My mum who's 88 had sudden aggressive cancer 4 months ago and was whizzed through an operation and treatment, given full details and dates for when she'd get tests, results, etc. It was traumatic but everyone felt held and informed.
Then about 5 weeks ago a lump appeared and is growing rapidly. She's seen her GP, A&E GPS x2, nurse at first cancer follow up and has had an MRI last week. She's been told to call twice for biopsy date, but told not known yet. Noone has said it's not cancer, but she has bee told if pain gets bad she can go on the cancer ward and today her GP said she could have morphine as the codeine isn't enough. The lump continues to grow at an alarming rate and is causing her discomfort. It feels like none of us really knows what is happening or why this time weeks are going by with no clear dates for test results. We're unclear who us taking control of the situation. What should we do? We are so scared that it is obviously cancer, but they're not treating it due to her age.
