Help

hi all

my mum has lung Adenocarcinoma locally advanced to lymph nodes and malignant pleural effusion.

we are currently waiting for markers to come back (currently nearly 4 weeks waiting) - is this too long! All I can think about is the cancer etc growing and making the overall situation much worse!?

also she has had 2 bouts now of being sick - froth and yellow or green bile (not food) and can’t keep any food down (whilst also being heavily constipated I think due to anti sickness or steroid?)

The first time it happened they hadn’t drained the fluid for 11 days and when looked the lung was full and so lung specialist said it was pressing on bile duct making sick. They drained 1.5l and everything was much better - mum was able to eat properly, do walks. Shopping and visiting grandson. They also put permanent drain in and district nurse can drain which was working well.

Since then about 3-4 weeks later it started to happen again but this time district nurse could only drain half the fluid as normal out.

We got advised to take to a and e and when they did the drain it was even less. Is less fluid a good or bad thing?

If it is not the fluid making her sick what else could it be?

Really worrying and at my lowest point.

Any help or experience shared would be a light at the end of a tunnel for me right now

Thanks in advance