Hi Emily - this is such a stressful and fear=filled time for your entire family I'm sure. When I was diagnosed in 2002, I had so much well-intentioned information "thrown" at me from people who really didn't know anything specific about my particular cancer. A cardiologist friend of mine told me to take what was useful, positive, constructive and reasonable and throw the rest out the window.
Please understand that the information you receive here is from patients, advocates and survivors who have combed through every drug, treatment, etc and speak from the truth they have experienced - you can't really say it's nothing personal because it is very personal - from a cancer survivor's perspective - we all get a little testy.. hope your mother does well in treatment.