My mother in law (71_ has just been diagnosed as having bile duct cancer. It's not spread (yet) but don't believe they will offer the operation and think with chemo we are going to be told to weigh up the side effects against any possible benefits - I get the impression so far for the oncologist it will just be about managing her pain - of which she doen't have any yet. We only found out she had it as we had some bloods done as she was due to get a knee replacement.
My question is - what will happen to her? I know she will become jaundice but what else will we need to prepare for? I was just really young when I saw my grandad die from cancer (lung). Al the websites mention what symptoms she can have but nothing seems to say what will actually happen ( I know everybody is different)
Any help would be most appreciated :-)