My dear sweet mom was diagnosised on May 30 of this year with stage 4 gallbladder cancer. They can not operate because the tumor on the liver is the size of a grapefruit and is making it impossible to operate. MD Anderson gave her 6-8 months..more if we did chemo. She did the chemo for a while but now throws up constantly and is too weak to do any more chemo. Yesterday the doctor in Nacogodoches told her that she has jaundice and there is nothing else to do for her. He is calling MD Anderson today. They are talking about a tube to drain the stuff that is making her throw up. She is so weak now she doesn't even try to make it to the restroom..just throws up all over herself.
Can someone out there help me? I feel so helpless. I have tried to get Dad to ask for hospice but he says he can handle this. She is 67, he is 68. They have been married 51 years. Is there something natural to help relieve the nausea? Is there some supplement to help with the jaundice? She has given up. Does anyone know once the liver stops how long she has? Also, how do you let them go? I don't want to see her continue in the aweful life of throwing up and in pain, but I don't want her to leave.
Thanks, Eileen