Mother-in-law diagnosed with colon cance
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Mother-in-law diagnosed with colon cance
| Tue, 08-28-2007 - 6:21pm |
Hi Everyone,
My mother-in-law just found out that she has Stage 4 Colon Cancer that has spread to her bladder and most likely her liver, as well. Biopsy will be in tomorrow regarding the liver. This is a complete shock for the family, totally unexpected.
Is anyone else in the same situation? Any advice you can give? Any suggestions would be appreciated. We are all in shock right now.
Thanks so much!

Hello
I am so sorry that your
Hi Jakesmom, yes I can relate my husband and I just got the news about 3 weeks ago that he has stage 4 colon cancer that has mastisized to his liver and lungs and we are waiting for the results of his bone scan. He had gone to the hospital on a Saturday because he was having pain in his right side. He had also had diarreha for around three months,it took us a month and a half to get in to see our Dr. Anyway they did an xray and asked him to come back the next day for a Cat scan as the radioigist did not like the xray. The Car scan came back with the results. A huge shock and although we knew something was wrong we didn't expect it to be this bad. It is hard to know what you are suppose to do to support the person, I am having a difficult time wondering if I am feeding him the right foods, am I doing enough to make him comfortable etc. I am hoping when we get into the cancer clinic on the 10th that they can answer some of our questions. Surgery is not an option so we are limited to treatment. Is that the case with your Mother in law? Has she been to the cancer clinic yet and if not I would advise you if you will be helping out to go with her so you can ask any questions about caring for her. All you can do is make sure that she is comfortable and give her all the emotional support you can. The first week and a half we got all our household affairs in order. Strange maybe but it made my husband feel so much better to know that we are all going to be taken care of when he is gone. We discussed what he would like done after he is gone, ie. sell the house, who he would like to have something speicial of his. It may sound morbid but it really did ease his mind to know that his wishes would be known. I hope this helps in some way and I will say a prayer for your Mother in Law and your family for peace.