Hi there,
we found out in the last couple of week my MIL has oesophagus cancer. She’s in her mid 80’a and fears drs and hospital.
apparently it’s advanced, 8cm tumor in her lymph nodes and also her liver. She cannot eat and finds it painful to swallow.
she’s refusing to see anyone other than her son and daughter as she’s feeling humiliated as she’s having to spit the whole time and is now randomly projectile vomiting.
she lives alone having lost her husband to covid during the first lockdown.
we’re struggling to support her and each other as a family. This news has arrived in our lives so fast there’s a lot to process. Hubby and my SIL are visiting her daily and blaming themselves for somehow letting their mum down.
thanks for giving me somewhere to talk.
Hi FieryPhoenix so sorry to hear you are in this position. There is a forum for oesophageal cancer here https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer_types/gullet-oesophagus-cancer-forum
Youll probably find some more practical help there.
Stick around though. There are members here who have nursed their terminally I’ll parents and they might pop on with some advice for you.
Best wishes
Dani
Base of tongue cancer. T2N0M0 6 weeks Radiotherapy finished January 2019
It must be but do approach your mums GP and hospital team for help.
Dani
Base of tongue cancer. T2N0M0 6 weeks Radiotherapy finished January 2019
