Hello Sian. Thank you for your lovely supportive reply to my post. I'm trying to inform myself but its hard emotionally. My Mam is so tired all of the time and has no urge to get out of bed. She doesnt sleep that much, shes just very lethargic and also its been a vicious cycle. Shes feeling low, she doesnt want to get up, her arthritis plays up as shes not moving, so she stays in bed. So it's hard to get her up and about, it just goes around. We havent spoken too much about it because until the biopsy we feel in limbo. She doesnt want to upset us either so I think shes not talking to us. I'm the stronger one of my brother and I so I've told her many a time that she can talk to me anytime and  I wont break down the way that he would. Shes in disbelief I think. She had been telling us she wasnt in much pain, I didnt beleive her but she wouldnt ask for any pain relief. In the end I called the doctor myself and they prescribed morphine. Shes gone from nothing to morphine - how could the doctors not have helped before! Than kyou again Sian, its good to get the words out :)