My mom is 76 years old and was diagnosed with bile duct cancer last week. She’s been told it’s inoperable and the only option is chemotherapy as a palliative solution. The whole family are devastated and my dad has taken it very hard. The doc has said she may only have months and it’s so hard to accept because she has no symptoms at the moment, it was only discovered after blood tests and a scan after her lower legs were swollen for a short time. My mom is being incredibly brave and I feel so useless because I can’t stop crying. At the moment she’s not keen on the idea of chemo as they need to do a biopsy first and she’s seen the effects that chemo has had on a friend that has cancer at the moment.
