Hi all I'm new to this, my mother in law aged 68 was diagnosed with mestastic lung cancer three weeks ago after going into A&E with a chest infection. We'd only seen her once or twice over the last 12 moths due to lockdown and were so excited to be able to visit her if only in her garden days before.
Within days she became increasingly unwell with what we thought a chest infection. Two days later told it's cancer followed by the updates of prognosis being terminal then a week after that she will not be having treatments.
can't describe what devastation this had on us all, she was to come home for some time with family but after doing so was back in hospital within four hrs after vomiting blood. That night they told us likely weeks.
she's frail, jaundiced and been in so much pain. The biopsy shows it's lung cancer that has spread to muscle in her buttock, the spine, brain, adrenal glands & chest.
she has stopped drinking and eating past few days a syringe driver was inserted today. They are saying she is likely going to hospice in coming days.
I know you can all relate to this feeling but we are numb , in shock,no time to take this all in, no time to absorb one bit of info before the next happens. Four weeks ago we were having a visit outside after lockdown and now we are having to prepare to say goodbye soon.
Im hoping we can find some valuable information on here as we go through this ,having read a few posts thus far, that in itself has made me feel less alone in this world right now xxx
