Thank you so much for taking the time to answer the questions. You sure have your work cut out for you! Sounds like for every attempt you make to try to get her help it gets met with opposition. Thats really so sad. I am so sorry for what you are going thru with your MIL.

From what you wrote about her radiation treatments, it does not sound like the same radiation treatments most oral cancer patients have gone thru. Most of us were treated every day Mon-Fri. We did not get the luxury of sleeping for a few days after a treatment. This might have been one of your MILs natural remedies???? I dont know anything about hydrotherapy.

I really hope that your MIL will allow you to take her to a cancer center to be evaluated. She will have to tell them her history so they can help her. Im afraid if she doesnt get seen soon that it may become too late for her to get help.

Oral cancer doesnt respond to chemo alone. Chemo is only given by itself for pallitive care. Most people who have chemo are given it along with radiation, it helps the radiation kill the cancer.

I hope that somehow you will be able to talk some sense into your MIL. Try to help her to understand that you will be her voice. She needs help and by refusing it, things will only get worse. When untreated this is a very painful and difficult path to take. Please do your best to get her to a cancer center and thats all you can do.

Best wishes!