My mum is 74 and in the last few weeks has gone from feeling unwell and blaming painkillers to advanced / aggressive ovarian cancer with an outlook of a few weeks.
She is still very aware , very strong (farmers wife all her life) and not acknowledging , accepting the doctors saying no point to chemo or to fo surgery to remove a blocked bowel. She thinks they are just giving up on her and not making an effort.
To be fair she has been waiting 2 years for a hip replacement and shunted round the nhs from department to department in that time whilst in a lot of pain, which probably masked the ovarian symptoms.
Can I insist on her behalf they try as she is gutted they are not trying when she wants them to.
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Can I have some urgent palliative care advice / suggestions / guidance please
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Eve · 19/07/2016 23:40
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