I was just wondering if you could give me some information on this type of cancer. My mother in laws has it, she found out about 2 months ago. She went about a month ago to have surgery and have some of it removed but there was to much of it, so they couldn't remove any of it. She is a very personal women and she tries to make it look like she is okay and I can see the pain in her eyes. Can anyone tell me how long people live with this? I would like to give my husband some insight because I know he is trying to aviod this. Since she has found out about the cancer she has been in and out of the hospital and she is currently in ICU. I live an hour away and I go to school, but I am trying to be there as much as possible. Also one more question, I know she has her will made out and she has told me where everything is going, but I over heard my brother in law talking to some family friends about having her sign something. They wont let her sign anything in the hospital will they? She is hardly awake.
If anyone has any information that they think would help, please let me know.
Thank you everyone for replying, this is truely helping me. I went to visit her for a few hours today and she was in so much pain. Would a social worker talk to me because I am her daughter in law? I waited around to try to talk to the doctor today, but of course no sign of him. Also is there any way that I could get hospice to talk to him and his family. I don't want his family to feel like I am pushing ideas on their family, but I really do want her to feel better. She was on a Morphine pump and as soon as I got there she was crying asking me to get the nurse, and then the nurse brought her in an I.V. of some more pain medication. She seemed to be hallucianating(spelling, sorry) a little too, I am sure this is part of the medication. I am going to go visit tomorrow so any ideas or comments would be great! Thanks everyone.
One further comment; not meant to be legal advice.
Courts typically take a dim view of documents not prepared by by a patients personal attorney - signed in the last weeks of their lives when they are on large doses of pain meds.
MvbRn, ASN, BSN
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Thank you everyone for replying, this is truely helping me. I went to visit her for a few hours today and she was in so much pain. Would a social worker talk to me because I am her daughter in law? I waited around to try to talk to the doctor today, but of course no sign of him. Also is there any way that I could get hospice to talk to him and his family. I don't want his family to feel like I am pushing ideas on their family, but I really do want her to feel better. She was on a Morphine pump and as soon as I got there she was crying asking me to get the nurse, and then the nurse brought her in an I.V. of some more pain medication. She seemed to be hallucianating(spelling, sorry) a little too, I am sure this is part of the medication. I am going to go visit tomorrow so any ideas or comments would be great! Thanks everyone.