Hi!
I’m hoping that by sharing this I can get some advice but also connect with others who might be in a similar position. My mum was diagnosed with secondary breast cancer around 2years ago. Her most recent CT showed the cancer had spread (again), though she didn’t want to know where, and she’s been undergoing outpatient intravenous chemo for the last couple of months.
She managed quite well until a recent bout of pain which prompted her to contact the cancer centre. They advised her to go straight to A&E to get it checked out (and told her it could possibly be a tumour pressing on her spine) after much cajoling I convinced her to go (with my dad) where she waited for over 2 hours but then left without being seen. She’s now refusing to go get checked out and has postponed her chemo these last two weeks. She figures there’s no point as there’s nothing they can do and complains about her arm being heavy from the lymphoedema, but again there’s nothing anyone can do about it.
She’s constantly negative and putting barriers to stop her getting any type of treatment and lashes out if anyone asks. She’s pushed a lot of people away at this point with her behaviour so she doesn’t have many friends left. I don’t know what else to do at this point, and be able to help my dad as I know he has it the hardest.
Thanks for reading!
