My dear mum has dementia and cannot speak, toilet, walk or feed herself. A few months ago she became jaundiced but it resolved itself after a course of antibiotics. Then she developed sores all over her body that itched and blistered, again this resolved itself with steroid cream and antihistamine.
After bloods were taken where GP said they were 'abnormal' and a physical exam where he said he could feel the liver was enlarged the GP thinks she has a secondary cancer in her liver. She's too advanced with dementia for her to have any scans or anything in order to be sure.
The resolution of the skin issue seemed to also coincide with her having a catheter fitted as she had started retaining urine - she's still catheterised but the skin issue and jaundice is now over.
So, apart from the catheter being in permanently she's now the same as before, so, I can't understand how this can be cancer? Surely she'd have permanent jaundice? The skin sores wouldn't have resolved? She eats a blended diet just fine and doesn't appear to have lost any weight, she's still quite large.
I'm not trained but she doesn't look like a cancer patient to me, so what could it be? Jaundice and skin sores / itching does point to the liver but why would they suddenly resolve? Could the catheter being fitted have helped? Any ideas please? It's all very confusing and it's hard to mentally prepare ourselves just not knowing.