My partner is 34 and a mum to 3 children, she was diagnosed with squamous cell cervical cancer in Nov 20, her treatment plan was 6 rounds of chemotherapy in the hope of shrinking the cancer to a point where radiotherapy might be possible.
Radiotherapy or surgery were not an option at that point.
3 rounds in she was doing good, not many side effects and bounced back after a few bad days, she had a CT scan which has come back showing the cancer has spread to her liver and lung.
Her consultant has now stopped chemotherapy as she doesn't believe it is working and doesn't think there is anything else can be done.
My partner has improved so much since her diagnosis, she is more active, put weight on and generally looks and feels more healthy.
She isn't prepared to give up, and will fight with everything she has and i will support her every step of the way, but i am struggling.
How do i watch her build hope then have it taken from her over and over?
Is there help out there?
We aren't deluded, we know there is no cure but there has to be some suggestion of treatment/trial? Anything...she has so much strength and fight in her.
Her consultant is very negative and only tells us what cant be done, the only suggestions come from us and the Dr is very negative about anything we suggest, it feels like she has written her off.
