my mum was diagnoised with bowel cancer 2years ago,radiotherphapy was given to shrink the tumour,all was well until 3 months ago a scan reveleled her lymph glands were sightly swollen but nothing to worry about,on morphine patches 62mg,30mg severrell tablets, cant do a scan at moment shes in to much pain,think cancer has gone into lymph nodes (95% sure) want to put her on morphine drip,does this mean she is going to die and if so what is the life expectancy.
Hello dear. Your mom has advanced stage of cancer but still treatment is possible. If her condition is good, I mean she is active then chemotherapy can be planned. With chemotherapy, she can live up to 2 years. So do not lose hope and ask your doctor about that, without chemotherapy, her survival will be only 1 to 2 months. Hope that solves your issues. Thanks