Sorry you and your mom have to come on the roller-coaster ride, nevertheless, a hearty welcome to this unique group. During treatment you mom will need someone who can manage her day for her, including when and how much she has to eat and drink, giving her her meds, monitoring her reaction(s) to the treatment and talking to the doctors and the nurses at the hospital. Fatigue is the main side effect of radiation treatment and can continue for months or even years afterwards. For this reason, she probably won't want to use the gym or the pool until she is sometime into the recovery phase. For these reasons, I would think that being closer to you and other family members will be easier for her.

You will also need a break from time to time when caring for your mother. So, having other family members around will be a big help for you.

Your mother is indeed very lucky to have a caring and loving child in you. All the very best.

Gloria
She stood in the storm, and when the wind did not blow her way, she adjusted her sails... Elizabeth Edwards

Wife to John,dx 10/2012, BOT, HPV+, T3N2MO, RAD 70 gy,Cisplatinx2 , PEG in Dec 6, 2012, dx dvt in both legs after second chemo session, Apr 03/13 NED, July 2013 met to lungs, Phase 1 immunotherapy trial Jan 18/14 to July/14. Taxol/carboplatin July/14. Esophagus re-opened Oct 14. PEG out April 8, 2015. Phase 2 trial of Selinexor April to July 2015. At peace Jan 15, 2016.