Hello everyone. My mum is 85 next month and was diagnosed with oesophageal cancer a few months ago. It is advanced. She has no pain but struggles to eat. She has had a stent put in but chose not to have any other treatment. She feels too old and frail to be pulled around. She wants quality rather than quantity…and I am very supportive of this decision. But I feel like she’s starving to death, rather than dying of cancer. Watching her struggle with every mouthful is torture for me. She is obviously losing weight rapidly and is sleeping more and more. We were told we could expect to have anything between a few months to a year with her. I guess I’d like to ask if anyone here knows what the end is going to be like for her? I hate not knowing if this is her last week or if she has months left yet. Are there signs to look for that will warn me that the end is imminent or will I just find her gone one morning? Thank you everyone. Diane x
