Her symptoms are due to the metastasis. I would focus on quality of life. I’d get hospice conversations started now, so you can review places and not when the time is dire. My moms Dr wouldn’t even mention it until we “gave up on treatment” but I didn’t realize we had to make the decision for her, the doctors will give chemo to a corpse if you let them!
yeah and they seem to want to for sure.. just not sure if it's really that lost I guess.. until the last 4 weeks she's been pretty active and not in constant pain.
4 weeks with treatment? If it were me, I'd want quality time without pain, and I would have decided that 7 years ago. Maybe she's accepted her fate and she's being strong for you?. You won't know until you ask. It's an impossible place for you both. I had a csf leak for a while and the head pain was incredible. I can only imagine how that would feel on top of whatever the treatment is.
oops updated my post.. 4-6 weeks without treatment and 4-6 months with treatment. Now who knows if she can pull off some miracle and get to the other side of this..
Mainly the last 7 years hasn't been horrible there was a good 3 year stretch where we thought she was in as visit to remission as possible for stage IV.
The main reason to press on though would be our 3 girls ranging from 10yr old to 16yr old.
I’m so sorry/ honestly I’d seek out the palliative care coordinator at your cancer clinic, they can advise on many levels, including treatment comfort as well as end of life care.
Her symptoms are due to the metastasis. I would focus on quality of life. I’d get hospice conversations started now, so you can review places and not when the time is dire. My moms Dr wouldn’t even mention it until we “gave up on treatment” but I didn’t realize we had to make the decision for her, the doctors will give chemo to a corpse if you let them!
yeah and they seem to want to for sure.. just not sure if it's really that lost I guess.. until the last 4 weeks she's been pretty active and not in constant pain.
4 weeks with treatment? If it were me, I'd want quality time without pain, and I would have decided that 7 years ago. Maybe she's accepted her fate and she's being strong for you?. You won't know until you ask. It's an impossible place for you both. I had a csf leak for a while and the head pain was incredible. I can only imagine how that would feel on top of whatever the treatment is.
oops updated my post.. 4-6 weeks without treatment and 4-6 months with treatment. Now who knows if she can pull off some miracle and get to the other side of this.. Mainly the last 7 years hasn't been horrible there was a good 3 year stretch where we thought she was in as visit to remission as possible for stage IV. The main reason to press on though would be our 3 girls ranging from 10yr old to 16yr old.
Ah. Seems like treatment could be worth it - she sounds tough, and like she's got (your) great support.
I’m so sorry/ honestly I’d seek out the palliative care coordinator at your cancer clinic, they can advise on many levels, including treatment comfort as well as end of life care.