Hi my lovely Mum is really struggling at the moment. She was diagnosed initially 4 weeks ago and has had all her scans and is due to start radiation therapy for 2.5 weeks on Monday. The treatment plan is then to start Immunotherapy after a 2 week break.
She has gone downhill rapidly in the last four weeks and especially the last two weeks. She is not able to eat any solid food so is having protein drinks prescribed. Her breathing has become a lot more laboured and she feels nauseous a lot of the time. She’s very weak and tired.
The oncologist said her tumour has diffused edges and due to the position close to her spine they won’t be able to operate. There is PDL1 protein present which is why they will treat with immunotherapy.
There hasn’t been any mention of how large or staging of the cancer. I wasn’t there at the appointment but my Dad recorded it so I have listened to it since.
Worried about her this weekend as her breathing is bad and she’s very shaky. Will the radiation therapy likely help with her symptoms? She had a chest infection on top but that has been treated with antibiotics specific to the sample she gave, so we are concerned that the symptoms she is showing is related to the cancer worsening.
I have no idea what the prognosis looks like. I live 2 hours away so trying my best to be here at the weekend but I don’t know if I should stop work to be with her. My Dad is caring for her at the moment. She’s unable to do anything round the house at the moment and is struggling with small tasks like getting in and out of the bath or getting dressed and undressed.
