Dear Marie, I hope your mom is doing well. It can not be easy for her with crohn's as well as the cancer. I have just finished with my first bout of surgery. I had a 29cm mass from the adrenal gland. It surrounded my kidney, and they had to take it, my gall bladder with stone, a scrapping on my liver, and they restructured my vena cava. Now I face chemo, but my oncologist doesn't seem to be in a rush to start as there is no protocol for this type of cancer. I wish I knew more and had the ability to ask the right questions. Have you had any luck with nutritional aids? I do best emotionally with prayers. I hope your mom is getting tons and tons of them. This must be very hard on you and your family. I know the other side too, as my mom died of Signet ring cell cancer 2 years ago and my son in law has Salivary gland cancer. I guess I just wanted you to know you are not alone, and bless you and your family, susan