My mum was taken into hospital on Friday - she's been jaundiced and ill since before Christmas, and has just had an MRI to try and work out what the problem is.
Turns out she's got a lump on her bile duct, almost certainly cancer. It's small, but apparently where it is means it's tricky to remove.
They're assessing her for surgery at the moment - it might not be possible to remove it surgically, in which case she's looking at chemo.
They're going to do some keyhole surgery to bypass the affected duct to make her feel better, which will help, but won't solve the problem of the cancer.
Have been looking at the Macmillan site and it looks like what she's got is fairly rare and they don't know how effective chemo is for this type of cancer.
I have four brothers and sisters but am the only one who lives in the same town as my mum, so have been doing visiting and getting things from her house all that, but am feeling stretched thin with trying to keep it all together, look after DS1 and DS2, and liaise with the family.
So don't know what anyone can say to help, but thought it might help to write it down somewhere.