I need some support

Recently my mother told she had breast cancer. She had been doing here momogram each year, in march she was given a clean momogram, but in May was said to she had Breast Cancer II now it said she has breast cancer IV it has spread to her liver, they had to drain fluid from her liver is there hope ? If the tumor is getting bigger.

Yes, there is always hope.  I was just like your mother in that I always had annual mammograms -- and they always came back clear.  Then in March 2007 I had terrible back pains and had to go to emergency.  They discovered that I had 4th stage metastatic breast cancer.  My lesions are all along my spine. (To this day, nothing has ever shown up in my breasts.  The random cancer cell that was once there traveled through my blood stream to my bones.)  They gave me 2 months to one year to live.  Here it is September 2009 and I am not only alive but back to work full-time.  I of course, still have the cancer; I have to think of it as a chronic condition.  I have chemo off and on and also get treatments of Zometa for my bones; but it is something I've learned to live with. 

 So you have lots of hope for your mother.  Don't let her give up the fight!!

Cindy

Sorry so to hear about your mom.  My mom had ovarian cancer and I joined an on-line caregiver support group through www.cancercare.org.  If you email them, they will assign a social worker to you via email who will ask you questions to match you with an appropriate group.  It might be a good support network...

Has your mom looked into IV Vitamin C treatments in addition to whatever she's doing now?  Look it up online- the research is very promising and even traditional oncologists are now starting to recommend it!

Yes!  Yes!! Yes!!  There IS HOPE!!  I could have written your letter 5 years ago (except the patient was my sister - not my mother)!!  May,2004, my sister was 50 years old with Stage 4 mets to the liver.  She also had regular mammograms that showed nothing.  Found out later that is because mammograms can't read through dense breast tissue.  (Why don't they tell us that?!) Went to M.D.Anderson and saw Dr. Estava.  After 6 rounds of chemo, he called in another doctor they call "the Cowboy" - Dr. Stephen Curley.  They decided to "go for the cure"!!  My sister had 5 more rounds of chemo and then a liver resection and mastectomy followed by 6 weeks of radiation.  She then came back home. On April 14, 2005, she danced on the table at her daughter's wedding.  Saw her other daughter crowned Miss TN in 2007 and will be at that daughter's wedding 10/17.  She has had No Evidence of Disease since her surgery even though she faithfully goes to M.D.Anderson for thorough testing every 3-4 months.  If your mother's doctor is not "going for the cure" - get another doctor and, please, get to a major cancer center.  It makes all the difference in the world.  My sister actually got an apartment in Houston and stayed there during her treatments so that she could concentrate on her battle without distractions.  She also used it as an opportunity to deepen her walk with God. God bless you and your mother.  My sweet nieces went through so much with their mother.  My heart goes out to you, but do NOT give up hope and do not allow your mother or, most importantly, your mother's doctor  to give up hope!