About 6 weeks ago my 78 year old mother was diagnosed with stage IV ovarian cancer. Chemotherapy and debulking have been the recommended course of therapy for her. Her situation is somewhat different than most of you. Medically, she has been through a lot. Due to polycystic kidney disease, she had a kidney transplant in December 1995. Although her kidney is working beautifully today and doctors are recommending chemo even with the transplant, she is a bit tired of being a 'medical jock.' Nonetheless, doctors are predicting she will run into an obstructed bowel and die a painful death if she doesn't proceed. But chemotherapy might be grueling on her 100 pound 78 year old transplanted body. In addition, she lost my father, her husband of 56 years, to heart disease last year, so her 'joie de vivre' is a little weak. She'd like to live, of course, but what will become of her quality of life? SHE HAS NO IDEA WHAT TO DO AND IS LOOKING TO MY SISTER AND ME FOR ANSWERS. I know it wrong for me to seek input from all of you, but she wants desperately to follow the path of least resistance (least pain), but I don't know what to tell her. Anything you can share will be greatly appreciated. Barbara