my lovely daughter in law early forties has been fighting secondary breast cancer for over four years. It spread to her bones and liver. 15 months ago it spread to her brain. She has deteriorated over the last 6 months. She has suffer from seizures, is now completely blind. Her balance has almost gone, she’s ballooned because of the steroids and other medications, Her oncologist thinks it’s time to stop the treatment that controls the secondaries in her bones and liver. We’re all worried that would cause the bone and liver cancer to overwhelm her body. Shes been told she can continue if she wishes. She has three young children and wants to be here for them as long as she can. She’s often in great distress. The loss of sight really terrifies her. She’s had two horrible falls, we were told it’s unusual to have sight loss and it may be the build up of pressure on her brain or the tumour on the nerves near her eyes are damaged. Her family think a lumber puncture may relieve the pressure but some of us are worried that might be painful and increase her loss of mobility and it won’t make any difference to her sight. Any advice gratefully received.
