Liver enzymes elevated, what does this mean?

Has your mother had surgery yet?  Some people react very badly to chemo and it is a trade-off whether the potential benefits are worth the side effects.  She should carefully question her oncologist about what is going on (it is a good idea to write your questions down in advance of an appointment) and if she does not get satisfactory answers, to consider getting another oncologist.   

Sorry to hear about your mother. Everyone above gave great advice! I just want to agree that it's best to take one day at a time, sometimes even just one hour at a time. I worried myself sick for months. It's easy to let fear take over. 

It's my sincerest hope and prayer that your Mom can get past this bad reaction and find a treatment path that works. There are quite a few options, and a good Oncologist will know what has worked for others. In the meantime, try to get some rest. Sleepless nights and exhaustion seem to make everything more difficult. 

my enzymes are high as well- Docs thought it was due to gall bladder (somethign you should have your docs check out as gall stones can cause high liver enzymes)- but we couldn't find any stone blockages which woudl have cause the high enzymes- so docs think it might just have been caused by the cheo- however, my enzymes had risen soem before even goign on chgemo- so we're not really sure what';s going on- I'm in a 'wait and see' stage now- gettign blood tests every three months to see if levels continue to fall (One was nearly 400 and is now down to liek 240 or so- others wre suppsoed to be 40 but were 130- they are down to 50 now- got to go two more months with hte blood tests to see what's gonna happen- Docs don't seem overly concerned at this point- but are keepign an eye on it- It's not very pleasant not knowing what is causing it though- In my case- 2 docs suggest it could just be because i have an autoimmune disease (Crohn's) which is causing the rise in enzyme numbers-- Docs actually stopped the oxaliplatin because of the high liver enzymes- but i still got full rounds of the 5 FU- I had to get liver biopsies- took several samples, but they were too small to be conclusiv-e might have to get another biopsie done- yuck-

Sorry to hear abotu your mom- but do know docs can't really tell for sure until all results are in- even then it may take more testing- the waiting is the hardest part soemtimes-I beleive your oncologist doesn't want to give you wrogn info that might raise your hopes only to be foudn not to be the case later- or vice versa- make you worried, then later find out it was nothing serious-