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My mom is 80 and was diagnosed with cancer at the base of her tongue.
Mom has completed 6 weeks of radiation and chemotherapy and we go for her follow up PET scan results tomorrow. She is on a feeding tube and did really well for the first month but now she is weak and still in pain. She has major dental problems and needed her teeth removed prior to radiation but because she was already stage 4 the doctors felt the treatment could not be postponed. She doesn’t like doing the rinses but she needs too way more. Any help on what to expect and ways to help her are greatly appreciated. My 88 year old father is caring for her on a daily bases and my sister and I take turns going for several days at a time.
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Thank you. It is a horrible disease and I pray every day that they find a cure.
@jlsdaughter To my mind, there's no loss like the loss of a mother. I lost my own Mom too soon, 25 years ago. Today, as a 74 yo woman, her absence on a day-to-day basis is not easy, but it has gotten easier. She is never far from my heart. Peace to you and your family in bearing this burden.
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I am sorry for your loss, your family's loss. Take care with your broken heart and grieving. Thinking of you and how good it is you reached out in these groups just trying to be there for your mother.
@jlsdaughter , I am so very sorry for your loss. Deepest sympathy to you and your family. Knowing her pain is gone and she is at peace is something to be grateful for.
My deepest sympaty.