Hi  My 84 year old Mum has been feeling more fatigued and generally going downhill with various other symptoms since the end of May. .Took her to GP who thought it was just general tiredness and did nothing. He did check her urine and ruled out a UTI or diabetes. The following week my Dad who is 86 took her to her own GP who ordered a blood test which showed abnormal liver function and said she would need a scan and would mark it as urgent. She still felt unwell and exhausted so a week later I took her to the duty GP who checked her over, and said we would just have to wait for the ultrasound scan. This was on a Friday. By the following Tuesday she was even more exhausted her feet were numb and her legs painful and we asked for a doctor to visit or would be going down the 999 route.  A nurse rang and said to ring 999. The paramedics did their checks which were normal but did agree to take her to A & E. This was 25th June. The A & E doctor ordered a chest X ray and found she had a very high level of calcium in her blood and they said she would have to stay in on a drip to get the calcium down. The X ray was clear. On later googling "high calcium in blood" I discovered she had every single symptom! Within a few days she had a CT scan and has been found to have multiple lesions in the liver, and the diagnosis of secondary cancer of the liver, unknown primary. obviously we are all devastated. She's had a liver biopsy on 4th July, there is to be an MDT meeting on 11th July. I realise they are looking for the primary tumour to decide on the next course of action. Then on Friday she was discharged as her calcium level is about normal after 10 days on the sodium chloride drip and she is off the drip, reason to discharge her was so she doesn't pick up any hospital borne infection and they can't do any more until the biopsy result is known and the MDT meeting taken place. Fair enough .

I am concerned as she has oral thrush( Ward was aware and she has some Nystan) and swelling in her feet( she was taken off her bendroflumethiazide as I have read it can send your calcium up, she has to have blood test on Friday to check her levels.) and she is breathless just sitting in the chair. She also said her stools are mustard coloured.  I am wondering if this means her cancer is fairly advanced. I am deperately worried we won't have my lovely Mum for much longer. Can anyone give me any info that can reassure me. Many thanks