Sweetpe
My husband is on the same track as your mom.
December we were told the cancer is back in the cheek and in the lymph nodes in his chest. they said he is terminal.
They said no more treatment just chemo which is palliative.
My husband did not want any more treatment and since we have 5 year old daughter ... he said he would rather travel and enjoy life.
We went to disney at the end of December and it was awesome.
We got back early january and he started chemo in February.
Carbo?taxel. The first round was difficult and he lost 10lbs.
The second treatment happened a few weeks ago and it was better. We get the results of the scan on Wednesday.

But he has this open wound on his face. It started late january like a pimpel that popped and kept oozing fluid. The hole got bigger and bigger and there is a lot of tunneling.
We kept showing doctors and they said its the cancer ... nothing can be done.
Then about on March 10 the home care nurse came and said its infected and that we had to go to emergency right away.
He is now on IV antibiotics and he is misrable. He is stressed that the wound wont get better and just wants to give up and Die.

its so stressful being a caregiver and seeing your loved one go through so much.
Any advise that you can provide will help because I know we are travelling the same path.
zahra


Caregiver to Husband
Hubby Age 43
Was diagonosed with Buccual Muccusa Squomous Cell Carcinoma on Feb 13, 2014
T2 N2(not 100% sure if they are malignant) Stage 2 or 3 Not sure bc of Nodes
Surgery took place on March 17. They removed the tumor with 2 mm margins. Flap from left arm inserted into Cheek. Skin graft from left thigh to put on donor site.
37 nodes removed. 3 at level 1 malignant.