Colon cancer that metastasized to live and lungs

My mother of 53 years old just got diagnosed about 2 months ago of colon cancer that spread to her liver and lungs. She had a colonoscopy 2 years prior to the cancer diagnosis and "they found nothing".  She went various time to the doctor asking what the pain in her stomach was and they would say it was either stress or gastritis. When the pain was unbearable she went to the hospital where she then found out it was cancer. You can feel the tumor in her liver just by touching her stomach. She has received her first chemo last week whereas no side affects have showed (suchas loss of hair). She is on morphine for the pain. Her feet have become very swollen. She had a surgery about a month ago to remove the tumor in her colon. My family and i are doing everything in our power to help her, everyday my aunt gives her the most healthy meal, for television and music is nothing but inspirational and hopeful messages, she reads the bible and prays many times a day. She has three children: two girls of 16 and 11 yrs old and a son of 17 yrs old. She is our life and we cant afford to loose her or else we must live with our alcholic, abuse father. I believe that as long as she is alive it is possible to save her. If there is any information that can help this situation, keeping my mother alive i ask that you share it with me. Thank you very much God bless.
with love, angelica. 

Angie,

I'm so sorry about your Mother, I too have colon cancer and I too am a young Mother. My youngest daughter is 17, and it has been really hard on her especially. Cancer is hard on everyone especially the children, no child should see their Mother suffer so much. I did not have metastized lungs or liver but I do know how hard the resection was to recover from, I had a lot of support also. It does help to eat healthy and to have a good support to keep your Mother's spirits up. I too had a lot of swelling but in time it got better, if she has started chemo, this is a common side effect, also the surgery in itself causes a lot of swelling. The morphine helps and make sure she takes it around the clock, do not let the pain build up then take it, it will take longer to be effective. She will need a lot of rest, sleep heals the body. If she has a good minister and church support, they could give you healing scripture to read to her daily, it helped me a great deal. My church made me a prayer quilt, which is a quilt with yarn knots, each knot represents a prayer from a member of my church, that made me feel comforted, I used it in the hospital and for treatments, something to look into. The most important thing is you need to take care of yourself, if you need to rest, then rest, if you want to cry then cry, and talk to others you and your siblings will need support too. My girls had a therapist that came to our home for them as well as for me, it helped a lot. My uncle is going thru what your Mom is going thru with the liver and lungs, for the third time, and he is doing so well now, he is even going to Ireland in a few weeks. There is hope for us all, cancer is not always a death sentence, but it is a long and hard road to travel. I will pray for your Mom and the entire family. Keep the faith and continue doing what you are doing.

Sheryl

HI ANGELICA,

 So sorry o hear about your mom,  tell her to be positive as this will help her in her battle,

 check out on google...

Cancer and sugar

Cabcer and tumeric

Cancer and linseed oil

 Cancer and asparagus

also body Acidic and Alkaline

Make sure your mom dinks at least 8 glasses of water each day and also take a good mulivitiman .. plus 500mg vit and C and 1.000 of B12

Do you know what your moms CEA is?  this is a cancer marker in colon cancer patients,,, ask Drs  for blood report,, always be proactive and ask lots of questions,,,

Praying Gods healing on your Mom and peace to all family...

 Give her tons and tons of love and support...

            Best Wishes  Rob

hi sheryl and rob thank you so much i really do appreciate your advice. i am trying to find out as much information as possible. I told my aunt, who is giving up all her time to taking care of my mother, every bit of information i learned here. Thank you again! My mom just took her second round of chemo and is doing exceptionally well. i will keep updating how she is doing for those who care :]. but anyway take care & please keep her in your prayers. God bless <3

HI Barbrob

 You always have such good advice and positive support for so many of us on this message board. Since I last spoke to you from way down under here in NZ my darling Deborah is doing well. She has had 5 lots of chemo with NO bad side effects except a clot, she now has to inject herself with a blood thinning agent everyday until chemo stops in December. Her CEA has dropped from 13.5 to 2.6 and the Onc is very pleased. She has changed her diet completely, no sugar, no preservatives, no refined foods and no meat except a bit of chicken now and again. She sweetens with Manuka honey, (great healing properties) buys nothing without reading the label and looks and is well!!! She hasn't missed a day of teaching through chemo and only takes a half day to get hooked up and then takes it home for 48 hours while it drips into her. Debs has an affirmation board and uses it everyday. She has started a gratitude journal and says she feels she has a lot to be grateful for. She has a CT scan on the 25 August so we are eager to see how much Deb's condition has improved.  I just wanted to thank you sincerely for the support you showed me when I wrote my first message while in total shock at Debs dx.  I hope and pray all is well with you both as we fight this poisonous beast.

God bless you both

 

Clarabelle from NZ