Hello Ptiscilla1,

Welcome to our forum though I am sorry to hear you mum in law has been diagnosed with oesophageal cancer which has now spread to the liver.

It's a shame they are unable to give her chemotherapy due to her age. Try to take the timescales with a pinch of salt though as it is really hard even for experts to predict exactly how things may develop for your mum. It is sad that she is getting tired and is only managing liquids at the moment. We have some information on our website on diet problems with cancer which may be of interest to you and which you can access here.

I think it might also be a good idea to give our cancer nurses a call and talk things through with them. You can reach them on this free number 0808 800 4040 Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pm.

I also hope you will meet others here who have been through this before whether they have been personally affected by oesophageal cancer or have looked after a loved one with the same cancer.

Sending you and your mum our very best wishes,

Lucie, Cancer Chat Moderator

mum was diagnosed with oesophageal cancer April 2016 and passed March 2018. She had a stent fitted a month before she died (age 78) and we were waiting for the results of a scan when she had a gastro-intestinal haemorrhage and died suddenly during the night. On reading other stories about this type of cancer, it seems that everyone’s experience is different. Some have an idea if the  time they have left and pass away in a hospice and others like mum pass suddenly and without warning. My advice would be to make sure family say everything they want to say so there are no regrets if and when the time comes as we had no warning and didn’t get to say what we would have wanted.

sending hugs

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