My mum had been poorly with bladder infections for a while and had been sick at night but we thought this was due to her sliding hernia. She was feeling up and down and when she got antibiotics seemed better. She then had back and stomach ache so got taken into hospital with a severe bladder infection which after 15 bags of antibiotics it got better. She also had a bladder inspection but due to the severe infection she would need to go back. Her bloods levels were showing abnormal levels of free light chains and she was prescribed folic acid but due to go back to the specialist later. Then just before Christmas 2017 she had stomach ache again and was sent to hospital Amazingly mum never complained which really upsets me as we should have known. They did a CT scan and then the cancer tumour and perforation was discovered in her colon and it had spread to her liver. They were going to operate but then this decision was changed due to her hernia which is a real big one which had damaged her lungs as it would be kinder to mum not to operate as she was dying anyway with 80% chance of her not getting through operation. They said she had 2 wks to live and it has now been 4 wks. That was a massive shock for us all but I am very strong in front of mum and always positive but my emotions are all over the place. I am off work as I cannot cope with it at the moment and want to be with mum. I just feel hopeless as I cannot fix it for her.
