Hello, I am new to the online community, and I just wanted to share my story as I have come to know talking is so important, specially to help others.
My nan got diagnosed with advanced metastatic breast cancer last July, she has been taking Letrozole tablets ever since. And between me and my mum we have looked after her over the past year.
Unfortunately in late June she stopped going out and this is when we started to care for her a lot more. Then over the past few weeks my nan has started slowing down, this week she has been referred to the local Macmillan team who we should be hearing from anytime soon. She is such a strong and independent lady and has tried for so long to hide her pain and keep going. So to see her slowly slow down and accept more help from me and my mum has been really sad to see, but we are so thankful that she is accepting help. One main thing my nan is suffering with is confusion and hallucinations, these are always of a mouse in her livingroom.
I also just wanted to ask a bit of advice, my nan is refusing to go into bed on a night and is sleeping in her chair, the doctors has talked to her and we are hoping the Macmillan team may be able to help her at least get into bed on a night. We have got her a comfy stool for her feet to go onto as her feet started to swell. But she says shes comfier in her chair as now the doctors believe the cancer has spread to her bones (my nan did not go for an MRI as she did not want to hear anymore bad news at the time as the consultant knew it had spread). We just think been in bed will help with her back a little more.
Just wondering if anyone else here is caring for anyone with breast cancer and having anything similar?
Sending love to you all xxx
