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Default lung cancer on my mother was dedected at very late stage, how long she's got to live? - 04-03-2009, 02:54 PM

my mother is in her mid 60. last year she was detected for cancer and was at really late late stage. Accordng to the doctor she has about a year and half to live. Recently she has been coughing badly. she is going frail by day. she is not on any medications at all but takes pain killers now and then when its haunting real bad. how long she's got to live?
   
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Default 04-06-2009, 02:54 PM

Nobody can possibly say. She will just get weaker and weaker. My heart goes out to you.
   
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Default 04-11-2009, 02:54 PM

I'm very touched by your question and feel inadequate to answer it. I also feel uneducated. Each person is different. Elizabeth Edwards recently passed away from cancer but her body fought the disease and she outlived the statistics on her particular kind of cancer. I saw a television ad for Cancer Centers of America, and this woman was told by her doctor in a brutal kind of way that she only had months to live. She went to the Cancer Center and saw another doctor who told her that human beings do not have expiration dates stamped on them. And so, your mother will live as long as her body can fight this hideous disease. I'm so sorry for her and you and pray she overcomes the physical pain. I hope you find comfort in friends and family as you suffer the emotional pain brought on by witnessing your mother's cancer and fight for her life.
   
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Default 04-15-2009, 02:54 PM

My father was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer at the age of 52. He was a very muscular man (about 5' 11" and 210 lbs). The doctors told him since his cancer had spread, he could prolong his life by going through chemo, but he would eventually die from it. They gave him a prognosis of 6 months to a year. He lived for almost 2 years, but died at 125lbs. and miserable. He lived twice as long as the doctors expected, but his quality of life was horrible. He was so weak from the heavy doses of chemo that he eventually needed help going to the bathroom, bathing, and was on oxygen for the last year of his life. He said he wished he would have never taken any chemo. It was tough to watch him slowly die. I wish you all the best and make sure you make the most of the time you have with your mother. Make sure you tell her everything you ever wanted to tell her.
   
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Default 04-16-2009, 02:54 PM

Several years ago my dad who was 76 years old was diagnosed with stomach cancer and we were told 6 months to 1 year - he died within 6 weeks. There is no definite time limit as everyone is different but my dad was in hospital most of the time and near the end he was on morphine and when he was awake he said some horrible things so when you mother gets to this stage she wont have long because the brain cells are starting to die off and if she says anything hurtful to you please do not believe what she says as it is always something you remember and you wonder why they hated you so much so take it with a pinch of salt.
   
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