 2004 but this time it’s back and it’s spread to her brain and bones and it’s terminal she has had five doeses of radiotherapy but when she was having them she kept being rushed to hospital before she started them she fell in her kitchen and banged her head and badly cut it she then come home then when she started her treatment she got stuck on the stairs and we had to go and help and she fell like a dead weight it took all three of us to get her on her bed we found out later she had a seizure and it’ was the cancer cells doing it now she is on epileptic tablets to stop it she is also on a tablet to slow the cancer down but the cancer has spread to her brain lineing her brain and bones we was told she has three to six months plus her right eye has come up and swollen and she has pneumonia and she is on antibiotics but in the last few days she is doing well we are all new to this could my mother in law live longer any advice would be helpful she has been in hospital six weeks now she is fed up and we want her home for her birthday which is in November 

  • Hi Kara and welcome to Cancer Chat.

    I'm really sorry to read about your mother in law's situation and how much she has had to contend with lately but I'm glad to read she is doing well at this moment in time.

    Hopefully some of our forum members will be along soon to share their experiences with you but if you'd like to have a chat with someone about this then do give our cancer nurses a call. They are available Monday - Friday between 9a.m - 5p.m on 0808 800 4040.

    I hope you're able to get your mother in law back home in time for her birthday and make some lovely memories together.

    Kind regards, 

    Steph, Cancer Chat Moderator