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My Mom has been crying alot lately

wanda23
wanda23 CSN Member Posts: 58
edited March 2014 in Colorectal Cancer #1
I've been catching my mom crying alot lately, she has been using more pain medication lately and the oncologist said that this could mean that the chemo/avastin may not be working,and that the cancer could be getting more aggressive, my mom describes her pain like a funny feeling, not really a pain but weird feeling along her lower ab area, her liver is quite enlarged, she uses a hot water bottle. She has that pain or funny feeling every 4 hrs, her pain meds help, but she dont always want to be sleeping, because of the meds. she had about 6 treatments of the avastin... not sure what to think???? It's been a year since she was diagnosed with stage 4 colorectal cancer, but she just started avastin in sept 2007.

Wanda
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  • sladich
    sladich CSN Member Posts: 429 Member
    #2
    Wanda,

    I'm not sure what that funny feeling could be. Sometimes the person going through it knows best. Hang in there! When is her next CT to see if the chemo is working? Try and have a nice Thanksgiving.

    Debbie
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  • jenalynet
    jenalynet CSN Member Posts: 361 Member
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    Hi Wanda,
    I'm sorry that your mom has pain. I will keep you both in my thoughts and prayers, Audrey.
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  • lv2scrap
    lv2scrap CSN Member Posts: 44
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    Hi Wanda,
    My dad has been fighting since Nov. 2005. It has been up and down. He is now very tired and not himself. I totaly feel your pain. It is very hard to care for them. I am doing everything I can to try to not get depressed. I hope your mom starts to feel better.

    Sue
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