Hello, my sister decided to stop treatment for secondary breast cancer (spread to her bones liver and lungs) due to debilitating side effects of last chance drug (she has survived longer than expected but there are no drugs left for her to try other than the last one that was making her so ill ). she is feeling exhausted and nauseous and has fluid on her lungs again (which she says the hospital probably won’t keep draining as no point as fluid will return. . She doesn’t want to see me at the moment, says she just wants to rest. I am wondering and worrying what to expect from here ? How long she may live ? I don’t feel i can ask her what plans she’s made as I’m not sure when she will need to seek palliative care, or what she wants … it feels uncomfortable to ask and bring it up for her .. ….She has good friends and she is extremely independent. My offers of help are often rejected. Her friends are reluctant to discuss anything with me.
