My wife has just been diagnosed with cholangiocarcinoma which has spread to the portal vein, lungs, spleen and liver. There is no treatment such as surgery or chemo that will help her. She is fairly young at 53 and is fit and healthy. She only felt unwell this last month but we put it down to the menopause and work. The news is devastating to us, we are newish couple been together for 5 years and married for 3. We had so many plans for the future all now lost. She is coping well, mainly tired and uncomfortable abdomen with swollen liver. We have been told she has weeks to months to live but feel very confused by this as she's fine now. So my question I guess is how will this progress, what symptoms will she have and when will we know she's near the end? She's taking painkillers which work and drinking lots of water to keep calcium levels down. She feels thirsty alot, very dry mouth. They said she's managing on her reserves now eg up till this week walking 5 miles a day and working full time but what happens when they run out? I don't want to be morbid but would like to know the reality so we can plan for the short term.
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