In August my mom was diagnosed with colon cancer that had advanced to her liver. She had surgery to remove the colon cancer successfully but cancer was also discovered in the abdomen, which could only be partially removed. She began chemo treatments (aggressive) for the cancer in her liver and the cancer that could not removed. She has not been able to handle the chemo very well. She has had so many complications (blood clots in her lungs and groin, fluid on the lungs, needed a stint put in her urethra). She only had 5 chemo treatments before all the complications started. The cancer in her liver has actually grown and has spread to her lymph nodes. About 2 weeks ago they decided to try another approach to the treatments where she would have a pump (?) inserted and have 2 treatments for 2 days and then the pump is removed on the 3rd day. She was not even able to receive the 2nd treatment. They had given her adavan for pain and nausea. I think between the medication and the fact that she is so weak she fell on the way to the bathroom. She has been in the hospital for about 2 weeks now but is coming home today. She has not been able to eat much at all and what little she does eat quite often comes back up. If she cannot handle chemo they have said that there is nothing else they can do and that it is time for hospice. I would like for her to get another opinion and would love to be able to get her to CTCA for a consultation but I have 2 major problems in making this a possibility. First, I am not sure she is up to traveling to the center. Secondly, my father did discuss this with their primary physician who highly recommended not to. My father was told there is nothing that CTCA can do that we can't do, she has the best doctors in the area and we should not to give her false hope. It has only been 5 months since she was diagnosed with cancer. She is a person who ate healthy, exercised, never smoked and rarely drank and had no real symptoms until recently. Now that she is stronger and going home she has decided to try one more chemo treatment to see if she can tolerate it before she decides to accept that there is nothing left to try. I don't know what to think. Should I continue searching for solutions or should I back off? It is difficult to accept that there is truly no hope and I feel so helpless.