Hi Meandmysis,
Your sister is definitely going through a lot right now. My condolences on the loss of her husband. As many have stated, such a difficult cancer to correctly diagnose and treat. Yes, it is incurable but treatable. There are several cancers like ours that can be treated, just no cure in sight for now. Ours, however, is so difficult to diagnose.

It is up to us to look beyond these and place our faith and prayers in God and the future. More and more people are being diagnosed with carcinoid/neuroendocrine tumors. I believe that the researchers are starting to pay more attention to it. They do like a mystery and I firmly and completely believe they will find, if not a complete cure, a better treatment or add-on treatment that will make all our lives easier.

I am so glad your Sister has you in her corner. My first husband died over 20 years ago after 32 years of marriage. But, I was fortunate and met a lovely man. We just celebrated our twentieth anniversary. Never lose faith. I know how hard that can be, but prayer and good deeds to help others put things in perspective. My late husband had a saying, "Good deeds are our purest prayers". A good deed which could just be a phone call to check on a friend, moves your thoughts away from your problems. It has helped me over the years to deal with several events in my life. Each day is a blessing to me. No matter how I feel physically, each day brings a blessing. YOU stay strong too. It hurts to see someone you love in pain. Stay strong sweetie, we are praying for you too.