So I finally reached the Doctor today about mom not eating. i told him that she is trying to put food or drinks down but it just comes back up. I also told him that last week when on the steroids she ate a small amount but that shortly ended after the steroids ended so he adviced to have her take the steroids for 2 days to see if we would have some success in eating. He then said if that doesn't help then the next step would be to bring her into the hospital. This I knew and kinda wish he would just skip right to that step but i'll take his orders. I then made a comment about how malnutrition doesnt exactly allow the chemo to do its job. he agreed and then said well your mom didnt have a good diagnoses to begin with and we may need to think about ending chemo and just going with Comfort care. I mean what the hell? Excuse me while I totally flip out. I'm sitting at work in total tears and at the same time wanting to drill the doc in his face. My mom has had her primary surgically removed, had her brain mets removed and we now only have cancer in the adrenal. Her radiation oncologist already told her the adrenal can be radiated or removed. She failed 1 round of chemo and the docs already just wanting to give up? He's watched her waste away from 115lbs to 85 lbs week by week and hasn't done anything. Just saying weight loss is common. Mom is extremely weak and only wants to sleep. I see so many of you survive this, failing chemo after chemo. Recurring and still fighting it. I've seen some who've had to have feeding tubes from lack of nutrition and still in the fight yrs later. We've already left one hopital to come to this one. I just dont know what to do. we arent ready to give in to this beast when we've only have it in one stupid gland you dont really need to begin with
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