Hi, I’m new here and struggling with the unknown and what to expect in the near future.
Last year my mum got diagnosed with a 6cm rectal tumour which traveled to a handful of lymph nodes. She received around 6-8 weeks worth chemoradiotherapy as well as x3 Chemo IV infusions which showed exceptional results in her final scan. The tumour was pretty non existent and only scar tissue was to be seen. The oncologist and surgeons suggested the next steps would be to remove her rectum to void out any risks of microscopic cancer still being present and it coming back.
Mum had her operation in March and recovered well. She started vomiting weekly in April this year. The vomiting then became persistent and daily unable to keep anything down. Following a routine check in with palliative care who were managing her pain meds we flagged the vomiting and they wanted to keep her in hospital for further investigation and monitoring. She was told she had a bowel blockage or kink and so surgery to unkink was scheduled. Following the surgery, the surgeon could not go ahead with the planned procedure of unkinking the intestine as upon opening her up he discovered nearly the whole of her small intestine is filled with cancer. She is hooked up onto fluids and TPN for nutrition and we’ve been told treatment for cure wouldn’t be possible and that this will be a case of management. Although treatment is unlikely as we’ve been told this could do more harm than good, her exceptional treatment results were discussed so the oncologist may want to look at something but we don’t know what to expect in terms of management and time.
Has anyone gone through anything similar?
