The night before she was due to go into the local hospice, mum passed away at home ( early hours of 22/10/10). She had her pain controlled much better at the end with a patch and was comfortable.
I'd like to thank the forum and everyone (esp Sarsfield) for their support at what has been a difficult time. I'm still in shock and mostly relieved that her suffering is over. I expect it will sink in over the coming days.…
I don't want to bum anyone out but my mum's had a bit of a tough weekend. I haven't thought that the tramadol was doing it's job for a few weeks and that mum needed something stronger (she was at 400mg per day plus 50mg for breakthrough). I've lost track of how many times I've said to her she looks uncomfortable but she wasn't having it. She was offered morphine weeks ago and has refused it. But this weekend she…
Hi all
My mum was diagnosed with secondary liver cancer in August with a primary in the duodenum or pancreas. She'd been hospitalised with acute pain in her right side and put on tramadol. She was sent home ok-ish to await appointments with the general surgeon and oncologist. We saw the surgeon who said her cancer was inoperable and chemotherapy pretty pointless on 20th Sep, and while waiting for the oncology appt she…
