My wife is due to undergo a colonoscopy as a belt and braces measure, having already been diagnosed with inoperable, incurable lung and liver cancer, as something - potentially innocent - showed up in her PET CT scan.
The issue is that she is yet to start any actual treatment (almost seven weeks since discovering she had a then-8cm lung tumour), and is in unrelenting pain, despite a refime of steroids, Zomorph, Pregabalin, Oramorph and paracetamol.
Despite a high pain threshold, the pain has been unbearable at times - and particularly at night.
This is a mum of three whose biggest baby was 10lbs+ and was delivered with just gas and air.
She has been told that the colonoscopy will investigate high into the left side of her bowel - the same side of the body as her main tumour (which is in the lower left lung lobe), and I am extremely worried that the procedure will aggravate her pain to an even higher, more agonising level.
So, I was wondering if there was the potential for her to receive different or additional pain relief than that listed above, or if anyone has any experience of undergoing a colonoscopy on top of managing the pain of a large lower lung lobe tumour.
She is due to begin chemo and immunotherapy at the end of next week.
Thank you for any advice you can give.
I am so frightened.
