Left feeling confused after attending oncology appointment with mum - she has stage 4 bowel cancer

My mum has stage 4 bowel cancer. Had a meeting today with the oncologist specialist and the meeting was very overwhelming.  Had very little bedside manner and I came out of the appointment with little to say as I was confused.

mum is seriously unwell and decided to stop chemotherapy as she has chosen quality over quantity.  When going to other appointments they have been extremely informative and helpful, today I just left confused 

  • I'm sorry to hear how the meeting went with your mum's oncologist specialist the other day Zoey.

    It must be very upsetting and stressful to be left feeling this way when you are trying to get information and support. Do you think it would be possible to have another chat with them to try and work through the things you're confused about? Maybe you could write down everything that's playing on your mind to make it easier when you try to speak to them again.

    I'm sure some of our members who have been in a similar situation will offer their thoughts and advice to you soon but if it would help to talk things through with one of our cancer nurses, you can give them a call on 0808 800 4040, Monday - Friday between 9a.m - 5p.m. They're very easy to talk to and will do all they can to support you and  where possible, make things easier to understand.

    Kind regards,

    Steph, Cancer Chat Moderator