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Dec 11, 2010 - 4:33 pm
My mother was recently diagnosed with intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma after being misdiagnosed as having IBS for several months. She is extrememly weak and is currently hospitalized in a sub-acute unit. She has not been able to eat for a quite some time and has lost a substantial amount of weight. I am trying to help her eat and trying to encourage protein supplements in the form of ensure, enlive and yogurt, applesauce with protien supplements mixed in to them. She has several tumors throughout her liver including a 12cm lesion. Her liver function is still fairly good, however, she is extremely weak (mostly from not eating). She had a PET scan which showed that the cancer is still confined to her liver. Dr.'s tell us there is no hope and that there is no treatment option for her at this time because of her weak status. We are trying to build her up so that she can have chemo embolization or therasphere. Our hearts are breaking, is there anyone out there who can help us? We don't want to give up hope, PLEASE, PLEASE IS THERE ANYONE THAT CAN HELP?? |
Joined: Jun 2010
How old is your mother, what is her general health like? Yoi should seek out a second opinion ASAP for two reasons, 1. the cancer is still confined to the liver making more survivable but that is only a matter of time until is spreads. Once it spreads treatment options are limited. and second the fact that they are saying no treatment at this point seems odd to me.
Joined: Dec 2010
Thanks for your reply. My mom was a very active and strong 74 year old woman up to approximately 3 mos. ago. She stopped eating and began to lose weight which has made her very weak. She is not able to eat very much now, and I have been trying to encourage her every day to eat. I think the reason that treatment options are not being offered is because of her weak status due to her poor nutrition. Bilirubin is 1.0, serum albumin is low though (maybe due to nutrition as well?) at 2.0, she has good clotting times. She doesn't look like she has any jaundice. I am desperate to make her strong